Editing Slade (section)

===Aftermath and recent years (1993–present)===
[[File:Slade - Sofia Rocks 2011 - 2.jpg|thumb|right|Slade performing in 2011, From left to right: John Berry, [[Dave Hill (guitarist)|Dave Hill]] and [[Mal McNulty]].]]
[[File:Don Powell Book Signing.jpg|thumb|[[Don Powell]] signing copies of his biography ''Look Wot I Dun – My Life in Slade'' at [[Liverpool One]]'s [[Waterstones]] in 2014]]

Slade II was formed in 1992 by Hill with Powell and three other musicians - Craig Fenney (bass), Steve Makin (guitar) and Steve Whalley (lead vocals and guitar). The suggestion to call the group Slade II came from Holder, but Lea was not happy with the Slade name being used at all. The group's name was only shortened to Slade again ten years later. Working solidly on the UK theatre circuit during the winter months and throughout Europe the rest of the year, the band released one studio album in 1994 entitled ''[[Keep on Rockin' (Slade II album)|Keep on Rockin']]'', which featured Steve Whalley on vocals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spirit-of-metal.com/album-groupe-Slade-nom_album-Keep_on_Rockin_-l-en.html |title=Keep on Rockin ! (CD Album) : Slade – Spirit of Metal Webzine (en) |website=Spirit-of-metal.com |access-date=15 July 2011}}</ref> The album was not successful, nor were the singles "Hot Luv" and "Black and White World". The band have seen many line-ups (including Dave Glover on bass, plus present incumbents Mal McNulty on guitar and vocals and John Berry on bass and vocals) but Hill and Powell have remained constant throughout.<ref name="Holder"/>

Slade were reunited for two events during 1996: the funeral of long-time Slade manager [[Chas Chandler]] and an episode of the television show ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' which featured Holder as the subject.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/slade/2011/members/chas.htm|title=SLADE @ www.slayed.co.uk|date=20 October 2011|access-date=28 October 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020225735/http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/slade/2011/members/chas.htm|archive-date=20 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/this-is-your-life-uk/noddy-holder/episode/777937/summary.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913042046/http://www.tv.com/this-is-your-life-uk/noddy-holder/episode/777937/summary.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 September 2012 |title=This is Your Life (UK): Noddy Holder Episode Summary on |website=Tv.com |date=3 September 2008 |access-date=15 July 2011 }}</ref> Also in 1996, a compilation entitled ''[[The Genesis of Slade]]'' was released, which contained rare and some previously unreleased material from The Vendors, Steve Brett & The Mavericks and The 'N Betweens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/tmc9606 |title=CD Album - The Vendors / Steve Brett And The Mavericks / The 'N Betweens - The Genesis Of Slade - TMC - Austria |website=45worlds.com |date=12 May 2014 |access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref> During 1997, a new Slade compilation, ''[[Feel the Noize- Greatest Hits|Feel the Noize – Greatest Hits]]'', reached number 19 in the UK, while in the following year, a remix of "[[Merry Xmas Everybody]]", released under the name Slade Vs. Flush, made number 30.<ref name="officialcharts.com"/>

In 1999, BBC One broadcast a newly made documentary on the band, titled ''It's Slade'', which featured new interviews with all four members of the band, along with various other musical artists and celebrities such as [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Noel Gallagher]], [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]], [[Toyah Willcox]] and [[Suzi Quatro]]. It was narrated by Radio One's [[Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster)|Mark Radcliffe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.locatetv.com/tv/its-slade/7876822|title=It's Slade - LocateTV|date=10 March 2014|access-date=28 October 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310021801/http://www.locatetv.com/tv/its-slade/7876822|archive-date=10 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pf7kr|title=BBC Four - It's Slade|date=18 May 2013|access-date=28 October 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518065651/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pf7kr|archive-date=18 May 2013}}</ref> In 2000, Holder was appointed as a [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=55710 |date=31 December 1919 |page=25 |supp=y}}</ref> for his services to music and his voice was famously recorded for lift announcements at the [[Walsall Art Gallery|Walsall New Art Gallery]].<ref name="autogenerated6">{{cite web|url=http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/slade/2011/members/nod.htm|title=SLADE @ www.slayed.co.uk|date=20 October 2011|access-date=28 October 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020222430/http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/slade/2011/members/nod.htm|archive-date=20 October 2011}}</ref>

In 2002, Slade II shortened their name to Slade and re-released their album ''Keep on Rockin' '' with a handful of new tracks included, retitled ''Cum on Let's Party''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/slade/cum_on_lets_party_/ |title=Cum on Let's Party! by Slade : Reviews and Ratings |publisher=Rate Your Music |date=26 July 2010 |access-date=15 July 2011}}</ref> The band also released two new singles, titled "Some Exercise" and "Take Me Home". Both singles were released in Belgium through [[Virgin Records]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jj_AgAAQBAJ&q=don+powell+some+exercise+take+me+home&pg=PT352 |title=Look Wot I Dun: Don Powell of Slade - Don Powell, Lise Lyng Falkenberg - Google Books |date= 11 October 2013|access-date=8 January 2018|isbn=978-1-78323-000-6 |last1=Powell |first1=Don |last2=Falkenberg |first2=Lise Lyng |publisher=Omnibus Press }}</ref> In 2003, [[prison|incarcerated]] serial killer [[Rosemary West]] announced her [[engagement]] to bassist Dave Glover. The supposed engagement was called off shortly afterwards and Glover was summarily fired from Slade by Dave Hill. Glover admitted having written to her about the case, but denied any romantic involvement.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/2003/01/26/slade-sack-guitarist-over-west-affair-50002-12572831/ |title=Slade sack guitarist over West affair |first=Fionnnuala |last=Burke |newspaper=[[Birmingham Post]] |date=26 January 2003 |access-date=8 September 2013}}</ref> An American compilation was released by [[Shout! Factory]] in 2004, titled ''[[Get Yer Boots On: The Best of Slade]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/dk34008 |title=CD Album - Slade - Get Yer Boots On The Best Of Slade - Shout! Factory - USA |website=45worlds.com |access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref>

In 2005, Steve Whalley, original singer for Slade II, left the band and was replaced by [[Mal McNulty]], who has sung for the band since.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/slade/2011/pages/familytree.htm|title=SLADE @ www.slayed.co.uk|date=20 October 2011|access-date=28 October 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020220431/http://www.crazeeworld.plus.com/slade/2011/pages/familytree.htm|archive-date=20 October 2011}}</ref> In November 2005, Polydor released a new Slade compilation, ''[[The Very Best of Slade]]'', which peaked at number 39 in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/30945/slade/ |title=Slade &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref> A DVD was also released for the first time, featuring a collection of Slade videos and promos.<ref>{{cite web|author=Dave Thompson |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-very-best-of-slade-video-mw0001029106 |title=The Very Best Of... Slade [Video&#93; - Slade &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref> From 2006 to 2007, music label Salvo remastered and released all of Slade's catalogue, including a four-disc anthology set entitled ''[[The Slade Box|The Slade Box (Anthology 1969–1991)]]'' and a package of all live albums in one ''[[Slade Alive! - The Live Anthology]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salvo-music.co.uk/shop/releases.asp |title=Salvo |website=Salvo-music.co.uk |access-date=15 July 2011 |archive-date=27 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627142747/http://www.salvo-music.co.uk/shop/releases.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> The remastered series also included the release of a new compilation called simply ''[[B-Sides (Slade album)|B-Sides]]'', which featured all of the band's B-sides.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salvo-music.co.uk/shop/cdtop.asp?arid=234 |title=Salvo |website=Salvo-music.co.uk |access-date=15 July 2011 |archive-date=14 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014234528/http://www.salvo-music.co.uk/shop/cdtop.asp?arid=234 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Shout! Factory also released the compilation ''[[In for a Penny: Raves & Faves]]'' in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/in-for-a-penny-raves-faves-mw0000478224|title=In for a Penny: Raves & Faves - Slade - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=28 October 2017}}</ref>

In late 2006, UK chart rules changed to allow downloads of old singles eligible to chart, which allowed "Merry Xmas Everybody" to return to the chart. It has re-entered the UK Top 75 every Christmas since then, most successfully in 2007 when it peaked at number 20<ref name="officialcharts.com »"/> and in 2018 when it peaked at number 16.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.officialcharts.com/songs/slade-merry-xmas-everybody/ | title=Merry Xmas Everybody | website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] }}</ref> In 2009, a new compilation was released, ''[[Live at the BBC (Slade album)|Live at the BBC]]''. It featured songs recorded for BBC sessions between 1969 and 1972, [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]] jingles recorded in 1973 and 1974, and, on the second disc, songs recorded live at the [[Paris Theatre]], London, in August 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45worlds.com/cdalbum/cd/salvodcd211 |title=CD Album - Slade - Slade Live At The BBC - Salvo - UK |website=45worlds.com |date=17 August 1972 |access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref> In November 2009, [[Universal Music]] released a new compilation entitled ''[[Merry Xmas Everybody: Party Hits]]'', which peaked at number 151 in the UK.<ref name="officialcharts.com"/> In 2010, all four original members of Slade attended a business meeting hoping that maybe this could lead to the band reuniting for a farewell tour. However, the meeting soon dissolved into the same continued arguments on matters spanning back to the band's original break-up, and led to such an idea being dismissed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05rjgkf |title=BBC Radio 2 - Johnnie Walker's Sounds of the 70s, Christmas Eve Special: Noddy Holder, Noddy Holder in conversation |website=Bbc.co.uk |date=24 December 2017 |access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h67oBAAAQBAJ&q=world+according+noddy |title=The World According To Noddy: Life Lessons Learned In and Out of Rock & Roll - Noddy Holder - Google Books |date= 18 September 2014|access-date=8 January 2018|isbn=978-1-4721-1565-2 |last1=Holder |first1=Noddy |publisher=Little, Brown Book }}</ref> Holder said in 2015: “It really saddens me that the four guys who were in Slade can’t get together and sit round the dinner table. Five years ago I got the four of us together so we could air our grievances face to face, but it was so painful I’d never want to repeat it. I was shocked.”<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/now/slade-split-up-after-53-years-091913714.html |title='Merry Xmas Everybody' rockers Slade split up after 53 years |website=Yahoo.com |date=5 February 2020 |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>

In 2011, Salvo released a remastered version of ''Sladest'' which included a previously unreleased studio version of the live track "Hear Me Calling".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005DQ3AOE |title=Sladest: Slade: Amazon.co.uk: Music |website=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=4 November 2011}}</ref> On the evening of 21 December 2012, BBC Four held Slade Night,<ref>{{cite news|title=Slade Night|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20796635|agency=BBC|publisher=BBC}}</ref> which consisted of a showing of the 1999 documentary ''It's Slade'', Slade at the BBC,<ref>{{cite web|title=Slade at the BBC|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pdt89|website=BBC|access-date=11 December 2014}}</ref> and the band's 1975 film ''[[Slade in Flame]]'' respectively. ''Slade at the BBC'' is a compilation of the band's performances from the BBC archives throughout their career from 1969 to 1991, introduced by Noddy Holder.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/tc8ts/slade-at-the-bbc |title=Slade at the BBC |magazine=Radio Times |date=4 February 2014 |access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref> According to BARB, the viewing figure for ''It's Slade'' was 608,000 whilst ''Slade at the BBC'' had a total of 477,000 viewers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing/weekly-top-10 |title=Top 10 Programmes |publisher=BARB |date=13 April 2014 |access-date=23 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130113222519/http://www.barb.co.uk/viewing/weekly-top-10 |archive-date=13 January 2013}}</ref>

After years of working with [[Lise Lyng Falkenberg]], since 2006, Powell's biography ''Look Wot I Dun – My Life in Slade'' was released on 14 October 2013, by Omnibus Press (Music Sales Ltd).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Look Wot I Dun: Don Powell of Slade: Amazon.co.uk: Don Powell, Lise Lyng Falkenberg: Books |id= {{ASIN|1783050403|country=uk}} }}</ref> The book is based on more than 50 hours of interviews with Powell as well as his own 20 years of diaries and notebooks he kept due to his problems with short-term memory following his 1973 accident.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bradley |first=Steve |url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/slade-drummer-don-powell-prepares-121309 |title=Slade drummer Don Powell prepares to publish his autobiography |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=16 March 2010 |access-date=23 April 2014}}</ref> Additionally the book featured contributions and quotes from interviews of 28 of Powell's friends, colleagues and family members.<ref name="salvo-music1">{{cite web |url=http://www.salvo-music.co.uk/news/artistnews.asp?MArId=2 |title=Salvo |website=Salvo-music.co.uk |access-date=23 April 2014 |archive-date=14 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014233737/http://www.salvo-music.co.uk/news/artistnews.asp?MArId=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It looks in detail at Slade's long career and Powell's life, which included booze-ups with Ozzy Osbourne. To promote the book, Powell appeared at a number of [[Waterstones]] book signings, as well as a charity "Tea with Don Powell" event, a question and answer session, where Powell discussed his life with Clive Eakin of BBC Coventry & Warwick. It was in support of the National Autistic Society.<ref name="salvo-music1"/> In 2015, the box set ''[[When Slade Rocked the World]]'' was released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/when-slade-rocked-the-world-1971-75-super-deluxe-box-set/|title=When Slade Rocked the World 1971-75 / super deluxe box set - superdeluxeedition|website=Superdeluxeedition.com|date=22 July 2015 |access-date=28 October 2017}}</ref>

On 3 February 2020, Powell announced on his official website that Hill had sent him a "cold email" informing him that his services were no longer required. Hill disputes this version of events, stating that Don Powell's version of the circumstances of the break-up were inaccurate. Powell also announced that he would be forming "Don Powell's Slade" with former Slade II bassist Craig Fenney.<ref name="Slade drummer Don Powell 'fired by email' after 57-year partnership">{{cite web |last1=Beaumont-Thomas |first1=Ben |title=Slade drummer Don Powell 'fired by email' after 57-year partnership |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/05/slade-drummer-don-powell-fired-over-email-after-57-year-partnership |website=The Guardian |date=5 February 2020 |access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref> Powell was replaced by Alex Bines.<ref name="About page">{{cite web |title=Band page of Slade's official website |url=https://www.slade.uk.com/the-band |website=Official website |publisher=Slade |access-date=8 March 2020 |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807074721/https://www.slade.uk.com/the-band |url-status=dead }}</ref> Powell's statement was removed from his website shortly afterwards.

During 2020 and 2021, Powell, Holder and Lea conducted an extensive series of Zoom video interviews for the www.slayed.co.uk website and its forum at www.sladeforum.co.uk <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.perseverancesite.co.uk/slade/interviews/noize-interviews-index.htm |title=Slayed.co.uk |access-date=11 November 2021 |archive-date=11 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111005717/http://www.perseverancesite.co.uk/slade/interviews/noize-interviews-index.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> - comments from which were mined for the expanded second edition of the book on their unauthorised discography, ''The Noize''.

In late 2022, Lea and Powell reunited in the recording studio (with Johnny Howells and Mick Marson of the pre-Slade group The 'N Betweens) to record a number of songs for a Lea project. The only track that has been released so far was the very limited edition CD single of "[[Train Kept A-Rollin']]", on the Noize Recordings label. A video was made for the song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.perseverancesite.co.uk/slade/news2023.htm|title=SLADE @ slayed.co.uk|website=Perseverancesite.co.uk}}</ref> "The Train Kept A Rollin'" reached number 3 on the Heritage Chart on 14 May 2023.