Dave Hill (born David John Hill, 4 April 1946, in Fleet Castle, Devon, England) is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist in the English glam rock group, Slade. April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Devon is a large county in South West England, bordered by Cornwall to the west, Dorset and Somerset to the east. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Lead guitar refers to a role within a popular music band, especially a rock band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ... A backing vocalist or backing singer (or, especially in the U.S., backup singer or sometimes background singer) is a singer who sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, other backing vocalists, or alone but not singing the lead. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... Glam rock (also known as glitter rock), was a style of rock and roll music popularised in the early 1970s. ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... Slade were an English glam rock and hard rock band. ...

Born in Devon, he moved to the Black Country area as a young boy. He originally played with drummer Don Powell in a band called The Vendors. The Vendors changed their name to The N'Betweens, met bass player Jimmy Lea and singer Noddy Holder, whereafter Slade was born. The Black Country is a loosely-defined area of conurbation to the north and west of Birmingham, and to the south and east of Wolverhampton in the English West Midlands, around the South Staffordshire coalfield. ... A session drummer at practice A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Donald George Powell, born on September 10, 1946 in Bilston, Staffordshire, England, was a drummer who founded the British glam rock group Slade. ... Martin EB18 Bass Guitar in flight case. ... James Whild Lea, born on June 14, 1949 at The Melbourne Arms pub in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. ... Noddy Holder (born Neville John Holder in Walsall, Staffordshire on 15 June 1946) is an English musician and actor best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist with 1970s rock music group Slade. ...

Money was tight when the young Hill started playing, and right handed guitars were much cheaper than left handed ones, so even though Hill was left handed, he played and still plays guitar right handed. Hill's best known guitar was the "John Birch Superyob" that was built in 1973 (now owned by Marco Pirroni of Adam and the Ants). It became a vital part of Hill's image, just like his huge platform boots, his broad grin, the fringes and the outrageous costumes. John Birch (1918- August 1945) was an American intelligence officer and a Baptist missionary in World War 2 who was killed by armed supporters of the Communist Party of China. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... Marco Pirroni is a rock guitarist from England who has worked with Adam Ant, Sinéad OConnor, and others in a career spanning the late 1970s to the present (early 21st Century). ... Adam & the Ants were a rock and roll group during the late 1970s and early 1980s. ...

Hill was known as the class clown of the band, and his bizarre costumes and antics led to some friction with the more serious Lea. This led to an alleged show-down in a BBC dressing room before a recording of Top of the Pops where Hill replied to Lea's repeated criticism of his dress by saying "You write 'em Jim, I'll sell em!". He also did not do as well financially from Slade as Lea and Holder, who as the principal songwriters commanded more royalties. Top of the Pops was a long-running British music chart television programme, and indeed the longest-running music show in the world, shown each week on BBC and now licensed for national versions around the world. ...

In 1989 Dave Hill and Noddy Holder put out a single "Crying in the Rain" / "Wild Nites" on the Mooncrest label under the group name, Blessings In Disguise. The following year, 1990, Hill followed it up with a further Blessings In Disguise single - which did not feature Holder at all. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

Slade finally split up in 1991, but Dave Hill decided to carry the group on as 'Slade II. Don Powell and singer Steve Whalley joined him, among others and they still tour Europe. The band has released the album Keep on Rockin' , which has also been re-packaged as Superyob, and also as Cum On Let's Party! 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Donald George Powell, born on September 10, 1946 in Bilston, Staffordshire, England, was a drummer who founded the British glam rock group Slade. ... Ercole de Roberti performing the song Freinds Of P: Concert, c. ...

In 1997 the name of Slade II was shortened back to Slade.

Hill married his wife Jan in Mexico City in the 1970s, and they have three children: Jade, Bibi and Sam. Hill and his wife have embraced the Jehovah's Witness faith. They live in Lower Penn, Staffordshire, England, where Hill occasionally teaches music at Lower Penn School and Penn Hall School. (Spanish: Ciudad de México, México D.F. or simply México, pronounced IPA: ) is the capital city of the nation of Mexico. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... Lower Penn is a village in South Staffordshire, situated to the south-west of Wolverhampton, West Midlands. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ...

In December 2005 Hill appeared in the Channel 4 documentary - Bring Back...The Christmas Number One. December 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → 31 December 2005 (Saturday) 25-year-old Scottish human rights worker Kate Burton and her parents are freed unharmed in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian gunmen who kidnapped them two days earlier. ... Channel 4 is a public-service television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Bring Back. ...