I always remember watching a video in Physics at school which sort of recreated that... Guitar player gets a fatal belt off an unearthed mic. Scared the shit out of me and I've always been very wary of mic stands since. I've had a couple of minor belts meself. Frightening.
My mate saw them at the Poly and said there was hell on, loads of people scrapping don’t know if it was 1980 though.
I only discovered at that gig that the crew I’d been working with on a prolonged Saxon tour were also Slades long serving road crew. Nice lads. Piss takers but nice lads.
If I remember right there was bother in the bar at the back of the main hall which then spilled over into the hall. I saw a lot of bands at the poly back then, and there was always bother, it was just a part of the experience
Early 80s just before Christmas? Remember that but not clearly we were all off it, mad night.
Yes that was it. I was all of 15..hitchhiked down from Boldon with a friend of the same age. These days parents who allowed that would have been locked up and of course back then there was no way of staying in touch via smartphones etc. Ran out of food on the last day and relied on the Sally Ann truck which was on site ,for soup and bread..why I always give to them even now. Then just hitched back five days later.
I saw the Slade in flame film at the Studios on high street bank (East End) but not sure if they made an appearance ?
Saw him earlier this year. He had to cut the gig short after about eight songs as his voice was shot.
That was the one. I know they were scheduled to make an appearance but you've got me thinking now and something at the back of my mind is suggesting you might be right about non-appearance.
In name only there’s only one original member Dave Hill
