This page will contain additional articles about The Royal Guardsmen, as they become available.The Royal GuardsmenThe Royal Guardsmen are a rock band from Ocala, Florida, a sextet composed of Bill Balough (bass), John Burdette (drums), Chris Nunley (vocals), Tom Richards (guitar), Billy Taylor (organ), and Barry Winslow (vocals/guitar). They achieved fame with their first (vinyl) single, "Snoopy Vs. The Red Baron" in 1966, which was also the title of their first album the same year. Snoopy, the Red Baron and airplanes became a recurring theme in their songs. The original group split in 1969, but a band with some replacement players continued for another year. Two compilation albums and the original albums (doubled up) have been released on compact disc. Discography
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Two compilation albums and the original albums (doubled up) have been released on compact disc. In one amusing scene he played a Slade song on the piano, and wished he could become famous ... The original group split in 1969, but a band with some replacement players continued for another year. Holder. Snoopy, the Red Baron and airplanes became a recurring theme in their songs. Holder also acted in the nostalgic late 90s TV comedy The Grimleys, set in the early 70s, where he played music teacher Mr. The Red Baron" in 1966, which was also the title of their first album the same year. The original band's memory was kept alive by comedians Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, who respectfully sent up the band in a number of sketches in one of their TV shows in the 1990s. They achieved fame with their first (vinyl) single, "Snoopy Vs. Holder went on to become an actor and in-demand broadcaster, Lea studied psychotherapy, invested in properties and recorded tracks on his own, while the two others played in successive new versions of Slade, which released an albums and a number of singles on the continent, but not in the UK; this band has kept the Slade name alive by being called Slade II. The Royal Guardsmen are a rock band from Ocala, Florida, a sextet composed of Bill Balough (bass), John Burdette (drums), Chris Nunley (vocals), Tom Richards (guitar), Billy Taylor (organ), and Barry Winslow (vocals/guitar). 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Return of the Red Baron / Snoopy for President CD album (June 12, 2001). The large catalogue of Slade songs has been occasionally accessed for use by a number of groups over the years;. Red Baron / Snoopy & His Friends CD album (June 12, 2001). Slade's sound and image influenced a number of American rock groups in the 1970s, particularly KISS, whose bassist Gene Simmons readily admitted that their whole early songwriting ethos as regards singles was loaned from Slade's good-time approach. Snoopy Vs. A cover of the single "Cum on Feel the Noize," by Metal group Quiet Riot was a smash Top 5 hit in America in 1983. Best of The Royal Guardsmen CD album (May 5, 1998). Slade's attempts at cracking the American market were largely unsuccessful, although they obviously left their mark on a large number of US bands who cite Slade as an influence. Anthology CD album (April 25, 1995). Despite being 'adopted' by fans of a harder rock genre, the band split up officially in 1991 when Noddy Holder left after 25 years in the band. Merry Snoopy's Christmas album (winter 1980). Although they had two other UK top 10 hits in 1984 with the singles "Run Runaway" (#7, which would be their second top 40 hit in the USA (#20) and their first since "Gudbuy T'Jane", which barely made the top 40 in 1972) and "My Oh My" (#2 UK, #36 US). "Baby Let's Wait" single (winter 1968-1969). They were the hit of the festival and a new run of chart success followed, though not on the scale of their 70's heights. Snoopy For President album (summer 1968). In August 1980, Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard Of Oz cancelled a show at Reading and Slade (who had in truth all but disbanded) replaced them. "Snoopy's Christmas" / "It Kinda Looks Like Christmas" single (1967). They struggled on playing live shows to respectable-sized crowds in clubs and Universities, while waiting for their turn to come again. Snoopy & His Friends album (1967). With the advent of punk in the late 1970s, Slade's music became unfashionable and was not considered worthy of radio plays and so their hits largely dried up. Return of the Red Baron album and single (1967). The bands albums "Slade Alive" and "Slayed?" are considered by many to be some of the best of the Glam Rock era. The Red Baron album and single (1966). Each scene in the movie is a true story taken from some bands' career and the bleak, sometimes violent story has been compared to Quentin Tarantino movies. Flame showed the members of Slade acting surprisingly well, especially Holder and Lea who pulled off the serious stuff. The excellent soundtrack album, which was released to tie in with the film included the top 5 hit "Far far away" and the top 20 hit "How does it feel". Snoopy Vs. Film critic Mark Kermode believes it to be the best rock biopic af all times and today it is considered a masterpiece. In 1974 Slade made the highly acclaimed rock movie [[Flame]]. Despite their enormous success, Slade continued to be a down-to-Earth unpretentious working class band and one of the best live acts of the 1970s and 1980s. Two of their singles entered the charts at number one, and they were the UK's best-selling act of the 1970s. No other UK act of the period enjoyed such consistency and Slade actually came the closest to emulating Beatles' 22 top ten records from the 1960s. All in all, Slade had 16 top 20 hits between 1971 and 1976 including 6 number ones, 3 number twos and 2 number threes. This change of direction paid off, and from 1971 the band scored an impressive number of huge-selling hits, including the singles:. They grew their hair long again, and became a part of the Glam Rock movement, releasing songs with deliberately Black Country mis-spelled titles which made them stand out. They later abandoned this idea, due to the unwelcome association with football hooliganism and trouble that accompanied the fashion. Their name was abbreviated to just Slade, and the band adopted a "skinhead" look, as an attempt to gain some publicity from what was a newsworthy minority fashion trend of the time. In the late 1960s the band changed its name to Ambrose Slade and hooked up with manager Chas Chandler, former bass player of The Animals and manager of Jimi Hendrix. The group originally formed in 1966 from the component members of two Midlands bands The Vendors and Steve Brett and The Mavericks and was called the N'Betweens, but initially had little success. The band members were:. In Europe they were thought of as the biggest rock group of their time and with their anthemic brand of glam rock, they scored 11 Top Five hits in a four-year span from 1971 to 1974 (five of which topped the charts). Rex (band), Suzi Quatro and even David Bowie. Slade never truly caught on with American audiences (who often deemed them "too British-sounding"), but the group became a massive sensation in their home country and the rest of Europe, with success to rival Wizzard, The Sweet, T. The band originated from the Black Country in central England. Slade was a hugely successful English rock band of the early 1970s and was a major part of the Glam rock phenomenon of that decade. "Merry Xmas Everybody" (which has re-entered the charts several times since and is arguably the UK's most famous Christmas song). "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me,". "Cum on Feel the Noize,". "Gudbuy t'Jane,". "Mama Weer All Crazee Now,". "Take Me Bak 'Ome,". "Look Wot You Dun,". "Coz I Luv You,". Don Powell - Drummer. Jimmy Lea - Bassist/violinist/pianist. Dave Hill - Lead guitarist. Noddy Holder (real name Neville John Holder) - Singer/guitarist. |