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band Dope and the former guitarist of the

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act Murderdolls. He is currently the lead singer and guitarist of the band Acey Slade & the Dark Party, and the live rhythm guitarist of Misfits. Previous to this, he served as the bassist in Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and the lead vocalist and guitarist in the punk rock band Trashlight Vision, which broke up in 2007.

Career

Played in the Moon Dragons from Baltimore Maryland Prior to Vampire Love Dols, Murderdolls and Wednesday 13, Slade played bass, and later guitar, in Dope alongside guitarist

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who was also part of the Murderdolls. After Eisen left Dope, Slade was moved to guitar for the album ''

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''. He later left Dope to join the Murderdolls, again replacing Eisen on guitar. Before joining the Murderdolls (alongside his Dope work), Slade also fronted a band known as the Vampire Love Dolls. After Murderdolls were put on hiatus in 2004 Slade filled in on guitar for punk/metal crossover band

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for a tour of Japan. Slade played rhythm guitar on the track "Tired 'N Lonely" on Roadrunner United for Roadrunner Records' 25-year anniversary. He collaborated on the song with

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, who also played in the Murderdolls with Slade. After the break-up of TrashLight Vision Slade filled in as guitarist for Wednesday 13 on his 2008 tour as well as taking time to produce records by His Mighty Robot (which remains unreleased) and Billy Liar. Acey Slade (22473982783)

Slade is one of the contributors to the book Sex Tips from Rock Stars by Paul Miles published by

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in July 2010 and was also used as the motion-capture model for the Punk Singer and Rock Guitarist characters on the video game Rock Band 2. Slade is currently touring and promoting his new band Acey Slade & the Dark Party, whose début album ''The Dark Party'' was released in 2010, and is also playing bass with Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and filling in on bass for the occasional tour date with former band Dope. Slade performed second guitar for the various Original Misfits reunion sets. In 2022 joined Lindemann at concert tour named "Ich hasse Kinder" and performed in Israel and Dubai.Concert in Tel Aviv - Line-up and setlist
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Personal life

Slade lives in

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. He is a well known coffee aficionado. He and his wife Mei-Ling Schmidt are the owners of Cat Fight Coffee, based out of Newark, New Jersey.

Equipment

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

* ESP Phoenix II-B bass guitars *

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SVT-CL amps * Ampeg SVT-810E cabinets * Boss TU-2

Acey Slade & the Dark Party

* ESP Phoenix guitars * ESP Eclipse-I guitars * Peavey Penta amps * Peavey Penta cabinets * Boss TU-2

Other: In the past Slade has also used

Black 35 "Ouija Board" custom guitar *

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guitars * Dean ML with EMGs guitars * Dean Modern with EMGs guitars *

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guitars * BC Rich Mockingbird guitars * ESP Vintage-4 PJ bass guitars * Epiphone Les Paul guitars *

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guitar amps * Marshall guitar amps * Tech 21 SansAmp * Hagstrom Viking bass guitar

Discography

* 1997: ''Vampire Love Dolls'' – Vampire Love Dolls (Vocals) * 1999: '' Felons and Revolutionaries'' – Dope (Bass) * 2001: ''

'' – Dope (Guitar, backing vocals) * 2004: ''TrashLight Vision EP'' – TrashLight Vision (Vocals, guitar) * 2005: ''Allergic to Home EP'' – TrashLight Vision (Vocals, guitar) * 2005: '' Roadrunner United'' – Roadrunner Records (Rhythm guitar on "Tired 'N Lonely") * 2006: ''Alibis and Ammunition'' – TrashLight Vision (Vocals, guitar) † * 2008: ''Sex, Murder, Art, Baby! EP'' – Acey Slade (Vocals, guitar, bass) † * 2009: ''Black Season'' – His Mighty Robot (Unreleased) † * 2009: ''It Starts Here EP'' – Billy Liar (Production, backing vocals, guitar) † * 2009: ''She Brings Down the Moon EP'' – Acey Slade (Vocals, guitar, bass) † * 2009: ''Use It EP'' – Black Sugar Transmission (Vocals on "I Dare You") * 2010: ''The Dark Party'' – Acey Slade & the Dark Party (Vocals, guitar, bass) † * 2010: ''The After Party EP'' – Acey Slade & the Dark Party (Vocals, guitar, bass) † * 2010: ''Spin the Bottle EP'' – Acey Slade & the Dark Party (Vocals, guitar) * 2011: ''Inside the Reptile House: Live from NYC'' – Acey Slade & the Dark Party (Vocals, guitar) * 2012: ''Recognise'' – JD & the FDCs (Vocals on "The Secret") * 2012: ''Suicide Lullaby/Burn This City Down'' – Acey Slade & the Dark Party (Vocals, guitar) - Split 7" with JD & the FDCs * 2013: '' Unvarnished'' – Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (Bass) * 2015: ''Valentines for Sick Minds'' – Acey Slade (Vocals, bass, guitar) * 2016: ''Live from Moscow, Russia'' – Dope (bass, vocals) † - Produced

References

External links

* *https://www.catfightcoffee.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Slade, Acey 1974 births American heavy metal bass guitarists American heavy metal guitarists American male bass guitarists American male guitarists American punk rock guitarists Dope (band) members Guitarists from Pennsylvania Horror punk musicians Living people Murderdolls members Place of birth missing (living people) Rhythm guitarists