This
week Mick celebrates Steely Dan, gets interviewed for a
heavy metal documentary, reflects on record sales, comments
on how mobile phones can be a medical aid, goes to the
cinema, wonders about getting drug users to work – and gets
nervous about Tottenham Hotspur…
March 03 2010
Uriah Heep has sold in excess of 30 million
records and have had five US Top 40 albums. The band has
played concerts in over 48 countries and is a technically
brilliant heavy rock band, deserving much credit for
continuing despite over 20 personnel changes and two deaths
along the way.
The band will be performing the seminal ‘Demons and
Wizards’ album in full and you can pick up the
fantastic live recording of this fantastic performance right
here.
£20.00
March 01 2010
‘Appy Days: The Mick Box
Column (No. 23)
This
week, Mick remembers the late David Byron and Keith Moon,
expresses relief at Abbey Road Studios being saved, recalls
meeting Kris Kristofferson, celebrates the Nordoff Robbins
charity, listens to Coverdale Page and has something to say
about the Number 25 bus route. Oh, and some football club
called Spurs win a match!
This week, Mick tastes dodgy airline food,
does more shows in Russia, experiences problems with his
dongle (!), sees some cool films, despairs about gambling
and gets his name misspelt. Oh, and goes on a bit about
Spurs.
This week, Mick’s on tour with Uriah Heep
in Russia where he gets involved in a bomb scare, drinks too
much vodka, is impressed with the beautiful laydees… oh, and
plays a couple of shows! To read Mick’s previous columns, go
This week. Mick celebrates the career of Neil Young,
looks at the Grammy winners list, sees French film with
subtitles, gets back into listening to Baby Animals,
Mountain and Black Stone Cherry, gets a new guitar, goes
back on the road with Uriah Heep… and sees Spurs slip!
This week, Mick looks at the state of the
music industry, comments on the death of
one-time Heep bassist Gary Thain’s mum,
remembers the late David Byron, ponders about
heavy metal as a religion – oh, and mentions
some footie team called Spurs!
The Celebration CD
will be released in North America on the 16th March
2010. The release is now out in all other territories, except
South America and Australia.
This is to wish you all a fantastic New
Year, and we hope that you have a
brilliant 2010 that brings you
everything that you desire. It will be a
great year for Uriah Heep, with lots of
exciting tours etc, and I hope that we
get to see you all, in your respective
countries.
We are very proud of our fans, and your
support is wonderful ,and something that
we appreciate so very much. After the
success of the last European tour of
2009, we feel that we have a strong
foundation with which to build upon, and
under the guidance of our manager Martin
Darvill, who is steering the ship, there
is a solid confidence that anything is
possible.
Have a drink or two in celebration of
the New Year for us, as we will
certainly be having one for you all.
‘Appy days! URIAH HEEP
January 2 2010
EDEL will be releasing LIVE in
SWEDEN as an official release from the Uriah Heep vaults.
Releasedate
Considered as
one of the pioneers of heavy metal and hard rock.
Deep Purple were listed by the Guinness Book of
Records as the world’s loudest band and ranked as
number 22 on VH1s Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.
They incorporate many sounds into their rock music
including classical, blues and pop. Deep Purple is
still one of the hardest touring bands in the world
and has continued to tour around the world since
1968. They’re most famous for their haunting hit –
Smoke On The Water.
Deep
Purple will be supported by Uriah Heep .
The technically brilliant heavy rock band ‘Uriah
Heep’ (taken from the character featured in the
Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield) have sold
over 30 million records and have had 5 US Top 40
albums. Their debut in 1970 was a simplistic bass
driven sound from electric folk to a direct harder
appeal. Uriah Heep were at the forefront of a richly
embossed, fastidious style of music later to be
dubbed as progressive rock.
Visit the
collumn pages and give your
comments. We like to read your
views!
URIAH HEEP Live in Hamburg
Noch lange nicht reif fürs Altenheim
Nach 40 Jahren auf der Bühne sind
andere reif fürs Altenteil. Nicht so Uriah Heep. Die
fünf Semi-Senioren aus Großbritannien rocken die Fabrik,
als gäbe es kein Gestern, sondern nur die Gegenwart
eines antreibenden Ohrenfeger-Sounds, der dem Hard Rock
alter Schule alle Ehre macht.
VON SÖREN INGWERSEN
Mick Box, der 62-Jährige mit den
langen weißen Haaren und der Sonnenbrille, ist als
einziges Gründungsmitglied noch dabei. Mit stoischer
Ruhe gelingt es ihm irgendwie, die Gitarre für sich
arbeiten zu lassen, während Trevor Bolder solide
Basslinien zimmert und Keyboarder Phil Lanzon die
Retro-Orgel aktiviert.
Sänger Bernie Shaw hat seine Stimme und die jubelnden
Fans bestens im Griff - denn bei aller musischen Wucht
dominieren doch die eingängigen Melodien. So ist der
Publikums-Chor bei den Klassikern "Free Me" und "Lady In
Black" schnell einsatzbereit, und für einige romantische
Einschübe bleibt auch noch Zeit. Ein Hard-Rock-Abend
ohne Show und Schnörkel und eine Hymne an die wilden
70er, bei der auch die, die dem Genre eher fernstehen,
ihren Spaß haben können.
Trotzdem gibt's nur eine Zugabe und einen patriotischen
Abschied mit Händeschütteln zu den Klängen von "Land Of
Hope And Glory". Ist das die feine englische Art?
Leading
dutch rock magazine blad Revolver releases the best crimesongs
according to the readers. Uriah Heep at #3 ! Yes!!
1 The Jimi Hendrix Experience Hey Joe
2 Eric Clapton/Bob Marley I Shot
The Sheriff 3 Uriah Heep
Stealin'
4 Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues
5 Supertramp Crime Of The Century
6 Thin Lizzy Jailbreak
7 Bob Dylan Hurricane
8 Talking Heads Psycho Killer
9 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds + Kylie Minogue Where The Wild Roses
Grow
10 The Clash / Bobby Fuller Four I Fought The Law
11 Body Count Cop Killer
12 Nancy Sinatra / Sonny & Cher Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)
13 Rage Against The Machine Killing In The Name
14 Boomtown Rats I Don't Like Mondays
15 Neil Young Down By The River
16 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Stagger Lee
17 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
18 Golden Earring Kill Me (Ce Soir)
19 Judas Priest Breaking The Law
20 The Buoys Give Up Your Guns
December 6 2009
Well
the 40th Anniversary Celebration tour of Europe is just over
half way through, and thus far it has been fantastic.
There have been plenty of sell outs, and there is a real buzz about the
band at the moment that feels really good. The set list has now
bedded down, and has been getting a fantastic response, and we
feel we are just getting into our stride. The first two shows of
the Concert Live Official Bootleg CD’s have gone down very well,
and we seem to be autographing an awful lot of them, so that is
a good sign.
The Celebration CD & CD/DVD have had excellent reviews along with the live
shows, so I can report it is a very happy Heep camp at the
moment. We have just finished a run of 6 consecutive shows, in 5
consecutive cities, which has been quite gruelling for the band
and crew, so it is nice to have a night off tonight to recharge
our batteries for the next run of shows. I am writing this in
our hotel in Aschaffenburg.
Next year is filling up already with confirmed shows in Greece, Russia,
South Africa, Germany, Finland and Poland to name but a few, so
it looks like a busy 2010.
A big thanks to all of you that have come to the shows thus far, and we
hope to see as many fans as we possibly can over the coming
months ahead.
‘Appy Days!
Mick
Mick Box and Peter Weber's ( drum technician )
Mother - photo by Peter Weber
Uriah Heep and the Franken Wine Queen - photo by
Peter Weber
Today on "Rock Efsaneleri" (Rock
Legends), Uriah Heep will be our special guest with it's
last album "Celebration" on TRT Radio3 (Turkish National
Radio&TV)
Happy 40th Anniversary
Uriah Heep! We will all celebrate Uriah Heep's 40th
anniversary today.
One hour special "Celebration"
programme on "Rock Efsaneleri" will be broadcast TODAY
04/12/09 ( Friday ) at 5PM (GMT+2), 3PM (GMT) You may also
check local times from
rockefsaneleri.com.
Don't miss the today's
special anniversary programme.
Thanks to Mick Box and Uriah
Heep for beautiful, wonderful music for 40 years...
Vote for Easy Livin in the top 2000
only today!!!!
pick 5 songs including easy livin, fill out the form and confirm
your vote in the next email you get. Thats all. Tell your
friends today is the last chanse!
BREAKING NEWS : THE
NOVEMBER 21 KREFELD GIG IS SOLD OUT. THE DECEMBER 11 GIG IN
WORPSWEDE IS SOLD OUT TOO. PLEASE CHECK THE
LIVEDATES LIST FIRST TO AVOID
DISSPOINTMENTS.
This
week Mick celebrates Steely Dan, gets interviewed for a
heavy metal documentary, reflects on record sales, comments
on how mobile phones can be a medical aid, goes to the
cinema, wonders about getting drug users to work – and gets
nervous about Tottenham Hotspur…
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