If you’re in the same age bracket as I am, then chances are you retroactively discovered Slade after it was revealed they were the band that originally wrote “Cum on Feel the Noize,” the song covered by Quiet Riot to stratospheric success. Those of you in this same chronological cohort who, like me, grew up plonked in front of the boob tube watching MuchMusic and MTV for hours on end will also recognize the band from their 1984 hit, “Run Runaway” which butted heads with “Jump,” “Rock You Like a Hurricane” and “We’re Not Gonna Take It” for the title of that year’s most invasive earworms – hard rock division. For those acquainted with the more obscure side of ‘80s hard rock, you might recall the band’s 1972 hit “Mama Weer All Crazee Now” as covered by underrated Irish rockers, Mama’s Boys on...
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