Talk:Uriah Heep (band)

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[edit] Expanding history

I quite believe we should breakdown the history section into different era's of the singers. We could start of with Byron, then Lawton, Sloman, Goalby/Fontain and then Shaw. Duckpatch 21:29, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Right now the narrative of the band basically consists of two paragraphs — the first two in the "history" section — so I really don't think we want to divide what we have now. If you're going to make some substantial additions, then it might be worth subdividing. Even then though, I'd start-out thinking about dividing in two (Hensley & post-Hensley maybe, or perhaps Byron & post-Byron). Content is what's most important. ×Meegs 22:23, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The name -Uriah heep- What it means?

No one knows what name Uriah heep means, and what is the origin of that name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.215.200.145 (talk) 14:12, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Uriah Heep is a character from David Copperfield [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.105.55.170 (talk) 20:40, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] German hits

I think the phrase, "In Germany, their biggest hit was "Free Me", from the 1977 album Innocent Victim." needs some qualification or refernecing. Is this from chart position? Copies sold? I live in Austria and have visited Germany extensively. My German and Austrian friends exclusively mention "Lady in Black" from the Salisbury album if I mention Uriah Heep. Judging from the awesome response that Lady in Black gets from live gigs in Vienna and the fact that "pop" song books all have the tabs for it in them in these lands I would go for Lady in Black as their biggest hit here!

Candy 12:25, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I've removed that sentence altogether. You're right, it's best not to have it without a reference. ×Meegs 06:32, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gary Thain

Bassist Gary Thain was fired from the band and replaced by John Wetton prior to his death; text indicating that one of their bass changes resulted from his death has accordingly been deleted.

I've reverted this addition back after it was deleted. The deletion was not explained and as Thain was a significant character in the young Heep line-up and featured heavily on their early songs I still consider it worth mentioning. However, please delete it IF someone can explain to me why it should go. Candy 07:43, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

It was deleted because it is factually incorrect. Thain was NOT replaced because of his death, he was fired in February 1975, largely for a drug problem, and was replaced by John Wetton in March 1975. Thain did not die until December of that year. This can be confirmed on Uriah Heep's own website: http://www.uriah-heep.com/newa/heepstory5.php

I stand corrected .. sorry. But please help by placing comments for deletions. Candy 11:50, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

you know, they're still pretty popular in israel too. i remember that they had a tour there and the tickets were all sold out and the stadiums were packed.

[edit] Merge from Heepster

Please merge relevant content, if any, from Heepster per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Heepster. (If there is nothing to merge, just leave it as a redirect.) Thanks. —Quarl (talk) 2007-03-11 00:29Z

[edit] No disbanding

Hi guys. Nice 'work in progress' here. Heep didn't actually disband after the line-up featuring Dechert split, although the future didn't look bright at that point. Only Box and Bolder remained and Trev couldn't hang about and accepted the offer to join Wishbone Ash, of course. It had been suggested to Mick by the record labels that he form The Mick Box Band or similar, guitarist-led bands being en vogue at the time. Apparently he called Lee to wish him luck for the 'Diary Of A Madman' tour, only to find that Lee and Bob Daisley were both out of the band. That set him thinking... There's a good 'Abominog'-era interview in Kerrang! where he talks about this. I've seen it scanned online, so I'll try to find the link.

Kerrang! did report that Heep had split sometime after the 'Equator' tour but this was not so. Again, I'll see if I can put my hands on the cutting. I remember being upset, then very pleased to find it wasn't so.

Cheers, Al (England)

PS If it helps, I'd always heard that the re-release of 'Lady In Black' was their big hit in Germany. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.128.253.156 (talk) 04:18, 18 March 2007 (UTC).