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Slade in Flame

Cult Classics • Drama, Music, UR, 01-Jan-1975

Gritty rather than glam, this incendiary, cult classic both confounded and delighted audiences upon its release in 1975, at the height of the legendary glam-rock band’s success. Charting the rise of fictional rock group Flame, with Slade themselves playing the band, it offers a witty, sublimely cynical and warts-and-all view of the ‘70s rock-biz, stuffed with high-octane Slade boot-stompers.

Tags
Music (subject)
Cast
Dave Hill Barry
Noddy Holder Stoker
Jim Lea Paul
Don Powell Charlie
Tom Conti Robert Seymour
Crew
Richard Loncraine director

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