Standing down from drumming full-time for Uriah Heep in 2007 due to ill-health, Lee Kerslake commenced his debut solo album in 2015 with Jake Libretto, completing the album in 2019. According to Lee's notes from the album, "WOW, I have to say now the album is finished there is a great sense of achievement. It’s been a little over three years to record and finish it, it took so long because I could only manage two days a week and sometimes nothing for a period of time as the chemotherapy without my permission kept me away. Never mind it’s done and I am very proud of the songs." "ELEVENTEEN" is a collection of eight songs, seven of them written or co-written by Lee.