Uriah Heep vs Wolfmother
Take a short energetic tune from the zeroes, and see if it can be blended with a 1972 song. The 2nd result is Uriah’s Mother, a tune on which Uriah Heep sounds a bit more modern but it fits like a glove! A reaction to the other mashup that is the other way round: Wolfmother vs Uriah Heep… Which one do you prefer?
“Easy Livin’” and “Woman” are a natural pairing — both hard rock anthems built on a similar blueprint: a driving riff, a powerhouse vocal, and no wasted space. The difference between this mashup and its companion “Easy Woman” is in the emphasis. Here, Uriah Heep’s organ-driven groove sets the tone and Wolfmother fits around it rather than the other way around. Two valid approaches to the same raw material.
Ingredients
This mashup / mix is a blend of these tunes:
Uriah Heep
Easy Livin’
Year: 1972
Album: Demons and Wizards
Genre: Progressive rock
About Easy Livin’
Written by Ken Hensley and released in 1972 on Demons and Wizards, “Easy Livin’” is one of Uriah Heep’s most enduring tracks. Mick Box’s hard rock guitar, Hensley’s Hammond organ and David Byron’s soaring vocals made it one of the defining sounds of early heavy metal — a genre the band helped invent before the term even existed. The band took their name from the scheming villain Uriah Heep in Dickens’ David Copperfield, which says something about their literary ambitions alongside their appetite for volume.
Wolfmother
Woman
Year: 2004 (EP) -> 2006 (album)
Album: Wolfmother
Genre: Hardrock, heavy metal, neo-psychedelica
About Woman
Wolfmother’s “Woman” announced the Sydney band to the world in 2004, landing on their debut EP before appearing on the 2006 full-length Wolfmother. It won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2007. The song was an unashamed love letter to 70s hard rock — the same era that produced “Easy Livin’”. There you have it!
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