Slade drummer Don Powell claims he was fired by email after almost six decades of partnership


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

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.


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

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.


Slade drummer Don Powell talks ahead of anniversary shows 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).


Midland rock legends Slade Birmingham Live

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.


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

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

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.


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

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 email' after 57year partnership Pop and rock The Guardian

Guitarist Dave Hill is now the only remaining original member of the band, with drummer Don Powell announcing last year that he'd been fired over email after over 50 years with the group. Read.


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

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 bandmate Dave Hill in 'cold email' 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 legend Don Powell to meet fans at Wolverhampton book signing Express & Star

Don Powell and Dave Hill kept the flame alive by forming Slade II in 1992 with other musicians. The line-up has changed on a number of occasions since then, though Powell and Hill were.


Slade drummer Don Powell claims he was fired by email after almost six decades of partnership

Donald George Powell (born 10 September 1946) is an English musician who was the drummer for glam rock and later hard rock group Slade for over fifty years. Early life As a child, Powell joined the Boy Scouts where he became interested in the drums after being asked to join the band on a Sunday morning parade.


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


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

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.


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

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.


I still can't remember tragic crash, says Slade drummer Don Powell Express & Star

Don Powell, the Slade drummer who has worked alongside guitarist and fellow Slade co-founder Dave Hill since 1963, has announced his departure from the band in a statement on his website.