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He had recently finished a new album, My Book of Answers, due for release in February. As well as occasional one-off live reunions with Uriah Heep, he sporadically released solo material, including the ambitious Blood on the Highway (2007), an autobiographical rock opera featuring the Alicante Symphony Orchestra, hard rock vocalist Glenn Hughes, and more. Their biggest chart hit came with Return to Fantasy, which reached No 7 in the UK album chart in 1975 four of their albums from this period also reached the US Top 30.Īfter he left, unhappy with the band’s musical direction, the 80s featured spells with hard rock bands he had influenced, including WASP, Blackfoot and Cinderella. However, lead singer Bernie Shaws constant efforts. He spent a decade with the band, recording 13 albums with them that straddled prog, blues, heavy metal and more, before leaving in 1980. At that crossroads, along with Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple, Uriah Heep helped invent a decorative and uniquely British form of heavy metal. I must say that the review listed earlier on this site by alan-dvorkis was spot on. In 1969, Hensley joined Spice, who soon renamed themselves Uriah Heep. Formed in late 1969, the group originally featured vocalist David Byron, guitarist and backing vocalist. The English singer-songwriter passed away peacefully on Wednesday. He couldn’t – he had to live the music.Born in London in 1945 and raised in Stevenage, Hensley came of age amid the British blues-rock explosion of the 1960s, playing in his early band the Gods with Mick Taylor, who would go on to join the Rolling Stones and John Mayall’s band Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer also passed through their ranks. Uriah Heep are an English rock band from London. Ken Hensley, best known for his work with 1970s rock band Uriah Heep, has died at the age of 75, his family have announced. Lead singer Freddie Mercury, who claims that the band’s groundswell is an exact replica of Led Zeppelin back in 1969, became notorious in his homeland for his chest wig and perennial. And never abandoned his role, while I could get there, do my job and get off the stage and be an ordinary person, like any other. After that, he became a charismatic person, and he was a star 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Therefore, he touched everyone who heard his voice, he was very convincing. “David was one of the best vocalists I’ve ever worked with, simply because he never sang a song He lived the music. Mick Box talked about David Byron, saying

On BBC Radio’s The Friday Rock Show, Tommy Vance played “July Morning” in tribute. Byron also gained a reputation for hard drinking, which eventually led to him being sacked from Uriah Heep at the end of a Spanish tour in July 1976.īyron died of alcohol-related complications, including liver disease and seizures, at his home in Berkshire on 28 February 1985. In 1975, Byron released his first solo album, Take No Prisoners, which also featured fellow Heep members Box, Hensley and Lee Kerslake. David Byron’s deathīyron sang on ten Uriah Heep albums: Very ‘eavy Very ‘Umble, Salisbury, Look at Yourself, Demons and Wizards, The Magician’s Birthday, Live, Sweet Freedom, Wonderworld, Return To Fantasy, and High and Mighty.

Soon after changed its name to Uriah Heep (name of a character in a novel by writer Charles Dickens).īyron sang on Heep’s greatest hits like: “The Wizard”, “Gypsy”, “Lady In Black”, “Easy Livin’”, “Stealin’” and many more. Already in 1967, the duo formed another band called “Spice”. In 1965, they joined a band named “The Stalkers”. Born David John Garrick, Byron began his music career with guitarist Mick Box.