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* IconicItem: Noddy's mirrored hat and Dave's "Superyob" guitar.

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* IconicItem: Noddy's mirrored hat and Dave's "Superyob" guitar. Jim Lea is also heavily associated with the Gibson EB-3 bass.
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** Their first album in 1969 (recorded and released as "Ambrose Slade") was quite heavy on covers of popular songs from the era, including "Born to Be Wild" (Steppenwolf), "Journey to the Center of Your Mind" ([[Music/TedNugent Amboy Dukes]]), and even "If This World Were Mine" (Music/MarvinGaye and Tammi Terrell).

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** Their first album in 1969 (recorded and released as "Ambrose Slade") was quite heavy on covers of popular songs from the era, including "Born to Be Wild" (Steppenwolf), (Music/{{Steppenwolf}}), "Journey to the Center of Your Mind" ([[Music/TedNugent Amboy Dukes]]), and even "If This World Were Mine" (Music/MarvinGaye and Tammi Terrell).
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** ''Nobody's Fools'', in which they took their influences from the music they'd heard while touring the States. Its mixture of soul, blues and folk rock (plus, to fans' particular chagrin, female backing vocals) initiated their DorkAge.

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** ''Nobody's Fools'', in which they took their influences from the music they'd heard while touring the States. Its mixture of soul, blues and folk rock (plus, to fans' particular chagrin, female backing vocals) initiated their DorkAge.AudienceAlienatingEra.
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* ChristmasSongs: Wrote one of the perennial classics, "Merry Xmas Everybody". If you happen to be in the UK during December, expect to hear this a lot.

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* ChristmasSongs: Wrote one of the perennial classics, "Merry Xmas Everybody". If you happen to be in [[UsefulNotes/AVeryBritishChristmas the UK during December, December]], expect to hear this a lot.''a lot''.
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** It's "How Does It Feel?," ''not'' "Many Years from Now."
** Also "Gudbuy T'Jane", not "You're So Young".

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* NiceHat: A top hat is Noddy Holder's signature piece of clothing, particularly the one that had mirrors on it. He claims he bought it from Freddie Mercury's vintage clothing stall in Kensington before Music/{{Queen}} got big.


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* SignatureHeadgear: A top hat is Noddy Holder's signature piece of clothing, particularly the one that had mirrors on it. He claims he bought it from Freddie Mercury's vintage clothing stall in Kensington before Music/{{Queen}} got big.
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Slade are a rock band from Wolverhampton, who rose to prominence during the GlamRock era of TheSeventies. With 17 consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970's based on sales of singles. They were the first act to have three singles enter at number one, and all six of the band's chart toppers (and the vast majority of their other material) were penned by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea.

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Slade are a rock band from Wolverhampton, who rose to prominence during the GlamRock era of TheSeventies. With 17 consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970's 1970s based on sales of singles. They were the first act to have three singles enter at number one, and all six of the band's chart toppers (and the vast majority of their other material) were penned by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea.



* MultipleDemographicAppeal: At the height of their fame they were marketed particularly as a teen-appeal pop group, but they also had a following among fans of what would become known as hard rock - it helped that their breakthrough album was the more rock-oriented ''Slade Alive!''.

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* MultipleDemographicAppeal: At the height of their fame they were marketed particularly as a teen-appeal pop group, but they also had a following among fans of what would become known as hard rock - -- it helped that their breakthrough album was the more rock-oriented ''Slade Alive!''.



* NiceHat: A top hat is Noddy Holder's signature piece of clothing, particularly the one that had mirrors on it.

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* NiceHat: A top hat is Noddy Holder's signature piece of clothing, particularly the one that had mirrors on it. He claims he bought it from Freddie Mercury's vintage clothing stall in Kensington before Music/{{Queen}} got big.
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->''I said Mama but weer all crazee now!''

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->''I ->''"I said Mama but weer all crazee now!''
now!"''
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* OutOfGenreExperience: "Skweeze Me Pleeze Me"'s B-side "Kill 'Em At The Hot Club Tonite" is a tribute to the jazz musicians Music/DjangoReinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, and performed in their style.
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* LargeHam: Noddy Holder is probably the most noteworthy example in GlamRock history.
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'''''[[IncomingHam WELL AAAAAAAAAAAALRIIIIIIIIIGHT, EVERYBOOOOOOOOOOOOOODY!]]'''''
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* TheCoverChangesTheGender: The band's version of Janis Joplin's "Move Over" swaps the genders of the protagonist and the person they're singing to.
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* IAmTheBand: After the departure of Don Powell, Dave Hill is the only remaining founding member.

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* ChristmasSongs: Wrote one of the perennial classics.

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* ChristmasSongs: Wrote one of the perennial classics.classics, "Merry Xmas Everybody". If you happen to be in the UK during December, expect to hear this a lot.

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* TheAlcoholic: Don Powell goes into detail in his biography about how he spent many nights out getting drunk with Music/OzzyOsbourne. He also mentions that he nearly got shot by Ozzy's wife Sharron when they returned late from drinking one night.

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* TheAlcoholic: Don Powell goes into detail in his biography about how he spent many nights out getting drunk with Music/OzzyOsbourne. He also mentions that he nearly got shot by Ozzy's wife Sharron Sharon when they returned late from drinking one night.



* FunWithHomophones: The magnificent three-way pun on Slade / slayed / sleighed in the last verse of "Merry Christmas Everybody."

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* FunWithHomophones: The magnificent three-way pun on Slade / slayed / sleighed in the last verse of "Merry Christmas Xmas Everybody."


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* FunetikAksent: Plenty of their 70s songs have titles written in this style, like "Take Me Bak 'Ome", which does look like what it would sound like in a West Midlands accent.
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