Chris Slade
Chris Slade | |
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Chris Slade in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Christopher Slade Rees |
| Born | 30 October 1946 Pontypridd, Wales |
| Origin | Cardiff, Wales |
| Genres | Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, progressive rock, jazz fusion |
| Occupation | Drummer |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Website | chrisslade |
Chris Slade (born Christopher Slade Rees; 30 October 1946) is a Welsh drummer, who is perhaps best known for playing for Manfred Mann's Earth Band from its inception in 1971 to 1978 on eight albums, and AC/DC, for which he drummed from 1989 to 1994 and performed on the 1990 album The Razors Edge. He returned to AC/DC in February 2015 to replace Phil Rudd for the "Rock or Bust World Tour". Slade has also played with Tom Jones, Toomorrow, Uriah Heep, The Firm, and Asia.