- Born
- Birth nameNeville John Holder
- Nickname
- The King of Sizzle
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Noddy Holder was born on June 15, 1946 in Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Tropic Thunder (2008), Rush (2013) and Violent Night (2022). He has been married to Suzan Price since April 7, 2004. They have one child. He was previously married to Leandra Russell.
- SpousesSuzan Price(April 7, 2004 - present) (1 child)Leandra Russell(1976 - 1984) (divorced, 1 child)
- Loud gravely voice, curly blonde hair, occassionally wore a top hat with mirrors glued onto it during concerts performances.
- Made an M.B.E. (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the Queen's 2000 Millennium Honours List for services to music.
- He was asked to become the new lead singer for AC/DC, following the death of Bon Scott. Holder was said to have turned the position down and Brian Johnson was chosen to become the replacement.
- Was the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of English rock group Slade from 1966 to 1992.
- Much like the Hollywood Walk of Fame stars, he has a "Walk of Stars" star on Broad Street, Birmingham, England.
- During an episode of "The Grimleys" he quotes song lyrics to his students. The lyrics he quotes are from the song "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" which Noddy co-wrote with Jimmy Lea and recorded with Slade in 1972.
- [in 2009] A lot of the music scene now is controlled by TV with the big reality shows. Simon Cowell, he'll be the first president of the world, won't he? He's learned how to use television to a great art form to capture an audience, a massive audience, and there is a marketplace for that and there's a marketplace for the sort of acts that go on those shows. But I wonder where the new young bands are going to break through because live venues, a lot of them are closing down now and bands need to hone their craft. They need to be on the road and work and improve and improve their song writing and everything. You can't just take that vehicle through television or through the Internet. You have to go out and gig in those places, year after year, and those places are disappearing. So it's a struggle for new bands, especially when the reality shows are capturing big chunks of the chart places. And record companies can't afford to plough money into bands like they used to, because CD sales are dropping, the record companies haven't got the money to. Like when we signed our first deal, it was a five year deal and it meant five years, we were guaranteed five albums. Now a band signs, if the first album's not a success or the second, they get dropped and they have no chance to develop or break through.
- We never went to live abroad and under the '70s Labour government we were paying 83% tax, which was really cruel and totally unfair. We paid our dues, not smilingly though, I must admit, and I think we'll have paid for a lot more than a Harrier jump jet--maybe the Ark Royal!
- [on Gary Glitter] One of the greatest characters ever in the rock and roll business and there ain't many of them about these days.
- When bands break up it's usually to do with five reasons: egos, money, drink and drugs, women or musical differences. In Slade's case it was all of the above.
- I tend to get pretty plastered but I've got an amazing constitution. All the different bands have tried to outdrink me and spike my drinks. Ozzy Osbourne had all sorts of tricks. I was the only one who could keep up with him, though he was much more into drugs than me. But I've never passed out. Never even had a proper memory blackout. Or been sick.
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