Slade: Your Public Is Your Judge
Colin Irwin, Melody Maker, 19 October 1974
THEY CAME out of Wolverhampton. Failed skinheads who became the loudest, most aggressive stomping band in the land. A year ago nobody questioned it Slade ruled, no argument. They produced some great storming singles to occupy the number one spot which was automatically served for them.
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