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Uriah Heep

Pop/Rock

1960s - 2010s

Almost mythical British band whose eclectic take on rock grandly draws on prog, metal, acid rock, and pastoral folk.

Biography

Uriah Heep's by the book 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. After 1975, the band's popularity began to slip. Byron left the band in 1977 and was replaced by John Lawton, yet the group's fortunes kept declining right into the early '80s. However, Uriah Heep soldiered on, continuing to release albums into the '90s and 2000s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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