It is with deep regret that we share the devastating and tragic news of the sudden and totally unexpected passing of John Lawton on 29. Fans of British singer John Lawton will have a 2CD compilation celebrating John’s life in great music to be issued July 7. He also briefly re-joined Heep in 2013 for two weeks during a European tour to fill-in for ailing vocalist Bernie Shaw, released a handful of solo albums and dabbled in acting and directing television in the mid-2000s.Ĭheck out Lawton fronting Uriah Heep and the band’s tribute below. He joined Heep in 1976 in time to appear on their 10th studio album, 1976’s Firefly, replacing original lead singer David Byron, as well as 1977’s Innocent Victim, which featured the easy-rockin’ AM-radio single “Free.” Lawton’s final studio recording with UH was 1978’s smoother Fallen Angel, followed by the Live in Europe ’79 concert album.įollowing his run in UH, Lawton continued to perform with other bands, including Rebel and GunHill (which later changed its name to the John Lawton Band) and with former Heep producer/songwriter Ken Hensley in the Hensley Lawton Band. On the one hand, he fronted the German hard rock.
The bands with which he had been working were complete opposites. Englishman John Lawton was based in Germany and even his wife Iris was German. Trevor then replaced John Wetton as bassist in Wishbone Ash just four years later. 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. Uriah Heepare an English rockband from London. Uriah Heepare an English rockband from London. Two lineups of Uriah Heep onstage in 2008 (top) and 2018 (bottom).
Queen’s ‘Greatest Hits’ Set to be Crowned Again on U.K. In 1976, Trevor Bolder replaced John Wetton as bassist in Uriah Heep. Two lineups of Uriah Heep onstage in 2008 (top) and 2018 (bottom). John Lawton, best known as the former frontman of Uriah Heep, has died aged 74.
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