Dr.Dave

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1355258652' post='1896141'] I had that poster I think, if he was wearing round yellow specs in it? I've been seriously considering having some of those copied; a short run would sell OK among the few fans left. I'd try a mock-up on this for size....... [/quote] Yes - the specs. Even reading that put a lump in my throat. update - google images reveals this. It isn't quite how I remember it , I've a feeling this might be a shot taken at the same time . mine was more sepia toned and def. not from sounds. [url="http://www.beatchapter.com/noddy-holder-of-slade-large-vintage-poster-size-60x42cm-1972-6721-p.asp"]http://www.beatchapter.com/noddy-holder-of-slade-large-vintage-poster-size-60x42cm-1972-6721-p.asp[/url]

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1355248886' post='1895941'] It's confusing because they put "Slade Alive" & "Slade Alive Vol II" on the same CD, with the tracks numbered consecutively. The second CD has "Slade On Stage" and the Reading tracks on it. The original album has also been re-released on heavy-weight vinyl - I didn't get it, I've already got enough versions of that album now. In my teens it was my fave album of all time. This door stayed as it was until I was in my late 30's, my Dad tried to take the panel off to send to me & it shattered in front of him, Mum says he cried when he saw what he'd done. [/quote] Mine was an almost life size poster of Nod complete with black tele - and to the side of the door was a black tele copy with an 'I've been Slayed' sticker on it. My Dad was out of work when he bought it for me - God knows what he went without to make that happen. I'm glad he lived a long life and knew that his hunch that my interest was more than a teen craze was correct and that his sacrifice bought me a lifetime's pleasure.

[quote name='jezzaboy' timestamp='1355171162' post='1895029'] One eyed jacks with moustaches from Alive is one of my all time favourite tunes. They are one of the all time best British bands of any era. End of. [/quote] That was on Slave Alive Vol 2 , I believe. [i]information that is not posted to be pedantic but because I can't bare to see this Slade thread drop off the front page just yet !!!!!!!!!!![/i]

Count me in. Around the Quo Live period I loved it all. I well remember bouncing off the walls at Sheff City Hall at that time. I played a fair bit of Quo in bands in the early 80s and have just this last year started again. We were doing a Mustang Sally/Shout/Enter Sandman (Yes...I know !!!!) combination and it morphed into Down Down at the end. It brought the roof down so we kept it as a separate song and combined it with Caroline as a set ender with the band intos in the middle. A bit of Barry White sneaked its way in for a while but we haven't done that for a bit !

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1355161457' post='1894852'] I do prefer their 3rd live album "Slade On Stage", which was mostly - like a few classic live albums recorded in Newcastle. Bleedin' barmy them Geordies. [/quote] I love SOS but it is a bit heavily intrusive in the crowd noise stakes. Still - it has Rock and Roll Preacher on it and I remionds me of seeing that tour at Sheffield Lyceum. We had a mate with us , name of 'Blind' Bobby (the clue's in the name'. When they launched into R and R P the daft sod stood up and jumped forward - not realising that our seats were in the front row of the balcony. We had to reel him back in. I do think 'til def' was a terrific album. '2nd coming' Slade at their best.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1355160092' post='1894817'] ....... and to a collector the signature would be worth jack-sh unless you had hard proof that it was genuine. [/quote] Are you suggesting my 'Spartacus' beach sandals are fake???????

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1355158465' post='1894784'] And you were an instant Sweet fan ? Now they WERE ugly barstuarts. [/quote] No. Never a Sweet fan , though funnily enough I do Blockbuster in the set. It's that I want to replace with a Slade song. Sweet , to me , were more of a manufactured band doing other peoples songs. True - they weren't pretty , but they were TRYING to be. Different thing.

Try illuminated fire exit signs. That's what I look at. I pretend they're people. I sometimes think you're more - rather than less - likely to go wrong if you pay too much attention to your own fretboard. I'd let your acting skills help you here - I'm certain you could take the role of a confident musician and I'm sure that if you did you would feel more like one. It's all a con trick really !! I bet you now I made more cock ups on Saturday night than you will at the event. I just let it go and crack on. Nobody ever knows.

I like the pause between the gear being set up and going on stage. We all sit and have a pint and talk about anything except the gig - it's like it's a banned subject at that time. I think that's good because we can just be mates out for a pint together like the rest of the planet. We've all been around since dinosaurs walked the earth so it's second nature to 'swap heads' in an instant.

I used to use the heavy , dark blue Sharkfins but I only use a pick for one song these days and , to my shame , I tend to use whatever I find on the floor at gigs.

[quote name='Wooks79' timestamp='1355155195' post='1894718'] Honest answer? Slightly less than I would pay for the same one with no signature. [/quote] Exactly my thoughts.

[quote name='seashell' timestamp='1355153279' post='1894691'] I ended up in the middle (but behind the singer) [/quote] 'shell , we really have to talk !!!!!!!!!

[quote name='ezbass' timestamp='1355150533' post='1894637'] Slade Alive, one of the best live albums ever (awaits the naysayers for what constitutes a live album) and I sweated buckets playing various air instruments to Slayed as a kid. [/quote] From what I read , Slade Alive was a deliberate attempt by the band and their manager - Chas Chandler - to make both a 'serious' album and have hit singles.rather than one or the other. And in case you whippersnappers reading don't know - back then it was considered cheating to plunder singles from your current album. You saved your singles for the 'Greatest Hits' compilation. A great way to get the full Slade live picture is the boxed CD set that includes all 3 bone fide live albums (Slade Alive , Slade Alive vol2 and Slade on Stage) plus the incredibly good and career ressurecting Slade Alive at Reading EP. I managed to see Slade several times and vowed to be on the same bill one day. Never quite made it but I have done a couple of support slots for Slade 2 - with Don and Dave still in the band. I played both proudly wearing my Slade UK tour 1982 T shirt - which is little more than a rag.

You all know my attitude. I couldn't give a toss whether left or right so long as I'm at the front rather than the back !

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1355146342' post='1894558'] I really wanna do Coz I luv u with twin guitars taking the violin parts, but guitards won't have it . That thumping Gibbo with Jim attached to it in so many tracks is just wondrous stuff! [/quote] There's a good live vid of that from a (I think) German TV show that's well ballsy. Dave on Jim's EB bass. It's on the Wall of Hits compilation. On the down side - James Blunt does it live !!!!!!......... if ever rhyming slang had real purpose !!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't you dare stand at the back with your head down.....I'll be watching !!

[quote name='tonybassplayer' timestamp='1355144091' post='1894515'] I like the fact that its pretty cool to like slade again. I was ( and am ) a huge fan and its nice to know there are many more bassists out there that were influenced by the noizy boys from Wolverhampton !! [/quote] It was simple to me. All the pop stars I was seeing on TOTP were dreary pretty boys and I didn't really like music at all. One day I saw these four pig ugly blokes dressed like absolute twats making a massive noisy racket with a circus clown screaming over the top.........the punchline beiing I was still singing the song next morning on my way to school. I thought 'That's for me - I want my own little slice of that'.

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1355142474' post='1894493'] Brilliant Can we borrow Marc Dave [/quote] If you can feed him - you can borrow him !!!!!!!!!!! He's just the best guy. Our Drummer's son. Enormous great lad with a heart of gold. He dropped straight into the vibe of the band. First time his Dad introduced up I just looked him up and down , deadpan , and said 'I'm not fighting that til I hear it talk'. Marc creased up and we've all been blood brothers ever since.

It's the twat that wandered up to my mic stand on Sat night mid song , took my pint out of it's holder and necked it that minded me to start this thread. What a pillock. Our roadie saw him off , thankfully . Marc just said to him - 'that bloke who's property you just stole in front of his nose to look big in front of your mates ....... he's going to keep smiling and entertaining these other good folk for another 45 minutes then he's gonna come down here and beat f*** out of you in front of them while we all laugh , you stupid little prick'. He papped himself and fled !!!!

Xmas has just perked up for me. Best band ever and the sole reason for me to ever want to learn to play in a band. Mama weer all crazee now is on the 2013 set list for us though I might chop it in half and finish with Cum on Feel the Noize. It's also been mooted that we do a 3 part medely of Cigarettes and Alcohol with Rod singing , Get it on with Mart , our drummer singing , and me finishing it off with Take me Bak 'Ome. I like the idea of all 3 of us sharing a song - any opinions welcomed.

Just a heads-up to all giggers. This is now the time of year to expect the remnants of works parties and the like to be wandering into gigs well seshed. The type that don't go out much and are therefore far too hammered and likely to cause bands a problem. If you don't have proper roadies - see if you can take a couple of mates along to the next couple of weeks gigs to watch your backs.

Unexpected. We were due a nght off but it came in as a cancellation. Cracker though at the Hop , Wakefield. - though some cheeky twat walked up mid song , took my pint out of my mic stand holder and drained it !!! Our roadie 'had a word' !!! I walked there and back as it's only half a mile away. This afternoons is even closer , 4pm kick off but I'm leaving the building strictly at 6pm because I'm off to see War of the Worlds tonight in Sheffield.

I tell them all to come and see me - when they do I insult and pick on them mercilessly , cleaners and managers alike. They lap it up. My fave was my ex (and pretty hopeless) manager who told me 'you should have been a professional'. I said 'so should you ' !!!!

If I could be on bass and vocals I'd love to have Lindsey Buckingham on guitar and vocals Don Powell on drums Dr John on piano and Roy Wood on whatever he cares to show up with. I'd listen to every word and suggestion each of them says - I have massive respect for each of them - but I wouldn't be intimidated at all. They all put their socks on the same way as I do.

I pickguard is almost unique in it's ability to hugely alter the appearance of your instrument without damaging it in any way - and it's 100% reverseable. So......... why not choose a pickguard that has the effect of William B Punter waking the morning after the gig actually remembering you. Maybe not by name - cartainly not by performance (because , sadly , the aforementioned william is as thick as a canteen cup when it comes to music appreciation) - but by being remembered as 'that fat twat with a massive nob drawn on his banjo thingy'. It may not be perfect (and it being a nob design is not compulsory , though it is a bloody good idea) - but it is a start. I believe a certain W Punkdude esq. of this parish uses checked pickguards for these reasons. I'm a silly flowery one with dice knobs man myself. Remember - a visit to Mr Subtle is your ticket to obscurity !!