. . . "Slave"@en . . "group_or_band" . . "1996Z"^^ . . . . . . . "1975Z"^^ . . "Slave was an Ohio funk band popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Trumpeter Steve Washington and Mark Hicks (Drac) formed the group in Dayton, Ohio in 1975."@en . . .