Gli storici rocker britannici Uriah Heep hanno annunciato che il bassista Trevor Bolder dovrà ricoverarsi per essere sottoposto ad una operazione che richiederà parecchi mesi di assenza dai palchi.
Il suo posto durante la convalescenza verrà preso da John Jowitt, già membro di Iq, Ark, Aren, Jadis e Frost. Bolder sfrutterà il tempo lontano dai palchi per iniziare a scrivere il materiale per il nuovo disco.
Ecco il comunicato ufficiale:

Trevor Bolder is going into hospital for an operation which will require several months' recuperation. Everyone connected with Uriah Heep wishes Trevor a speedy operation and recovery, and Trevor's wishes are that the band should carry on without him, until he is fit and ready to come back.

Venerated bass player John [JJ] Jowitt has agreed to deputise for Trevor at short notice, to ensure that the band's show in Israel at the end of January can still go ahead, Having spent 20 years with IQ, plus varying stints with ARK, ARENA, JADIS, FROST and other respected bands, John is renowned for his onstage charisma and has won Classic Rock Society's Bass poll on no less than 10 separate occasions.

We know all of you out there will support Trevor and the band as we move forward together into 2013. Trevor will use his recuperation period to write songs for the new Uriah Heep album, the follow-up to 'Into The Wild', which will be put together in the next 12 months.