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Wonderworld ( 1974 ), recorded in Munich's Musicland Studios in January, proved to be a disappointment to both fans and band members alike.

" Recording abroad disrupted the band's normal method of operation and that had a big negative effect on the group.

Our communication was falling apart, we were arguing over stuff like royalties and we were getting involved in matters beyond music ", Hensley said.

Box remembered weeks spent in the studio as ' dramatic ' for all the wrong reasons.

" David was drunk for most of the time, Kenny was having an emotional time of it and I was constantly trying to help them so it was difficult for me too.

There was also a little bit of friction because ( artistic ) Kenny didn't like all the attention that ( flamboyant ) David was getting ".

Gary Thain was in even more serious trouble.

According to Blows, " A strenuous touring schedule, compounded by the bassist's heavy drug dependency ( inherent even before joining Heep ) was taking its toll, though matters came to a head while on tour during September ", when the bassist got electrocuted on stage in Dallas.

Soon after going out of hospital Thain in Sounds openly accused manager Gerry Bron of having turned Uriah Heep into a mere " financial thing " and was promptly fired.

On 8 December 1975, Gary Thain was found dead in his Norwood Green home, having overdosed on heroin.