An interesting take on Uriah Heep and I`d certainly say that they had elements of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Queen in their sound (even though Queen came later) But also they had their own originality and added prog influences to their sound which the other big three bands didn`t.
In singer David Byron they had a great frontman but from fairly early on, the band suffered from multiple line-up changes until they degenerated into a poor soft rock band by the late 70`s. Despite all of that, I own about 5 or 6 of their albums and they include their classic three albums of "Look at Yourself" "Demons and Wizards" "The Magicians Birthday"
They certainly were nowhere as influential as Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath but they had an influence on a number of bands, especially American bands in the 70`s.
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