To headbangers, he’s this bald-headed thunder-god from AC/DC; to more discerning listeners, he’s a groove master from MANFRED MANN’S EARTH BAND; to Chris Slade, it’s all parts of his spiritual path. And, as Chris reckons, those parts were not too different – despite the Welsh musician’s career has been so varied as to land him jobs not only with two aforementioned ensembles, but also with Tom Jones, in whose band he started out, and such dissimilar artists as Garys Numan and Moore as well collectives in which he shone alongside the likes of Jimmy Page and the types of David Gilmour – because, to Slade, it’s all inventive as long as he can fit his technique around the music.
