David Byron vocalist for Spice (1967–1969). Deciding that the Spice sound would require keyboards, they recruited keyboardist/guitarist/singer/songwriter Ken Hensley, who was Paul Newton's bandmate in The Gods. During this time Bron redubbed the band Uriah Heep from the Charles Dickens novel "David Copperfield". Shortly afterward the band's career really took off, first in Germany, Britain and finally the United States. In 1971 Byron also appeared on two LPs by John Schroeder. Byron was the original singer of the English rock band Uriah Heep between 1969 and 1976. David Byron sang on ten Uriah Heep albums: "Very 'eavy Very 'Umble", "Salisbury", "Look at
Heavy Metal Parking Lot Heavy Metal Parking Lot Heavy Metal Parking Lot is a documentary short produced by Jeff Krulik and John Heyn in 1986. It documents heavy metal music fans tailgating in the parking lot outside the Capital Centre (which was demolished in December 2002) in Landover, Maryland, on May 31, 1986, before a Judas Priest concert during their Fuel for Life tour (with opening act Dokken). By the early 1990s, "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" had become an underground cult-classic, usually traded on bootleg VHS videotapes. It was reportedly a favorite on the Nirvana tour bus, among many other bands. Due to growing