The Welshman's five-year run with the Aussie giants ended with a phone call in 1994, which he recently admitted he'd have dealt with differently if he had his time over again.

Now Slade tells Talk Is Jericho: "I was absolutely gutted - in fact, I didn't touch a drumstick for three years. It was a real kick in the balls. I've bent over backwards here; I've done a great job, in my opinion and in many others' opinions. Then you get stuffed. I'd had it. I went to art college for three years."

He first began questioning his position during the last live show he played with AC/DC. He was performing in New Zealand when ex-drummer Phil Rudd appeared at the side of the stage.

Slade recalls: "My brain went, 'Here we go - maybe, here we go.' Phil doesn't talk that much and he was freely talking that day."