{"id":653444,"date":"2026-08-24T07:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/653444\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T07:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T07:45:24","slug":"bye-for-now-former-ac-dc-member-chris-slade-announces-retirement-from-drumming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/653444\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Bye For Now&#8221;: Former AC\/DC Member Chris Slade Announces Retirement From Drumming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris Slade is putting down his drumsticks. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/2922076824793393\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">a video<\/a> posted to Facebook, the former AC\/DC drummer announced that he is retiring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s with a heavy heart that I\u2019m announcing my retirement from drumming,\u201d Slade began.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m near enough 80 years old. I\u2019ve been drumming professionally since I was 16 with Tom Jones.\u00a0I\u2019ve had a good innings.\u00a0Thank you all for coming to the shows.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tVideos by American Songwriter\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slade continued by thanking the members of his current band, The Chris Slade Timeline, and the fans who supported them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPlease stay on The Chris Slade Timeline on Facebook, because we\u2019ll be posting stuff from now and again to try to keep you interested,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slade then turned his attention to the primary reason for his retirement\u2014his health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI had a stroke, as you probably know, about seven years ago.\u00a0[It was] a small stroke, but it\u2019s got worse,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m afraid that has screwed me up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m really jealous of people like The Stones and Paul McCartney, who are going well into their 80s,\u201d Slade admitted. \u201cI wanted to do that, but it looks like I can\u2019t.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slade concluded his message by stating, \u201cSo, as I say with a heavy heart, it\u2019s bye for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What to Know About Chris Slade<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Slade started his career in 1963. He played in Tom Jones\u2019 backing band, The Squires, for seven years. Then, in 1969, Slade joined a group called Toomorrow, which featured Olivia Newton-John.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From there, Slade recorded albums with Tony Hazzard and Tom Paxton, before becoming a founding member of Manfred Mann\u2019s Earth Band in March of 1972. He spent six years with the latter band, with whom he recorded eight albums and achieved three top 10 singles in the U.K.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the next decade-plus, Slade toured and recorded with a variety of artists including Jimmy Page and David Gilmour. Then, in 1989, he got the call to join AC\/DC. He remained with the legendary band for five years. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He went on to work with Asia between 2000 and 2004. Slade, who launched The Chris Slade Timeline in 2013, once again toured with <a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/chris-slade-keeps-it-honest-with-thoughts-on-ac-dc-not-asking-him-to-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">AC\/DC<\/a> in 2014.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He put out his most recent album, Timescape, in 2024. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo by Mike Coppola\/Getty Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Slade is putting down his drumsticks. 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