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Uni reunion for Slade
Sep 10 2002
By Staff Reporter, Evening Mail
Midland Glam rockers Slade reunited for the first time in five years to be honoured for their contribution to the music industry.
Swapping their traditional garish outfits for mortar boards and gowns, the 70s band received an honorary fellowship from the University of Wolverhampton.
The group collected the award in front of around 300 graduates from the university's School of Sport, Performing Arts and Leisure, at the city's Grand Theatre.
Former lead singer Noddy Holder told the audience: "We were together for 25 years and I think we produced some of the best rock music ever in the history of rock. It is a great honour to get this."
Before the ceremony, Holder said he and the rest of the group - guitarist Dave Hill, bassist Jimmy Lea, who lives in Brewood, Staffordshire, and drummer Don Powell - had ruled out any possibility of a musical reunion.
Holder, who is from Walsall but now lives in Cheshire, said: "It's great to get back together. You're together for 25 years and it just seems like you never split up, but that's as far as it goes."
Of the fellowship, Holder, who is an MBE, replied: "It's a nice little honour, especially from your home town."
Slade recorded 17 top 20 hits between 1971 and 1976, including Cum On Feel the Noize, Merry Christmas Everybody, and Mama, Weer All Crazee Now.
