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'Ear, Don, Wot Ye Doone with me Cup-a-Soup?

Started by Blumf, February 06, 2020, 12:13:12 AM

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Blumf

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/05/slade-drummer-don-powell-fired-over-email-after-57-year-partnership
QuoteOne of British pop's most enduring partnerships has come to an end, not with a bang, but by email.

Don Powell, the drummer with glam rock band Slade, says he has been fired from a group that has existed in one form or another since 1964, by guitarist Dave Hill. "It is with great sadness and regret that Don needs to inform his fans that he now is no longer a member of Dave Hill's Slade," reads a statement on Powell's website. "Dave has sent Don a cold email to inform him that his services are no longer required, after working together and being friends since 1963."


[Happier Days]

https://youtu.be/qp3wAK3uzjM
https://youtu.be/rExTODz1Sc0?t=88


Glebe


studpuppet

Dave's probably sacked him umpteen times in the last two decades alone, but Don keeps forgetting and turning up again the next day.

ajsmith2

That's a great idea. Let's reduce the authenticity of our already only half authentic Slade band by halving it's original membership once more over. Onwards and upwards for the 2020s!


madhair60


jobotic

This reminds me of when Phil Coblins divorced his wife by postal order.

Jittlebags

Quote from: jobotic on February 06, 2020, 11:38:15 AM
"It is with great sadness and regret that Don needs to inform his fans that he now is no longer a member of Dave Hill's Slade,"

"Following the new split, Powell has announced a new Slade spinoff, entitled Don Powell's Slade"

Splitters.

Dex Sawash


Merry Xmas Everybody (except Don, you're sacked)

Butchers Blind


idunnosomename

NAWW LADS WHY DONT YOU JUST TALK IT AAT OVAH A NOICE RELAXIN CUP A SOUP

ajsmith2

Shame the original 4 guys can't get together while they're all still around, Status Quo Frantic Four style. There's precious few groups from that era that can still boast all original members still with us. Sacking your bandmate of 57 years  as you slide into your mid-70s seems like the kind of short sighted pettiness of (sorry) boomers who think they're gonna live forever. Is this new-post Don version of Slade gonna be the one to really bring the brand back, eh Dave? Or will it just ensure you shore up a few more pennies in the short term for yourself as you sit on the hollow Slade throne on your own grimacing in the twilight of your career?

Failing that, how about a Rutles style tour of the Reeves/Mortimer/Whitehouse/Williams line-up?

Blumf

Quote from: ajsmith2 on February 06, 2020, 12:41:09 PM
Failing that, how about a Rutles style tour of the Reeves/Mortimer/Whitehouse/Williams line-up?

Tha'd be bostin'!

idunnosomename

Quote from: Jittlebags on February 06, 2020, 11:45:41 AM
"Following the new split, Powell has announced a new Slade spinoff, entitled Don Powell's Slade"

Splitters.
be funny if Jim and Noddy joined Don's new band and Dave Hill is left seething.

YOU CHEEKY MONKEYS!!!!

idunnosomename

Ps has Noddy still got the pipes? Has he said anything about his singing much in the past 30 years?