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David Garrick (29 January 1947 – 28 February 1985), better known by his stage name David Byron, [3] was a British singer, who was best known in the early 1970s as the original lead vocalist of the rock band Uriah Heep. [4] Byron possessed a powerful operatic voice and a flamboyant stage presence.
"The distance between David and the rest had grown to unworkable proportions", according to Blows. "It's a tragedy to say it but David was one of those classic people who could not face up to the fact that things were wrong and he looked for solace in a bottle", commented Bron. In July 1976, after the final show of a Spanish tour, Byron was sacked.
That Was Only Yesterday – The Last EP was the last recording of David Byron less than a year before his death. In late 1983 Richard Manners (Blue Mountain Music) asked Richard "Digby" Smith (Rough Diamond, Free, Sammy Hagar, Mott the Hoople) to put together a band and cut some tracks with David.
Formed in late 1969, the group originally featured vocalist David Byron, guitarist Mick Box, keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist Ken Hensley, bassist Paul Newton, and drummer Alex Napier. [1] The current line-up consists of Box, alongside keyboardist Phil Lanzon and vocalist Bernie Shaw (both since 1986), Russell Gilbrook (since 2007) and ...
Spice were a British pop rock and rhythm and blues band featuring David Byron (vocals), Mick Box (guitar), Paul Newton (bass guitar), Alex Napier (drums) and Colin Wood (keyboards). (Napier was a replacement for drummer Nigel Pegrum; Pegrum would later join the folk rock band Steeleye Span).
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
L–R: Ken Hensley, Mick Box, Gary Thain, David Byron and Lee Kerslake. Thain was born in Christchurch. He had two older brothers, Colin and Arthur. He recorded in Christchurch with The Strangers (not to be confused with the Australian band of the same name). [1] At 17, he moved to Australia and joined The Secrets, which dissolved in 1966. [2]
High and Mighty is the ninth studio album by English rock band Uriah Heep, released in May 1976 by Bronze Records in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the US. High and Mighty was the last Uriah Heep album to feature bassist John Wetton, and vocalist and founding member David Byron who was fired later that year due to his troubles with alcohol and differences with band priorities.