Slade - Slade In Flame (+CD) (DVD)

...It was time for Slade to follow other pop stars into film, in an attempt to broaden their appeal while they were still riding high. The same way that the Beatles had made "A Hard Days' Night". Turning down a silly comedy entitled "The Quite A Mess Experiment", they opted instead for a darker, grittier piece, "Flame". Although quite well received by critics, fans were not so sure, and it left Slade to deal with falling record sales and slow to sell ...
...and type of audiences that Slade themselves were attracting. Seeing that the band are now worth something, Ron Harding also wants back in, and produces the contract that the band signed when under his management. Legal action and gangland tactics between the two managements are played out in some quite nasty, but never overtly violent scenes. Meanwhile the band themselves are suffering from "artistic differences" between various members. The whole ...

loki23 28.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Slade - Slade In Flame (+CD) (DVD)

One of the best examples of a serious film about a rock group starring the popular 70`s group Slade as the fictional group Flame. Quite a bleak and honest look at the trials and tribulations of being an up and coming band with good performances in thier first acting roles by the band ( Noddy Holder,Jim Lea,Dave Hill and Don Powell. The supporting actors in this film are first rate with special mentions to Tom Conti,Alan Lake and Johnny Shannon. DVD is a remastered print of the film and contains the Album as well as the film great value ...

scampbellajc 03.06.2007
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Review of Slade - Slade In Flame (+CD) (DVD)