The band released several commercially successful albums in the 1970s such as Uriah Heep Live (1973), but their audience declined by the 1980s, to the point where they became essentially a cult band in the United Kingdom and United States. Uriah Heep maintain a significant following, and perform at stadium-sized venues, in the Balkans, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia and Scandinavia. Uriah Heep were the first Western band to play in Soviet Russia, under Gorbachev’s policy of glasnost. They have sold over 30 million albums worldwide… Read more on Wikipedia
Uriah Heep’s by-the-books progressive heavy metal made the British band one of the most popular hard rock groups of the early ’70s. Formed by vocalist David Byron and guitarist Mick Box in the late ’60s, the group went through an astonishing number of members over the next two decades — nearly 30 different musicians passed through the band over the years. Byron and Box were members of the mid-’60s rock band called the Stalkers; once that band broke up, the duo formed another group called Spice. Spice would eventually turn into Uriah Heep in the late ’60s, once Ken Hensley (guitar, keyboards, vocals) and bassist Paul Newton joined the pair. FormerSpice drummer Alex Napier was the band’s drummer for a brief time; he was quickly replaced by Nigel Olsson. Read more on Allmusic
