Chris Slade

Drummer with [a=Uriah Heep], [a=Manfred Mann's Earth Band] and [a=AC/DC], amongst several others. Born 30-10-1946 in Pontypridd, Wales, his first claim to fame was playing with [a1461332], the [a=Tom Jones] backing group (1963-1969). By 1972, he had moved on to Manfred Mann's Earth Band and played with them until 1978, when he shortly joined with former Earth Band members to form the Band [a1051965]. But this band did not have a lot of success and dissolved quickly. His next real group was with [a=Jimmy Page] and [a=Paul Rodgers] in [a620368]. That band wanted him so badly that they waited several months for him to finish a previous commitment with [a=David Gilmour]. After the demise of The Firm, Slade hooked up with AC/DC for quite a while. He then became the drummer for the prog rock group [a257619] for two albums. Most recently he is the drummer for British power rock group [a1684790].