A meeting at the manager’s office concerning the songwriting dissent

A meeting at the manager’s office concerning the songwriting dissent was the last straw and, in September 1980, Hensley quit. Gregg Dechert, a Canadian who had worked with Sloman in Pulsar, came in and the band went on a 23-date tour of the UK. After recording an album’s worth of unreleased material Sloman left, citing musical differences for a reason. He would later go on to work with UFO , Gary Moore and Robert Palmer . Hensley’s acrimonious departure left the group in a state of collapse. Box and Bolder visited David Byron with attractive propositions. “We couldn’t believe it when he said he didn’t want to know”, the guitarist remembered. Bolder, who by that time “had had enough of Gerry Bron and the management”, decided to join Wishbone Ash . When Dechert and Slade left, Uriah Heep were down to just Mick Box with the name and contract.