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Chris Slade

1946 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Slade is the 179th most popular musician (down from 147th in 2019), the 796th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 584th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Musician.

Chris Slade is most famous for being the drummer for AC/DC.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Chris Slade ranks 179 out of 3,175. Before him are Amy Winehouse, Bill Evans, Anton Diabelli, Gene Simmons, Ray Manzarek, and Herbie Hancock. After him are Andrés Segovia, Malcolm Young, Lionel Richie, Giya Kancheli, Compay Segundo, and Gilbert O'Sullivan.

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Among people born in 1946, Chris Slade ranks 91. Before him are Marilyn vos Savant, Uri Geller, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Peter Singer, Xanana Gusmão, and Daniel Goleman. After him are Julian Barnes, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Gerard 't Hooft, Birutė Galdikas, John C. Mather, and Ahmed Zewail.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Slade ranks 796 out of 8,785. Before him are William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784), Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), Peter Greenaway (1942), Saint Malachy (1094), and Anthony James Leggett (1938). After him are Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), Malcolm Young (1953), John Surtees (1934), Ramsay MacDonald (1866), Julian Barnes (1946), and Annie Lennox (1954).

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Among MUSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among musicians born in United Kingdom, Chris Slade ranks 45. Before him are Hank Marvin (1941), Roger Glover (1945), Robert Smith (1959), Tony Iommi (1948), Steve Howe (1947), and Amy Winehouse (1983). After him are Malcolm Young (1953), Ian Paice (1948), Fatboy Slim (1963), Nicko McBrain (1952), John Paul Jones (1946), and Steve Harris (1956).

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