births
October 30, 1946
Chris Slade, Welsh drummer
Chris Slade
Chris Slade is a Welsh drummer, who is perhaps best known for playing for Manfred Mann's Earth Band from its inception in 1971 to 1978 on eight albums, and AC/DC, for which he drummed from 1989 to 1994 and performed on the 1990 album The Razors Edge. He returned to AC/DC in February 2015 to replace Phil Rudd for the "Rock or Bust World Tour". Slade has also played with Tom Jones, Toomorrow, Uriah Heep, The Firm, and Asia.
October 30
October 30 is the 303rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 62 days remain until the end of the year.