Totally Driven, released in 1996, is a compilation album by British rock band Uriah Heep, not a studio release. The album serves as a comprehensive retrospective of the band’s long and diverse career, bringing together material from multiple eras and lineups, spanning the early 1970s through the mid 1990s.
The lineup for Raging Silence features Mick Box (guitar), Bernie Shaw (vocals), Phil Lanzon (keyboards), Trevor Bolder (bass), and Lee Kerslake (drums). This formation successfully blended Uriah Heep’s classic melodic sensibility with a modernized hard rock sound, reconnecting the band with its roots while embracing contemporary production.
The album features Peter Goalby on lead vocals, marking his last studio appearance with the band, alongside founding guitarist Mick Box. Musically, Equator continues the streamlined, modern approach introduced on Abominog and refined on Head First, placing strong emphasis on melody, concise song structures, and radio oriented arrangements, while retaining the band’s recognizable harmonic identity.
After the revitalized direction introduced on Abominog (1982). Building on that successful reinvention, the album refines the band’s early 1980s sound with a stronger emphasis on melodic hard rock, polished production, and radio friendly songwriting, while maintaining the power and musicianship associated with the Uriah Heep name.
The album was recorded by the classic lineup of David Byron (lead vocals), Mick Box (guitar), Ken Hensley (keyboards, guitar, primary songwriter), Gary Thain (bass), and Lee Kerslake (drums). This formation is widely regarded as one of the strongest and most creative in Uriah Heep’s history, responsible for defining much of the band’s signature sound.
