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Heepster
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English
Etymology
From en Heep ster, possibly as a play on en hipster.
Noun
en slang A fan of the English rock band Uriah Heep (band) Uriah Heep.
en 2002 Dave Ling Uriah Heep - Uncensored On the Record http://books.google.com/books?id=7jEdwf0vrTwC&pg=PT207&dq=%22Heepsters%22 Coda Books 2011 9781908538581 Dave White takes up the story: “The Heepsters on the Web are the Uriah Heep fans around the world, who use the internet to exchange messages and feelings about the wonderful and inspiring music of Uriah Heep.
en Anand Sankar Uriah Heep enthralls fans in city http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/uriah-heep-enthralls-fans-in-city/article3176106.ece The Hindu 9 February 2006 "We will try to cover 35 years," was Uriah Heep's promise to all Heepsters who turned up on a chilly Bangalore evening to listen to them live after a gap of 22 years. https://web.archive.org/web/20250216123025/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/uriah-heep-enthralls-fans-in-city/article3176106.ece 16 February 2025
en 2009 William Phillips; Brian Cogan Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music http://books.google.com/books?id=CAgKAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Heepsters%22&dq=%22Heepsters%22 243 Greenwood Press 9780313348006 16-minute epic featuring a 22-piece orchestra, and a lengthy guitar solo by Mick Box that many Heepsters (a term used by fans of the band to refer to each other) consider his finest performance,
en Fans (people) Music