tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52497623810902289522011-08-02T22:04:46.986-07:00Chris Sladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694548094415757360noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249762381090228952.post-25369267929830861212010-03-28T15:23:00.000-07:002010-03-28T15:25:20.224-07:00<a href="http://apps.attainresponse.com/MailF5/message.htm?id=slade@vmdirect-com/1269800962996-1269807275677&amp;t=http%3A%2F%2Fapps.attainresponse.com%2Ftmb%2Fslade%40vmdirect-com%2F1269800962996.jpg&amp;notify=yes"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 281px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 211px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453814256839650274" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ACuXP-FVzBE/S6_XK8nja-I/AAAAAAAAABo/dxZfJRS5am0/s320/CS_Vblog1.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5249762381090228952-2536926792983086121?l=chrissladeblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Sladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694548094415757360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249762381090228952.post-8937893324143939402010-02-09T07:04:00.000-08:002010-02-09T07:15:18.895-08:00<a href="http://apps.attainresponse.com/MailF5/message.htm?id=slade@vmdirect-com/1265717248443-1265719405783&amp;t=http://apps.attainresponse.com/tmb/slade@vmdirect-com/1265717248443.jpg&amp;notify=yes"><img style="WIDTH: 281px; HEIGHT: 211px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436260824726155858" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ACuXP-FVzBE/S3F6auQsslI/AAAAAAAAABg/hdJzQIe9uGw/s320/CS_Vblog1.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-: EN-USfont-family:arial;" ><strong>VIDEO TRANSCRIPT:</strong></span><br /><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-: EN-USfont-family:arial;" >Hello this is Slade in Switzerland on tour with Steel Circle my new project which includes Kerri Kelly from Slash's Snakepit and Alice Cooper, Robbie Crane from RATT on bass, Leon from Vengeance and J.J. Bozzi from Lausanne. This beautiful view in the background is of Vinyards and the clouds are a little low today as it's February 2010, The response from the audiences has been more than I could have hoped for, the shows have been full and the band is kick-ass, looking forward to playing again tonight<br /><strong>Bye from Slade in Switzerland</strong> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5249762381090228952-893789332414393940?l=chrissladeblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Sladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694548094415757360noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5249762381090228952.post-75473614202483611982010-02-01T09:52:00.000-08:002010-02-01T10:07:34.114-08:00<div><div><div><div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'font-family:'Times New Roman';" ><span style="font-size:85%;">We, 'The Michael Schenker Band' were more than a little apprehensi</span><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ACuXP-FVzBE/S2cWwb7M0WI/AAAAAAAAABA/d47PDWTCR0Q/s1600-h/cold+%27ere+innit+Moscow.jpg"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433336496831385954" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ACuXP-FVzBE/S2cWwb7M0WI/AAAAAAAAABA/d47PDWTCR0Q/s320/cold+%27ere+innit+Moscow.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;">ve about the St. Petersburg/ Moscow Nightrain as on Nov 27th 2009 it was bombed by Chechen Rebels with the tragic loss of 26 lives. We traveled on Dec 12th only 2 weeks after that bombing but our fears were groundless I'm pleased to report and we arrived without mishap to a freezing (14 below) Moscow.<br /><br />Little did we know that the train would be used again going the other way because Wayne Finlays' passport was inadvertantly left at the hotel when we went to Moscow airport to leave Russia for Finland. He had to take the train BACK to St. Petersburg and on further to Helsinki ably assisted by Julia from Yegor's office RIFF.<br /><br /><br />These other pics are of my youngest son Jack who plays drums (incredibly well) for Symphony Cult </span><a href="http://www.symphonycult.com/"><span style="font-size:85%;color:#0000ff;">www.symphonycult.com</span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> They did a gig in Bristol O2 academy England on the 12th of june last year 2009 and Jack spotted this picture of me on the stairs taken when I play<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ACuXP-FVzBE/S2cXAyb-02I/AAAAAAAAABI/cvADtVHsA_I/s1600-h/Dad%40Bristol+Academy%5B1%5Da.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433336777752367970" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ACuXP-FVzBE/S2cXAyb-02I/AAAAAAAAABI/cvADtVHsA_I/s320/Dad%40Bristol+Academy%5B1%5Da.jpg" /></a>ed there with Asia about 5 years ago, so he sent it to me. I played there with MSG on Dec. 20th 2009 so I sent him the pic of me standing by the same photo.</span></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'font-family:'Times New Roman';" ><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'font-family:'Times New Roman';" ><span style="font-size:85%;">It feels very cool to have your sons follow in your footsteps, even doing the same gigs as myself (other son Calum is a drummer too, although I did warn them both).<br /><br /></p></span></span><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'font-family:'Times New Roman';" ><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'font-family:'Times New Roman';" ><span style="font-size:85%;">The other pic is of John Payne &amp; Guthrie Govan my fellow band-mates in Asia who were further up the stairs too!! If the photographer happens to read this I wonder if he would send both pics to me.<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ACuXP-FVzBE/S2cXPmCu_0I/AAAAAAAAABQ/GWap_HCtImc/s1600-h/Slade+n+Guthrie+n+Payne_a.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433337032123285314" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ACuXP-FVzBE/S2cXPmCu_0I/AAAAAAAAABQ/GWap_HCtImc/s320/Slade+n+Guthrie+n+Payne_a.jpg" /></a><br />The other is a pic of my daughter Carys on her funny farm in the Seattle area USA, I'm on the left of the fence, if there's any confusion!!</span></span></p><br /><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'font-family:'Times New Roman';" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ACuXP-FVzBE/S2cXiUGErXI/AAAAAAAAABY/meK5_8syjlc/s1600-h/Funny+Farm+Roy.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433337353722965362" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ACuXP-FVzBE/S2cXiUGErXI/AAAAAAAAABY/meK5_8syjlc/s320/Funny+Farm+Roy.jpg" /></a></span></span></p></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5249762381090228952-7547361420248361198?l=chrissladeblog.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Sladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694548094415757360noreply@blogger.com2