Uriah Heep’s bassist, Trevor Bolder, has been forced to take a leave of absence from the group to have an unnamed surgery.
Trevor Holder Uriah Heep
According to a spokesman for the group, he will be out for “several months.”
In his absence, the band had recruited ten-time Classic Rock Society Bassist of the year John Jowitt who has previously played with groups like Ark, IQ and Arena.
The full statement:
Trevor Bolder (bass) 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.
Bolder joined the band in 1977 when bassist John Wetton left and has been in the position except for a short period of time in the early 80’s. Prior to Uriah Heep, Bolder had played in The Rats with Mick Ronson and in David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars where he replaced Tony Visconti.
