![]() ![]() This was a lovely touch and really gave you the time to see how massive the band’s impact has been. As I said this was a celebration and on stage was a huge screen which had videos of thanks and congratulations from the gods of Rock in Brian May, Rob Halford, Alice Cooper, Steve Harris and Paul Stanley to name a few. The show was split into two with an acoustic and full electric live set but lets not jump the gun. Tonight was not a gig, this was more a celebration of of an unprecedented career in rock that has permeated through the decades and to a group that have influenced so many individuals, bands and genres alike. Review & Photography by Ritchie Birnie for MPM 3 days ago MYSTIC CIRCLE – unleash music video for cover version of POSSESSED’s ‘Death Metal’.3 days ago CAPTAIN BLACK BEARD: new album “Neon Sunrise” out today.3 days ago AGNOSTIC FRONT – embark on European »Get Loud! Tour 2022« today new music video for ‘The Eliminator (2020)’ premieres via New Noise Magazine.(Tour Edition) + release video for ‘Noise’ from An Evening With Nightwish In A Virtual World ![]() 3 days ago NIGHTWISH – announce HUMAN.3 days ago THE SUBWAYS New Single ‘Black Wax’ Is A Love Letter To Music & Defunct Harlow Venue The Square New Album Out Jan 2023.3 days ago LOST SOCIETY | new album ‘If The Sky Came Down’ is out now + new video for ‘Awake’.1 day ago Heavy Rock unit COBRA SPELL Releases New Single + Official Video, ”Flaming Heart”.24 hours ago THE HALO EFFECT – release remix of ‘Shadowminds’ by Ihsahn.22 hours ago MOTIVE BLACK release lyric video for new single ‘Fight Alone’, out now on AFM Records.7 hours ago Gig Review: Therapy? Make a Church of Noise in the Limelight.5 hours ago STONE BROKEN ANNOUNCE “COME CLOSER” TOUR 2023.5 hours ago Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band Announces ‘Trouble Is…25th Anniversary UK Tour’ – April 2023.This list does not include his numerous guest appearances. These are the bands Ken Hensley was a member of during an impressive 60 year career in music. Hensley left the band in 1980, unhappy with the music direction they had chosen, and he later moved to America.Īfter 1985, Hensley lived in semi-retirement in St Louis, Missouri.īut he continued to make music and even reformed with some of the old members of Uriah Heep, including original bass player Newton, during a Uriah Heep Annual Convention in London, May 2000. These were Proud Words on a Dusty Shelf (1973) and Eager To Please (1975). Hensley, who through Uriah Heep found a place to develop and showcase his songwriting and lyrical abilities as well as his keyboard and guitar, also recorded his first two solo albums during that time. It was the first of the two albums to feature John Wetton as the new bass player - replacing Thain. The most successful was the 1975 album Return to Fantasy, which reached number 7 in the United Kingdom album charts. They recorded 13 studio albums, and a live album, Uriah Heep Live, along with many compilations and singles. Under the new name, and the classic line-up, including Hensley, Box, Byron, drummer Lee Kerslake and bassist Gary Thain, the band saw huge success. The band, which also featured guitarist Mick Box and vocalist David Byron, later changed their name to Uriah Heep. Hensley joined the band Spice, with bass guitarist Paul Newton, previously from The Gods, as a keyboard player in 1969. In early 1968 they signed with Columbia Records and recorded two albums and several singles.īut they later split, with Hensley later joining Toe Fat - with whom he later recorded an album. Hensley wrote most of the material, sang and played the Hammond organ - an instrument often associated with jazz and progressive rock. Hensley formed a band called The Gods in 1965, aged 20, with the guitarist Mick Taylor. ![]() He self-taught guitar at the age of 12, before playing his first gig, aged 15, at The Mentmore Pen Factory, in Stevenage. Hensley was born in Plumstead, south-east London, in August 1945, before moving with his family to Hertfordshire. ![]()
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