Chris Slade (born Christopher Rees, 30 October 1946) is a British rock drummer who has enjoyed a long and varied career. He has worked with such diverse musicians as Gary Numan, Tom Jones, Olivia Newton-John (as co-members of the band Toomorrow), Uriah Heep and Manfred Mann's Earth Band from 1972 to 1978. In the early 1980s, Slade played with Paul Rodgers and Jimmy Page in The Firm and also with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour on many projects over the years. Slade also was the longest-standing drummer Asia ever had from 1999-2005.

Slade probably received his highest exposure in 1989 when he was asked to join the Australian hard rock group AC/DC after their then-drummer Simon Wright had departed, beating out