1973

We came up with our own looks in Slade. Dave Hill [second

from left, and Noddy is third from left] always wanted to top everybody when we appeared on Top Of The Pops – we gave his outfits nicknames and this one was The Metal

Nun. A life-size Lego statue of me in the outfit I have on here, plus a mirrored top hat, is now in Selfridges at Birmingham’s Bullring shopping centre to raise funds for the city’s children’s hospital. I loved the heyday of Slade, though there was pressure to have an album and several singles out every year, and we generally played a new city every day on tour. But one thing you have to say is we cheered people up and put a smile on their faces.