Slade's Music press articles of note

1973

 

Looking back in time with a retrospective eye 1973 would prove to be the most eventful year for all manner of reasons that the band were to experience..

The band were in a daze following on from the highs of 1972, there was now a huge momentum around the band and whatever they were doing.

Manager Chas Chandler, Slade's very own Faginesque character was pulling the strings, doing everything possible to make Slade the number one pop group in the land if not the world!

With sell out concert tours, single after single smashing sales records and entering the charts at the very top, Chandler was orchestrating world domination...and then in July of 1973 Slade's world came crashing down around them as drummer Don Powell was seriously injured in a road traffic accident that saw his then fiance, Angela Morris, tragically killed. What did the serious Music Press make of them and how was it reported? Let's see!

 

13-01-73 ~ A football match in fancy dress - NME, Julie Webb

09-07-73 ~ Frank Lea replaces Don Powell - Daily Express, Frank Thompson