Gypsy (Uriah Heep song) band's first compilation album, "The Best of Uriah Heep", and on two live albums, 1973's "Uriah Heep Live" and the later "Live in Armenia". The song is structured with an intro, outro and three verses with no chorus, and uses only four chords: Cm, G#, G and C#-C. The song was covered by American noise rock band godheadSilo in 1996, appearing on their self-titled "GodheadSilo" 7" EP. Gypsy (Uriah Heep song) "Gypsy" is the debut single by British progressive rock/hard rock band Uriah Heep. It is the opening track on their first album, "…Very 'Eavy …Very 'Umble", released in 1970.
Heavy metal music use of narcotics. In the wake of the new wave of British heavy metal and Judas Priest's breakthrough "British Steel" (1980), heavy metal became increasingly popular in the early 1980s. Many metal artists benefited from the exposure they received on MTV, which began airing in 1981—sales often soared if a band's videos screened on the channel. Def Leppard's videos for "Pyromania" (1983) made them superstars in America and Quiet Riot became the first domestic heavy metal band to top the "Billboard" chart with "Metal Health" (1983). One of the seminal events in metal's growing popularity was the 1983 US Festival