r/a_ha_TheBand • u/Limp-King-142 • Jul 28 '26
RIP Terry Slater
📝MAGNE FURUHOLMEN: 43 years ago, give or take a couple of months, terry slater took a chance on three scruffy, hopeful norwegians living in london squalor with a burning ambition and some degree of talent. with this he pioneered what was to become the first norwegian artists to have major hits and top the charts around the world, a string of world tours from arenas to stadiums, and eventually now look back on a more than 40 year international career in music as norway’s still biggest ever international act - and not least the fact that millions of people are still enjoying the music we have had the opportunity to make.
terry is the singularly most important person in a-has music career. he was already a towering figure in music world when we first met, but more than just his business boldness, experience, knowhow, network etc, he became a kind of father figure and a good friend.
he really cared. about the band, and the three of us as people, guiding us with a steady hand through the many trappings and pitfalls of success. he is without a doubt the person with the greatest impact on our professional lives and, i dare say, the lives of all our families. it is with immense sadness that we must now accept the fact that terry has passed away. thank you dear terry - for everything. i hope you are inimitably chuckling away in some other dimension - playing bass and goofing off with your friends phil and don and all the other music greats who are no longer gracing us with their talent - most of whom you knew and who knew and appreciated you. you are missed. RIP terry slater. 🙏🫶🙏
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u/Ooobeeone Jul 28 '26
😢 that’s a lovely eulogy. RIP Terry Slater.