Slade- Look Wot You Dun

Without Slade would there be any Quiet Riot? Or Prince's phonetically spelled song titles? Kiss's whole schtick? OK, maybe those are bad examples but certainly Rock N Roll would be worse off not having had the band around.

Actually Slade is one of my favorites and also highly regarded by Paul McCartney, Ritchie Blackmore, Alice Cooper, Angus Young, Paul Weller and pretty much every one who grew up in England in the 1970s. Its hard to believe that Slade sold more singles in the UK then any other group of the 70s and yet remained virtually unknown here in America. It wasn't until Quiet Riot covered "Cum on Feel the Noize" and "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" in the mid 80s did Slade have anything approach the top of the US music charts.

With this version of "Look Wot You Dun" you see the genius of Slade at work. Loud catchy anthems, crazy costumes, the raucaus stage antics all made a perfect antidote to the staid performances and musicianship that were the status quo of the UK music scene at the time [ie, prog rock]. Slade doesn't hold anything back here, just listen to how distorted the audio gets when the bass and then the vocals kick in. The kids just wanted to party and Slade definitely knew how to deliver the goods.