Editing David Byron (section)

==With Uriah Heep 1969–1976==
[[File:Uriah Heep Mercury Records 1972 promotional image.jpg|thumb|Uriah Heep in 1972
<br />L–R: [[Ken Hensley]], [[Mick Box]], [[Gary Thain]], David Byron and [[Lee Kerslake]]]]
Byron sang on ten Uriah Heep albums: ''Very 'eavy Very 'Umble'', ''Salisbury'', ''Look at Yourself'', ''Demons and Wizards'', ''The Magician's Birthday'', ''Live'', ''Sweet Freedom'', ''Wonderworld'', ''Return To Fantasy'', and ''High and Mighty''. In 1975, Byron released his first solo album, ''Take No Prisoners'', which also featured fellow Heep members Box, Hensley and [[Lee Kerslake]]. Byron also gained a reputation for hard drinking, which eventually led to him being sacked from Uriah Heep at the end of a Spanish tour in July 1976.<ref name="Larkin"/>

Hensley said at the time, "David was one of those classic people who couldn't face up to the fact that things were wrong and he looked for solace in a bottle." Ahead of his dismissal, Uriah Heep had secured [[John Lawton (musician)|John Lawton]] as replacement singer. Their manager at the time, [[Gerry Bron]], said Byron had been released in "the best interest of the group". Bron explained that Byron and the other Uriah Heep members had been in disagreement for some time over fundamental issues of group policy, and that the differences had been finally brought to a head following the band's recent tour of Britain and Europe. "It was felt by the rest of the group that they could no longer reconcile David's attitude with their own," commented Bron.<ref>"Uriah Sack Byron",  ''New Musical Express'', July 1976</ref>