Editing Slade (section)

==Musical style==
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Many Slade songs were written specifically for audience participation, such as "Get Down and Get With It", "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", "Cum on Feel the Noize", "Give Us a Goal", "We'll Bring The House Down", "Rock and Roll Preacher" and "My Oh My".<ref>The Story of Slade biography</ref> In the days before Slade, Holder, Lea, Hill and Powell were influenced by American blues artists such as [[Sonny Boy Williamson II]], [[John Lee Hooker]] and [[Howlin' Wolf]] but then became interested in the work of [[Little Richard]].<ref>Slade – Feel The Noize Biography</ref><ref>Noddy Holder – Who's Crazee Now Biography</ref> Later they were to draw artistic influence from contemporary rock acts including [[the Beatles]], [[Chuck Berry]], [[Joe Brown (singer)|Joe Brown]], [[Cream (band)|Cream]], [[the Kinks]], [[Wilson Pickett]], [[Otis Redding]], [[the Rolling Stones]], [[Rufus Thomas]], [[the Who]], [[the Pretty Things]], and [[Screaming Lord Sutch]].<ref name="allmusic.com">{{cite web|last=Prato |first=Greg |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/slade-p5449 |title=Slade |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=10 August 2011}}</ref> [[Chas Chandler]]'s connections with [[The Animals]] and [[Jimi Hendrix]] also had an influence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celebrityrockstarguitars.com/rock/burdon.htm |title=Eric Burdon and The Animals |website=Celebrityrockstarguitars.com |access-date=10 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930082950/http://www.celebrityrockstarguitars.com/rock/burdon.htm |archive-date=30 September 2011 }}</ref>

The 1969 album ''[[Beginnings (Ambrose Slade album)|Beginnings]]'', released under the name Ambrose Slade, featured many songs that basically comprised their live act with covers of psychedelic rock and classic 1960s rocksongs by [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]], [[Ted Nugent]], [[Frank Zappa]], [[The Moody Blues]], [[The Beatles]] and [[Marvin Gaye]].

''[[Play It Loud]]'' (1970), the first album that was released as Slade, showed more of a progressive rock sound.

Their 1972 live album, ''[[Slade Alive!]]'', featured cover versions of songs by [[Ten Years After]], [[The Lovin' Spoonful]], [[Bobby Marchan]] and [[Steppenwolf (band)|Steppenwolf]] and is considered a strong classic rock effort. Their sound was toughening up and they would soon find their classic sound and commence the tremendously successful Holder / Lea songwriting partnership.

The 1971 single "[[Coz I Luv You]]", and the 1973 B-side [[Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me|Kill 'Em At The Hot Club Tonite]] were inspired by the [[Gypsy jazz|gypsy swing]] of the [[Quintette du Hot Club de France]], especially the guitar and violin styles of [[Django Reinhardt]] and [[Stéphane Grappelli]].<ref>Slade's 1997 Greatest Hits compilation booklet</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sladest - Record Collector Magazine|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/sladest|website=[[Record Collector]]|first=Terry|last=Staunton}}</ref>

''[[Slayed?]]'' (1972) merged glam rock with classic rock, and whilst the 1974 album, ''[[Old New Borrowed and Blue]]'', continued in this vein, it also featured pop-rock, rock ballads and novelty tracks.<ref name="perseverancesite.co.uk">{{cite web |title=The Music |url=http://www.perseverancesite.co.uk/slade/themusic/index.htm |website=Perseverancesite.co.uk |access-date=28 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411031507/http://www.perseverancesite.co.uk/slade/themusic/index.htm |archive-date=11 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The next album was the 1974 soundtrack ''[[Slade in Flame]]'' which saw a return to 1960s classic rock, to fit with the theme of the film. The single from the album, "[[Far Far Away (song)|Far Far Away]]" had an acoustic rock sound, whereas the following single "[[How Does It Feel (Slade song)|How Does It Feel?]]" featured the use of brass and woodwind instruments.<ref name="autogenerated8"/>

In 1975, while residing in the States, Slade was influenced by Southern boogie rock bands and as a result, ''[[Nobody's Fools (album)|Nobody's Fools]]'' featured a wide mixture of styles including soul, country, rock, funk, folk and blues. The album also featured some soulful female backing vocalists.<ref>Slade Salvo remastered album Nobody's Fools booklet</ref> After the band returned to the UK in 1977, they began to merge their American influences with a classic, hard rock. ''[[Return to Base]]'' (1979) featured elements of classic rock, acoustic rock, rock ballads, ambient rock and rock and roll.<ref name="ReferenceA">Slade Salvo remastered album We'll Bring the House Down booklet</ref> Two albums, released in 1981; ''[[We'll Bring the House Down]]'' and ''[[Till Deaf Do Us Part]]'' adopted a hard rock and heavy metal sound, as a result of the band's revival amongst heavy metal fans, following their success at the Reading Festival.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

The 1983 album ''[[The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome]]'' featured a change in musical direction, with a more commercial-friendly rock sound on some tracks, mixed with hard rock and glam metal influences. Some of the tracks hinted at a motor racing theme.<ref name="perseverancesite.co.uk"/> One single from the album, "[[My Oh My (Slade song)|My Oh My]]" followed a power ballad sound, whilst the next single, "[[Run Runaway]]" was reminiscent of a Scottish jig. Slade's next album, ''[[Rogues Gallery (album)|Rogues Gallery]]'' featured a strong use of synthesisers, which were a popular instrument in the latter half of the 1980s as did the band's final album ''[[You Boyz Make Big Noize]]'', although this album had a slightly grittier hard rock sound.<ref name="perseverancesite.co.uk"/>