Slade - Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply, the North American release of Slade's tenth studio album The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome (click here for that review). In the US, it spent twenty-three weeks on the Billboard Album chart and peaked at number 23. In Canada, it spent thirty weeks on the chart, reaching number 26.

Slade - The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome

Today (December 3rd) marks the thirtieth anniversary of The Amazing Kamikaze Syndrome, the tenth studio album from the British rock group Slade. The record was released in North America in early 1984 under the title Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply and with a shuffled track order. Together, the record charted at number 50 in Australia, number 49 in the UK, number 39 in New Zealand, number 33 on the US Billboard Album chart, number 26 in Canada, number 9 in Denmark and Germany, number 5 in Switzerland, number 2 in Norway and number 1 in Sweden.

Girlschool - Play Dirty

This month marks the thirtieth anniversary of Play Dirty, the fourth studio album from British all-female rock band Girlschool. The line-up of the band for this record included Kim McAuliffe (guitar and vocals), Kelly Johnson (guitar and vocals), Gil Weston (bass and backing vocals) and Denise Dufort (drums). Additional musicians on these recordings include backing vocals by Lemmy (of Motorhead), Vicki Blue (of the Runaways), Martin Haircut and Paul Sampson. It was produced by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea of Slade. This 1983 release went to number 207 on the US Billboard Album chart and number 66 in the UK.