Uriah Heep

Uriah Heep is an English band founded in London in 1969. They are another case of a band naming themselves after a person, like Jethro Tull, who took their name from the 18th century agriculturalist. Heep took their name from a character from Charles Dickens' book "David Copperfield".
They took the name due to the fact they formed the year before the 100th anniversary of his death, and everyone in England was hyping it up at the time. Heep in their early days rose to be among the top bands of the early 70s alongside Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, but became more and more a cult band as the decade drew to a close, becoming full on cult by the 80s.
Their debut album was met with mostly negative reviews when it came out due to how heavy it was, especially in America; one reviewer threatened to commit suicide if the band made it big, which she probably followed up on, who knows.
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Category:1960s
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