BBC Radio Derby Andy Potter, Slade drummer Don Powell and TV with Daniel David Webber, Slade


Slade split up after 50 years as drummer Don Powell is sacked by email Ents & Arts News Sky News

It was the morning of July 5, 1973, and the story made front-page headlines on just about every UK national daily newspaper: Slade drummer Don Powell had been seriously injured after crashing his Bentley the night before. A passenger in the vehicle - Powell's girlfriend and soon-to-be-wife, Angela - had been killed.


Slade legend Don Powell to meet fans at Wolverhampton book signing Express & Star

Legendary Slade drummer Don Powell and his friend of decades, co-legend Bev Bevan of Electric Light Orchestra and The Move have made a few phone calls and ga.


Slade split up after 50 years as drummer Don Powell is sacked by email Ents & Arts News Sky News

Legendary Slade drummer and co-founder Don Powell has been diagnosed with bowel cancer. The Slade Are For Life - Not Just For Christmas Facebook page has shared a photo of Don Powell in hospital where he has undergone an operation today (Thursday 19th May) after his diagnosis just a week ago.


Slade drummer Don Powell talks ahead of anniversary shows Express & Star

22:00, Wed, Nov 2, 2022 Bookmark Don Powell was the drummer for rock band Slade (Image: Getty) To this day, that tragedy remains a blur. In 1973, Slade were at number one with Skweeze Me,.


Slade's Don Powell talks ahead of Robin 2 show Express & Star

Don Powell. Actor: Slade in Flame. Don Powell was born on 10 September 1946 in Bilston, West Midlands, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Slade in Flame (1975), Das war der wilde Osten (1992) and Slade: My Oh My (1983).


Slade's Don Powell returns to Wolverhampton to mark special anniversary Express & Star

The original Slade line-up featuring Don Powell (second from right) Why you can trust Sky News Slade's original drummer has been sacked from the glam rock group after being a member for more than 50 years. Don Powell, 73, had been a member of the group, which is best known for its Christmas hit Merry Xmas Everybody, since the 1960s.


BBC Radio Derby Andy Potter, Slade drummer Don Powell and TV with Daniel David Webber, Slade

Noddy Holder and Jim Lea quit the group way back in 1992, and more controversially drummer Don Powell was forced from the band by Hill in 2020 after half a century in Slade. The story is that Hill unceremoniously dumped Powell via an email, but in a Q&A session with fans, Noddy Holder has sought to set the record straight, saying that it is.


Glum rocker! Veteran Slade drummer Don Powell is axed... so he sets up a rival band with same

Ben Beaumont-Thomas. Thu Feb 6 2020 - 10:50. One of pop's most enduring partnerships has come to an end, not with a bang but an email. Don Powell, the drummer with the glam-rock band Slade, says.


Slade drummer Don Powell fired by bandmate Dave Hill in 'cold email' Express & Star

Legendary Slade drummer Don Powell has been allowed home from hospital just 48 hours after a four-and-a-half-hour operation for bowel cancer. By Ian Harvey Published May 21, 2022 Last updated.


Slade drummer Don Powell prepares to publish his autobiography Birmingham Mail

Don Powell, the drummer for the hard rock group Slade for over fifty years, talks about his life, from the beginning and until now. The succesfull years with.


Don Powell Slade drummer visits The Beatles Story The Beatles Story, Liverpool

Slade's Dave Hill Dumps Co-Founder Don Powell September 16, 2020 In "News". Slade To Reissue 1974 Album 'Old New Borrowed and Blue' September 9, 2021 In "News". Tagged as: 70s, Dave Hill.


Britische band Slade am 9. Februar 1985 in München. (LR) Jim Lea, Dave Hill, Don Powell und

Published May 14, 2021. Last updated May 16, 2021. Don Powell. He emails five minutes after the interview ends. He always does. Don Powell, Slade legend, all-round good bloke, keeper of beats.


SLADE UK pop Gruppe über 1975 von links Don Powell, Noddy Holder, Jim Lea, Dave Hill. Foto Tony

Biography Don was born on 10 September 1946 in Bilston, Staffordshire - and christened Donald George Powell. He had a fairly normal childhood. When his young his parents obtained their very first home - a council property in Bilston - an industrial area of the West Midlands. His parents were Walter (Wally) and Dora Powell.


Don Powell Slade drummer visits The Beatles Story The Beatles Story, Liverpool

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.


Slade drummer Don Powell 'fired by email' after 57year partnership Pop and rock The Guardian

We haven't done one since the magazine folded in 1984, but when the opportunity arose to interview Don Powell, the drummer of Slade, it made sense to revive the form. He was a most agreeable and entertaining subject, with loads of great memories. Slade in a New York hotel, 1973: (l-r) Noddy Holder, Don Powell, Jim Lea, Dave Hill.


Bangin' Man Don looks back at days when Slade were All Crazee Now Shropshire Star

I am Don Powell, the original drummer in Slade. This is my official website. On this website you will find information about my time in Slade and I will also write about personal things that I am doing. There is technical information on the drum kit that I use, as well as a biography giving you details on my past.