As if to confirm that glam-rock fizzled out in '74, Slade brought out this film in 1975 called "Slade In Flame", and was another I went to see.
What I liked about it was that it exposed the dark, gritty, unpleasant side of showbiz that the folk involved would prefer the public not to know about.
When the band start off, they encounter bitchy rivals, bullying, crooked bosses, violent management goons and suchlike.
Then when they become famous, it's much the same but on a bigger budget, with corrupt record industry executives, media manipulation, blackmail and so on. This then created lots of friction, arguments and peer pressure, until it inevitably all fell apart.
It was as un-glam as it gets!
Slade portrayed a group called Flame and it was set in the late 60's, although it was Slade who did the soundtrack.
It was something a bit unexpected anyway, especially after all the fun of Slade's pop records up to 1974.
What I liked about it was that it exposed the dark, gritty, unpleasant side of showbiz that the folk involved would prefer the public not to know about.
When the band start off, they encounter bitchy rivals, bullying, crooked bosses, violent management goons and suchlike.
Then when they become famous, it's much the same but on a bigger budget, with corrupt record industry executives, media manipulation, blackmail and so on. This then created lots of friction, arguments and peer pressure, until it inevitably all fell apart.
It was as un-glam as it gets!
Slade portrayed a group called Flame and it was set in the late 60's, although it was Slade who did the soundtrack.
It was something a bit unexpected anyway, especially after all the fun of Slade's pop records up to 1974.
Needless to say, I grabbed the DVD too when it was released.
So it was time for music to move on, with punk waiting in the wings!
Or as the accompanying Monty Python film put it - "and now for something completely different".
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