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[11] [12] Uriah Heep's lineup remained stable until January 2007, when Kerslake was forced to leave the band due to "ongoing health problems". [13] He was replaced by Russell Gilbrook in March. [14] On 21 May 2013, Bolder died of cancer, [15] having taken a touring hiatus due to an operation earlier that year with John Jowitt covering. [16]
John Kenneth Wetton (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) was an English musician, singer, and songwriter. [1] Although he was left-handed, he was known as a skilled right-handed bass player and had a booming baritone voice. [2] He was a member of the band Family in 1971 for a short time, before joining King Crimson in 1972. [3]
January 31 – John Wetton, former bassist of Uriah Heep died from cancer at the age of 67. [45] February 8 – Tony "It" Särkkä, former vocalist and multi-instrumentalist of Abruptum and Ophtalamia, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of 44. [46] February 11 – Trish Doan, bassist of Kittie, died from undisclosed reasons at the age of ...
Lee Kerslake, best known as the longtime drummer of rock band Uriah Heep and for playing on two Ozzy Osbourne albums, has died of prostate cancer. Kerslake began drumming for Uriah Heep in 1971 ...
This is a list of notable performers of rock music and other forms of popular music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters, or in other closely related roles, who died in 2017.
New Zealander Gary Thain, a then member of Keef Hartley Band, joined Uriah Heep as a permanent member in February 1972 halfway through another American tour, replacing Mark Clarke who was exhausted and nearing a mental breakdown. "Gary just had a style about him, it was incredible because every bass player in the world that I've ever known has ...
Lee Gary Kerslake (16 April 1947 [1] – 19 September 2020) was an English musician, best known as the longtime drummer and backing vocalist for the rock band Uriah Heep and for his work with Ozzy Osbourne in the early 1980s.
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