Slade: Steamroller Rock Knocks 'Em Flat
Jonh Ingham, Rolling Stone, 1 February 1973
LONDON Noddy gets the fans shouting, clapping, stomping, throwing their bras and knickers up on stage. Dave looks inhuman, silver from head to toe, the sexy superstar walking up to the footlights, reaching down to the outstretched teenaged hands, pulling back at the last second, sneering.
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