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Well, they are 'Slade' again now. From Wikipedia: Slade II was formed in 1992 by Hill with Powell and three other musicians - Craig Fenney (bass), Steve Makin (guitar) and Steve Whalley (lead vocals and guitar). The suggestion to call the group Slade II came from Holder, but Lea was not happy...

Slade still tour, but Dave Hill is the only original member left. How can they be Slade without Noddy Holder? Ludicrous...

Great post. I feel your passion. I feel slightly guilty now...I was a huge Stranglers fan who abandoned them, completely, after Hugh left. I've been tempted to return, but have never done so. You have made me quite jealous.

To me, this is when they stopped being the Human League. I loved them when Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh (who started the band - Oakey joined later) were there, before the bust up that led these two to form Heaven 17. I quite like the incarnation you mention, but they, sort of, nicked the name!

When Mick Jones left The Clash, that was it. They limped on but were suddenly awful, rather than the godlike geniuses they had been previously. When Graham Coxon left Blur they released Think Tank, which was a superb album. I couldn't get on with The Stranglers after Hugh Cornwell left. Pulp...