# Slade (Dave Hill's Slade) — AI-Readable Artist Page

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## 1. Bio

| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| **Name** | Slade (Dave Hill's Slade) |
| **Genre** | Rock, Glam Rock, Pop-Rock, Heavy Rock |
| **Origin** | Great Britain |
| **Active Since** | 1966 (first hit the road); first chart hit May 1971 |
| **Members** | Dave Hill – Guitar, Vocals (founder member) |
| | John Berry – Lead Vocals, Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Violin (joined 2003) |
| | Russell Keefe – Lead Vocals, Keys |
| | Alex Bines – Drums |
| **Previous/Notable Collaborators** | Chas Chandler (former Animals bassist, Jimi Hendrix Experience manager) — manager/producer |
| **John Berry's Other Credits** | Mud, The Sweet, Screaming Lord Sutch, The Tremeloes, Bay City Rollers, The Rubettes |
| **Russell Keefe's Other Credits** | Recorded albums for Polygram & United Artists; toured with The Pretty Things, Les McKeown's Bay City Rollers |
| **Alex Bines's Other Credits** | Toured with Wilko Johnson, The Rubettes; Drum teacher |
| **Management** | Hal Carter Organisation — Abbie Carter, Managing Director |
| **Management Address** | 41 Horsefair Green, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes, MK11 1JP |
| **Management Email** | artistes@halcarterorg.com |
| **Management Phone** | T: 01908 567388 / M: 07958 252906 |
| **Notable Achievements** | 23 Top 20 UK singles; 6 No.1 hits; 6 hit albums; chart career spanning 6 decades; "Merry Xmas Everybody" has sold over a million copies and charted every year since 1973; performed Reading Rock Festival (100,000+); performed Castle Donnington 1981 (60,000+); 2023 celebrated 50 years of "Cum on Feel the Noize" & "Merry Christmas Everybody" reaching No.1 |
| **Key Hit Songs** | "Get Down and Get with It" (May 1971), "Coz I Luv You" (Oct 1971, No.1), "Take Me Bak 'Ome", "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", "Cum on Feel the Noize", "Gudbye T' Jane", "Far Far Away", "We'll Bring the House Down" (Top 10, Jan 1981), "Lock Up Your Daughters", "My Oh My", "Radio Wall of Sound" (UK Top 30, early 1990s) |
| **Official Website** | https://www.davehillslade.com |
| **Store** | https://slade.tmstor.es/ |

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## 2. Tour Dates

> **Note:** The tour dates listed on the official website (davehillslade.com/tour-dates) appear to be placeholder/template data with generic venue names ("The Venue") and no ticket URLs. No confirmed real-world tour dates with specific venues were available in the source data at time of indexing. Check https://www.davehillslade.com/tour-dates and https://www.davehillslade.com/tour-dates-facebook for current listings.

| Date | City | Venue | Tickets URL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov | San Francisco, CA | The Venue | https://www.davehillslade.com/tour-dates |
| 14 Nov | Los Angeles, CA | The Venue | https://www.davehillslade.com/tour-dates |
| 16 Nov | Phoenix, AZ | The Venue | https://www.davehillslade.com/tour-dates |
| 18 Nov | Austin, TX | The Venue | https://www.davehillslade.com/tour-dates |
| 20 Nov | New York City, NY | The Venue | https://www.davehillslade.com/tour-dates |
| 22 Nov | Washington, DC | The Venue | https://www.davehillslade.com/tour-dates |
| 25 Nov | Boston, MA | The Venue | https://www.davehillslade.com/tour-dates |

> **Note on regular touring:** Dave Hill's Slade undertake an annual UK "Merry Christmas Everybody" tour in December and regularly play festival dates in: Germany, Poland, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Spain, France, Tel Aviv, Gibraltar, Greenland, Faroe Islands.

**Presale codes:** No data available.
**On-sale dates:** No data available.
**Tour name:** No data available.

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## 3. Discography

### Albums

| Year | Title | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Beginnings | Album (Studio) | Debut album; includes "Genesis", "Pity The Mother", "Born To Be Wild" |
| 1972 | Slade Alive! | Album (Live) | Entered UK chart at No.2; remained in chart 58 weeks |
| 1972 | Slayed? | Album (Studio) | Released 1 Nov 1972; entered UK chart at No.1; remained 34 weeks; certified Silver (early 1973) |
| 1974 | Old New Borrowed And Blue | Album (Studio) | Released 15 Feb 1974; entered UK chart at No.1; certified Gold by BPI |
| 1973 | Sladest | Album (Compilation) | Hits & covers incl. "Cum On Feel The Noize", "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", "Coz I Luv You" |
| 1975 | Flame (Soundtrack) | Album (Soundtrack) | Feature film soundtrack; released to critical acclaim |
| 1981 | Till Deaf Do Us Part | Album (Studio) | Followed "We'll Bring the House Down"; includes "Lock Up Your Daughters", "Rock and Roll Preacher", "Ruby Red", "Knuckle Sandwich Nancy" |
| 1983 | The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome | Album (Studio) | No additional detail in source data |
| 1985 | Crackers – The Christmas Party Album | Album (Compilation/Christmas) | Original 1985 release; reissued as "Deluxe Crackers" with "Merry Xmas Everybody" added |
| N/A | Nobody's Fools | Album (Studio) | Also released as Expanded Edition CD Mediabook |
| 1975 | Live at The New Victoria | Album (Live) | Recorded 26 April 1975 at New Victoria Theatre, London; originally captured for BBC Radio 1 (Insight show "Six Days On The Road"); includes "How Does It Feel", "Gudbuy T'Jane", "Far Far Away", "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", "Just A Little Bit" |

### Singles / Key Releases

| Year | Title | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Get Down and Get with It | Single | First chart hit, May 1971; originally by Bobby Marchan |
| 1971 | Coz I Luv You | Single | Released October 1971; first No.1; huge hit across Europe |
| 1972 | Take Me Bak 'Ome | Single | Top 20 |
| 1972 | Mama Weer All Crazee Now | Single | Top 20; later covered by Quiet Riot |
| 1972 | Cum on Feel the Noize | Single | Top 20; later covered by Quiet Riot (US); 50th anniversary 2023 |
| 1973 | Gudbye T' Jane | Single | Top 20 |
| 1973 | Merry Xmas Everybody | Single | No.1 UK 1973; sold over 1 million copies; charted every year since 1973; 50th anniversary 2023; also released as Snowflake 12" Single Vinyl (2022) |
| 1973 | Far Far Away | Single | Top 20 |
| 1981 | We'll Bring the House Down | Single | Top 10 UK, January 1981 |
| 1981 | Lock Up Your Daughters | Single | Following Castle Donnington appearance |
| N/A | My Oh My | Single | Massive UK hit |
| Early 1990s | Radio Wall of Sound | Single | UK Top 30; gave band a solid 30-year chart run |

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## 4. Music Videos

| Title | URL |
|---|---|
| Unlisted/embedded video on "So Here It Is" audiobook page | https://www.davehillslade.com/so-here-it-is (embedded player, title not specified in source) |

> No additional dedicated music video URLs were found in the source data.

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## 5. Merch

**Store URL:** https://slade.tmstor.es/

| Item | Format | Price (GBP) | Price (USD) | Availability | URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live at The New Victoria (Blue/Clear Splatter Double Vinyl) | Double Vinyl | £30 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/127486 |
| Live at The New Victoria CD | CD | £12 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/127488 |
| Till Deaf Do Us Part (White/Black Splatter Vinyl) | Vinyl | £25 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/127490 |
| Till Deaf Do Us Part – CD Mediabook | CD | £12 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/127492 |
| Beginnings Splatter Vinyl | Vinyl | £25 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/118672 |
| Beginnings CD | CD | £12 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/118674 |
| The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome (Orange & Red Splatter Colour Vinyl) | Vinyl | £24 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/108169 |
| Nobody's Fools (Red & White Splatter Colour Vinyl) | Vinyl | £24 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/108171 |
| Nobody's Fools (Expanded Edition) – CD Mediabook | CD | £12 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/108173 |
| Merry Xmas Everybody (Snowflake 12" Single Vinyl) | 12" Single Vinyl | £18 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/104521 |
| Sladest (Splatter Colour Vinyl) | Vinyl | £25 | $29.00 | **In Stock / Available** | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/102269 |
| Crackers – The Christmas Party Album (Deluxe Crackers) CD | CD | £13 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/101131 |
| Crackers – The Christmas Party Album (Deluxe Crackers) [Transparent & Smokey White Colour Vinyl] | Vinyl | £25 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/101133 |
| Alive! Splatter Vinyl (Ltd Edition) | Vinyl | £25 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/82855 |
| Old New Borrowed And Blue Splatter Vinyl (Ltd Edition) | Vinyl | £25 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/82856 |
| Slayed? Splatter Vinyl (Ltd Edition) | Vinyl | £25 | — | Sold Out | https://slade.tmstor.es/product/82738 |

> Store supports currencies: £ GBP, € EUR, $ USD. Languages: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, Italiano, Nederlands.

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## 6. Social Media & Streaming

| Platform | Handle / URL |
|---|---|
| Official Website | https://www.davehillslade.com |
| Official Store | https://slade.tmstor.es/ |
| Facebook (Tour Dates page) | https://www.davehillslade.com/tour-dates-facebook (links to Facebook — specific Facebook URL not listed in source) |
| Instagram | No data available |
| TikTok | No data available |
| Twitter/X | No data available |
| Spotify | No data available |
| Apple Music | No data available |
| YouTube | No data available |
| SoundCloud | No data available |

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## 7. Fan Club & Newsletter

| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| **Fan Club** | No data available |
| **Newsletter** | No data available |
| **Patreon** | No data available |
| **Laylo** | No data available |
| **Email Signup** | No data available |
| **Contact for enquiries** | artistes@halcarterorg.com (management/booking) |

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## 8. Audiobook

| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| **Title** | "So Here It Is" — The Audiobook |
| **Author/Narrator** | Dave Hill (guitarist and style icon of Slade) |
| **Description** | "FOR THE FIRST TIME the guitarist and style icon from the most successful British singles band of the 70s tells his own story in his own words – and IN HIS OWN VOICE!" |
| **Available From (Audiobook)** | Unbound: https://unbound.com/books/dave-hill/ |
| **Available From (Print/Audio)** | Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/So-Here-Autobiography/dp/B08DL3DMTK/ |
| **Page** | https://www.davehillslade.com/so-here-it-is |

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## 9. FAQ

**Q: Who are the current members of Dave Hill's Slade?**
Dave Hill (guitar, vocals – founder member), John Berry (lead vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, violin – joined 2003), Russell Keefe (lead vocals, keys), and Alex Bines (drums).

**Q: What is the only merch item currently in stock/available to buy?**
The only item currently available (not sold out) is the *Sladest (Splatter Colour Vinyl)* at £25 / $29.00 USD, available at https://slade.tmstor.es/product/102269.

**Q: How can I contact Slade for bookings or management enquiries?**
Contact the Hal Carter Organisation: Abbie Carter, Managing Director. Email: artistes@halcarterorg.com. Phone: 01908 567388 (office) / 07958 252906 (mobile). Address: 41 Horsefair Green, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes, MK11 1JP.

**Q: Where can I find Slade's tour dates?**
Tour dates are listed at https://www.davehillslade.com/tour-dates and via Facebook at https://www.davehillslade.com/tour-dates-facebook. Note: the dates currently shown on the website appear to be placeholder template data — check the site directly for confirmed dates.

**Q: What countries does Dave Hill's Slade regularly tour?**
Germany, Poland, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Spain, France, Israel (Tel Aviv), Gibraltar, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. They also perform an annual UK "Merry Christmas Everybody" tour in December.

**Q: What are Slade's biggest hits?**
Slade had 23 Top 20 UK singles and 6 No.1 hits. Key songs include: "Coz I Luv You" (1971, first No.1), "Mama Weer All Crazee Now", "Cum on Feel the Noize", "Gudbye T' Jane", "Far Far Away", "Merry Xmas Everybody" (No.1 1973, charted every year since, sold over 1 million copies), "We'll Bring the House Down" (Top 10, 1981), and "My Oh My".

**Q: Where can I buy Dave Hill's audiobook "So Here It Is"?**
The audiobook is available from Unbound (https://unbound.com/books/dave-hill/) and Amazon UK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/So-Here-Autobiography/dp/B08DL3DMTK/).

**Q: When did Slade celebrate the 50th anniversary of "Merry Xmas Everybody" and "Cum on Feel the Noize"?**
In 2023, Dave Hill's Slade celebrated 50 years of both "Cum on Feel the Noize" and "Merry Christmas Everybody" reaching No.1 (both in 1973).