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Lee
Kerslake Announcement |
 Uriah
Heep regret to announce that, due to ongoing health
problems, longstanding drummer Lee Kerslake is to leave the
band with immediate effect.
During 2006, when Uriah Heep toured in some twenty
territories ranging from Indonesia, India and Thailand
through to Brazil, Peru, Russia and Bulgaria, concluding
with a six week Acoustic Tour through Europe, Lee found the
rigors of constant touring increasingly stressful and will
now take the opportunity over the next few months to embark
on a stringent campaign in order to resolve his health
issues.
Comments Heep lead guitarist and founder member Mick Box
‘All the band are fully behind Lee in his efforts to become
fully match fit again. For me, it is particularly
devastating to lose not only someone who I have worked with
for some thirty five years, but also one of my closest and
oldest friends who I love like a brother. It is, however, in
the best interests of both Lee and the band that a change is
made now. This is an important time in the history of the
band - We have just signed a new worldwide recording
contract with Sanctuary Records and are about to commence
recording our first new studio album in almost a decade and
it is vital that there is consistency between both the
recording and the forthcoming eighteen month long world tour
to coincide with the album’s release in September’.
The band will now start actively auditioning potential
drummers and we will keep you informed as events unfold.
Mick Box
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