Meanings
plural Heepsters
- slangA fan of the English rock band Uriah Heep.
"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.
2006 February 9, Anand Sankar, “Uriah Heep enthralls fans in city”, in The Hindu2 more examples
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. […]
2002, Dave Ling, Uriah Heep - Uncensored On the Record, Coda Books, published 2011, →ISBN16-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, […]
2009, William Phillips, Brian Cogan, Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal Music, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 243
Origin
From Heep + -ster, possibly as a play on hipster.
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