23 Years have now
passed since David Byron lost his battle.
While fronting Uriah Heep many didn't give him credit for taking the
band to world wide success.
Most feel that if were not for the writing of Ken Hensley, nobody
would have ever noticed Uriah Heep, but the opposite side of the
coin must be flipped here. The voice in our ears and the messenger
of the words were his.
He could bring a tear to your eyes with Sweet Freedom, make you
laugh with comments in between tracks on Live 73, or just mystify
you with his voice on Paradise.
Few peers exist in the
history of rock with his stage presence, his attitude, his charisma.
Later projects with Rough Diamond, the Byron Band and solo led him
in many different directions, most of us lost contact and the media
forgot him.
His death was publicized in various magazines and newspaper articles
but his day had passed. His personal demons cost him his career,
his family and eventually his life. But to millions around the
world we remember the one thing he could not lose, his legacy.
His fans learned of his death as we all did, in various ways - and
we all know he wasn't finished yet. So we remember David and salute
him with this website.
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