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Chris Slade Looks Back On Leaving AC/DC

07/24/2014
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(TeamRock Radio) Drummer Chris Slade has revealed he quit AC/DC in 1994 as a result of "stupid pride" - and he'd react differently if the situation rose again. The Welshman was with the Aussie giants for five years, appearing on 1990 album The Razor's Edge and playing their headline set at Monsters Of Rock the following year.

But he resigned just as the band were gearing up to record Ballbreaker in 1995 after an argument with mainman Malcolm Young, which led to Phil Rudd's second stint behind the kit.

Slade tells Music Radar: "I'd been doing demos with the guys in London for two months, when Malcolm called and said they wanted to give Phil a try. I said, 'That's me out then - I'm gone.' Mal said, 'No, we want to keep you on. We don't even know if Phil can play.' I told him that was his problem now."

He recalls his attitude at the time was "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" and adds: "They wanted to keep me on for months and months, and that didn't feel right. I resigned the next day." more.

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