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==Legacy and influence== [[File:Quietriot2.jpg|thumb|right|Slade have influenced many bands, including [[Quiet Riot]], who covered two of their songs, "[[Cum On Feel the Noize]]" and "[[Mama Weer All Crazee Now]]".]] Slade have influenced numerous artists including: [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], [[the Smashing Pumpkins]], [[the Ramones]], [[Sex Pistols]], [[the Clash]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Quiet Riot]], [[Poison (American band)|Poison]], [[Def Leppard]], [[Cheap Trick]], [[Twisted Sister]], [[the Undertones]], [[The Replacements (band)|the Replacements]] and [[the Runaways]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Prato |first=Greg |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/slade-p5449 |title=Slade |website=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=15 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kiss Founder Gene Simmons Says Band's 'Heart and Soul Lies in England'|url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss-heart-and-soul-lies-in-england-says-gene-simmons/|publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=22 September 2017}}</ref> Other artists include [[Hanoi Rocks]], [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Kirka]], [[Hot Leg (band)|Hot Leg]], [[Candlebox]], [[Cock Sparrer]] and [[Girlschool]]. Their anarchic attitude was adopted by [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]], [[the Wonder Stuff]], and [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], the latter of whom covered "Cum on Feel the Noize". Comedians [[Vic Reeves]], [[Bob Mortimer]], [[Paul Whitehouse]] and [[Mark Williams (actor)|Mark Williams]] affectionately [[parody|parodied]] the band in a number of what the band called 'hysterically accurate' "Slade in Residence" and "Slade on Holiday" sketches, in their ''[[The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer]]'' television programme in the early 1990s.<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> [[Joey Ramone]] stated "I spent most of the early 70s listening to ''[[Slade Alive!]]'' thinking to myself, "Wow – this is what I want to do. I want to make that kind of intensity for myself. A couple of years later I was at [[CBGB]]'s doing my best Noddy Holder."<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/>{{failed verification|date=July 2023}} [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]] of [[Sex Pistols]] stated "Slade never compromised. We always had the feeling that they were on our side. I don't know but I think we were right."<ref name="Guinness Rockopedia"/> [[NME]] commented on Slade's legacy in a review of a greatest hits album, "They embodied the glorious absurdity of the greatest pop, in the sideburns, the mirrored top hat and Dave Hill's pudding bowl haircut. As such they were the simplest, most effective possible, riposte to prog rock's bloated pretensions and pseudo-intellect."<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Slade.aspx |title=Slade Facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Slade |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=15 July 2011}}</ref> In 1981, [[Adam and the Ants]]' lead guitarist and co-songwriter [[Marco Pirroni]], who now owns Dave Hill's original trademark 'Superyob' guitar, stated that he was greatly influenced by the first gig he ever attended which was Slade at Wembley Pool in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/5068640_orig.jpg |title=Internet Archive's Wayback Machine |date=26 March 2012 |access-date=1 February 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326144235/http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/5068640_orig.jpg |archive-date=26 March 2012 }}</ref><ref>Slade Supporters Club Newsletter July – August 1981</ref> TV presenter [[Gareth Jones (presenter)|Gareth Jones]], also known as Gaz Top, is a known Slade fan who hosted the 1986 Slade documentary "Slade Perseverance".<ref>{{citation|title=SLADE "PERSEVERANCE" DOCUMENTARY – PART ONE – 1986 |year=1986}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigboyzbignoize.blogspot.com/2006/01/perseverance-story-of-slade.html |title=Slade: Perseverance – The Story Of Slade |website=Bigboyzbignoize.blogspot.com |date=20 January 2006 |access-date=10 August 2011}}</ref> Jones also appeared at the 1986 and 1987 official Slade fan club conventions.<ref name="davekempandslade81"/> Other famous Slade fans include English ex-football player [[Gary Lineker]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sladefanclub.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/1475201_orig.jpg|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716200301/http://www.sladefanclub.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/1475201_orig.jpg|url-status=dead|title=1475201_orig.jpg (547x800 pixels)|date=16 July 2012|archive-date=16 July 2012}}</ref><ref>Slade International Fan Club newsletter June – July – August 1986</ref> and Welsh football player [[Nigel Vaughan]], whom Lea and Hill visited on Boxing Day 1989 at the football ground of [[Wolverhampton Wanderers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/186477_orig.jpg |title=Internet Archive's Wayback Machine |date=1 May 2012 |access-date=1 February 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501084531/http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/186477_orig.jpg |archive-date=1 May 2012 }}</ref><ref>Slade International Fan Club newsletter January – February – March 1990</ref> [[Ozzy Osbourne]] commented during a Slade documentary, "Noddy Holder's got one of greatest voices in rock ever."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3PLjJStiSs |title=Ozzy loves Noddy |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=15 July 2011}}</ref> On his show, 'Breakfast With Alice' on [[Planet Rock (radio station)|Planet Rock]], [[Alice Cooper]] stated "I love Slade. One of the oddest-looking bands of all time... Twisted Sister lived on Slade, and so did Quiet Riot pretty much. They wrote the catchiest songs around."<ref>15 November, Breakfast With Alice</ref><ref>Alice Cooper loves Slade, 5 November 2010</ref> In 2008, [[Nikki Sixx]] of [[Mötley Crüe]] said, '"...like with Alice Cooper and Bowie and Slade – those fucking bands gave 150 percent. It was about fashion, it was about music, it was about pushing the envelope".<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Andy Greene |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/nikki-sixx-this-album-comes-from-our-demented-souls-20080415 |title=Nikki Sixx: This Album Comes From Our Demented Souls | Rolling Stone Music |magazine=Rollingstone.com |date=15 April 2008 |access-date=10 August 2011}}</ref> [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] bassist [[John Edwards (musician)|John "Rhino" Edwards]] stated in a 2010 interview, "I thought the best violin player was Jimmy Lea out of Slade. Oh, he's just brilliant. He's a brilliant musician, that guy. He's a serious bass player. That band (Slade) are so underrated as players. So original."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/status_quo_youve_got_to_be_prepared_to_be_told_to_f-ck_off.html|title=Status Quo: 'You've Got To Be Prepared To Be Told To F-ck Off' - Interviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com|date=26 August 2011|access-date=28 October 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826220100/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/status_quo_youve_got_to_be_prepared_to_be_told_to_f-ck_off.html|archive-date=26 August 2011}}</ref> [[Deep Purple]] guitarist [[Ritchie Blackmore]] said of them, "They are a good group because they don't care about the notes and there is a public wanting that. Another group might be too inhibited to do what they do."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehighwaystar.com/interviews/blackmore/rb1971xxxx.html |title=Ritchie Blackmore, Interviews |website=Thehighwaystar.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020615215207/http://www.thehighwaystar.com/interviews/blackmore/rb1971xxxx.html |archive-date=15 June 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Twisted Sister]] vocalist [[Dee Snider]] once described Twisted Sister as Slade meets the [[Sex Pistols]]. Twisted Sister's guitarist [[Jay Jay French]] stated "I would say our direct lineage these days is a bit of Slade and Alice Cooper."<ref>{{cite web|author=M. St Aubin |url=http://detroitrockblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/monday-interview-jay-jay-french-of.html |title=Detroit Rock Blog: Monday Interview: Jay Jay French Of Twisted Sister |website=Detroitrockblog.blogspot.com |date=28 February 2011 |access-date=15 July 2011}}</ref> On the 2011 final ''Mark Radcliffe & Stuart Maconie'' BBC Radio Two show, [[Manic Street Preachers]] bassist [[Nicky Wire]] stated that he believed Slade's post-Reading material was very underrated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00zl7z5 |title=Radio 2 Programmes – The Radcliffe and Maconie Show, With Manic Street Preachers |publisher=BBC |date=23 March 2011 |access-date=15 July 2011}}</ref> [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] bassist [[Gene Simmons]] stated that his band's early songwriting ethos and stage performance was influenced by Slade. In his book ''Kiss and Make-Up'', Simmons wrote "... we liked the way they (Slade) connected with the crowd and the way they wrote anthems... we wanted that same energy, that same irresistible simplicity".<ref>{{cite book |first1=Gene |last1=Simmons |title=Kiss and Make-up|year=2002|publisher=Three Rivers Press|isbn=0-609-81002-2|page=85 }}</ref> [[Tom Petersson]] of [[Cheap Trick]] said that his band went to see Slade perform, and that they (Slade) used "every cheap trick in the book", thus inadvertently coining his group's name. Cheap Trick [[cover version|covered]] the song "[[When the Lights Are Out]]" on their 2009 release, ''[[The Latest]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-cheap-trick-the-latest1/ |title=Music Review: Cheap Trick – The Latest – Blogcritics Music |website=Blogcritics.org |access-date=5 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028195802/http://blogcritics.org/music/article/music-review-cheap-trick-the-latest1/ |archive-date=28 October 2011 }}</ref> Quiet Riot had US hits with covers of "Cum on Feel the Noize" and "[[Mama Weer All Crazee Now]]". The origins of Slade's influence on Quiet Riot date back to the early 1970s, when [[Kevin DuBrow]] photographed Slade during their first Los Angeles appearance at the [[Whisky a Go Go]]. However, Quiet Riot drummer [[Frankie Banali]] claims that DuBrow was not a fan of Slade, favouring fellow British rock bands Queen and [[Humble Pie]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/frankie_banali_of_quiet_riot/|title=Frankie Banali of Quiet Riot : Songwriter Interviews|website=Songfacts.com|language=en|access-date=3 June 2018}}</ref> In 1971, ''[[Record Mirror]]'' magazine voted Slade number 10 in the top UK groups based on singles for the year.<ref>''Record Mirror'' Magazine 29 January</ref> During 1972, the then popular teen magazine, ''[[Fab 208]]'', voted the band "Group of the Year" whilst in the ''Record Mirror'' magazine that same year; Slade were voted number two in the most promising British groups list, number five in the top 18 groups list and number 17 in the male groups category.<ref>Slade Scrapbook Website – Cuttings 1972</ref><ref>''Record Mirror'' magazine 18 March 1972</ref> Also in 1972, Slade were voted number one top band and leading recording act in the NME magazine chart points survey, and number one top live band.<ref>NME magazine 30 December 1972</ref> Radio Luxembourg presented Slade with the award for "Britain's act/group of the year" in 1973.<ref name=autogenerated22>{{cite web |url=http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/3030626_orig.jpg |title=Internet Archive's Wayback Machine |date=23 April 2012 |access-date=1 February 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423161716/http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/3030626_orig.jpg |archive-date=23 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>Slade Fan Club Newsletter February – March 1973</ref> In February 1973, Slade were voted Best Live Band by the Disc Music Awards. The same year, the band were again voted the world's top group in the NME Poll and top group in the BBC World Service Poll. In April 1973, Record Mirror magazine ranked Slade at number three of top 10 in both the album and singles band chart. Record Mirror's exclusive chart survey was based on a point system allocated according to position and length of time in UK charts for the first three months of the year.<ref>Record Mirror magazine 28 April 1973</ref> In July 1973, Record Mirror magazine ranked Slade at number six of 10 in the UK group singles chart and number 3 in the UK group albums chart.<ref>Record Mirror magazine 28 July 1973</ref> In 1973 and 1974, the band received the Carl-Alan award for Top Group.<ref name=autogenerated19>{{cite web |url=http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/7127248_orig.jpg |title=Internet Archive's Wayback Machine |date=23 April 2012 |access-date=1 February 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423161518/http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/7127248_orig.jpg |archive-date=23 April 2012 }}</ref> In early 1974, the band were voted the number one foreign group by Spain's biggest music magazine of the time and were voted best overseas group in Finland, Belgium and Ireland.<ref name=autogenerated19 /><ref name=autogenerated20>{{cite web |url=http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/3104558_orig.jpg |title=Internet Archive's Wayback Machine |date=23 April 2012 |access-date=1 February 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423161405/http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/3104558_orig.jpg |archive-date=23 April 2012 }}</ref><ref name=autogenerated21>Slade Fan Club Newsletter January – February 1974</ref><ref>Slade Fan Club Newsletter April – May 1974</ref> The Disc Music Awards rated Slade as the best live group and top British group. Slade made number four in the "top groups in the world" category. Individual members were also acknowledged; Noddy Holder was number five in the best British male singers whilst Jim Lea made number nine in the top songwriter list. In the ''Record and Radio Mirror'' poll results of 1974, Slade were voted top British group, with Holder number two in the top British male singer list. Dave Hill and Jim Lea made the top British guitarist list at number one and seven respectively. Lea also appeared at number nine in the top British keyboardist list and number two in the miscellaneous instruments list. Don Powell was voted top British percussionist. The band collected the 1974 Belgian award for Best World Group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/320026_orig.jpg |title=Internet Archive's Wayback Machine |date=23 April 2012 |access-date=1 February 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423161642/http://sladefanclub.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/320026_orig.jpg |archive-date=23 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>Fan Club Newsletter August – September 1974</ref> In February 1976, Record Mirror magazine voted Slade the third best UK group with Noddy Holder number eight in the best male singer and number six in the best songwriter categories.<ref>Record Mirror magazine 14 February 1976</ref> In 1980, Record Mirror voted the band number one for the most inspired comeback of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sladescrapbook.com/cuttings-1980.html |title=1980 Press Cuttings |publisher=Slade Scrapbook |access-date=11 November 2012 |archive-date=4 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204125015/http://www.sladescrapbook.com/cuttings-1980.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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