He still goes around saying he used to be the singer
in Uriah Heep, and everybody says "Oh, we don't remember you"
'cause he wasn't on anything - Trevor Bolder
on Steff Fontaine who sang on one US tour with
Uriah Heep.
Just before the Holidays our UK reporter Mick Burgess met
with bass player Trevor Bolder of
Uriah Heep during their 10 date UK tour. Hear them
talking about being the first western band to play in Russia,
their new album Into the Wild,
future recording plans, and the band's many line-up changes
Who is this Man and what does HE have to
do with Uriah Heep ?
We celebrate
Charles Dickens' Birthday
February 7, 1812 200 Years ago !
"If you have ever wondered where the name Uriah Heep
came from, he is a famous character from Charles Dickens
novel David Copperfield, whose signature phrase, "very 'umble,"
led to the title of the band's first album, Very 'eavy, Very
'umble, back in 1970"
My name is Vincent Polselli and I wanted to just let
you know what an incredible time we had seeing and
meeting Uriah Heep!
I bought a VIP package for myself 47 long time fan
and my son Benjamin we call him "Poppy"13 new fan
for their Las Vegas show where we live. I want to
say it was the best money I ever spent! The
experience was incredible! They guys in the band
were just awesome to my boy and I will never forget
it! Here is what it was like for us!!!
Our Uriah Heep Experience! First off we I purchased
VIP passes so first we went to sound check and Poppy
got to watch them do their thing! After SC the guys
came out and treated us like we were long lost
family! Mick Box gave Poppy guitar pics for his
collection and was so cool to us and spent almost a
half hour talking and getting to know us! Very
Cool!!!
Trevor Bolden treated Poppy like he was his own son
gave him his strings from the night before and
autographed the box, he did not want us to leave as
we were having such a great time! Russell Gillbrook
treated us like gold and again treated us like
family so gracious,and Bernie Shaw loved how Poppy
dressed and spent about 15 minutes cracking us up!
Phil Lanzon was just such a kind hearted guy and was
just so thoughtful! Not your usual Rock Stars!
They treated us like gold and gave Poppy an
autographed poster! It was a pleasure meeting them
and what they did for my son I will never forget!!!
We watched the show as the tore through a killer set
of classic "The Wizard","Lady in black", "Easy
livin","Rainbow demon","Bird of prey" "Stealin" as
well as some excellent new songs "Nail on the head",
"Into the wild","Money Talk"!
They were so on it was ridiculous! They made Poppy a
huge fan! After the show we went backstage which
Poppy could not believe! We hung out for a few
minutes and talked about the show...They made Poppy
promise to come see them next year and bring 20
friends his age with him!LOL!!! We then took a group
photo with the band after we all stopped clowning
around with Poppy!!! Right before they snapped the
shot Trevor stole Poppy's fedora for the shot! it
was so cool and they gave us a memory of a lifetime!
Thanks To Mick,Bernie,Trevor,Phil and Russel "Uriah
Heep" We will never forget it! One of the best bands
I have ever seen live!!!
See ya next year!!!
Vinnie And Ben ("Poppy") Polselli
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Mick with Heep's old tour manager
in the 70’s, Mel Baister
In Scottsdale Arizona.
This photo is from the show 'Who wants to
be a millionaire' Australia.
You can see the question, and the four answers are there
underneath. As you can see the contestant got the
question wrong but hey! A few million Ozzie's watched
the show
WEINPROBE MIT URIAH HEEP - CLICK
HERE OR ON THE GRAPHIC ABOVE
May 28 2011
PRAHA MAY 24 2001 -
photos by Aleš Muzika - Czech rep
May 25 2011
Report from may 24 by Tapio Minkkinen:
Today was the first time I heard the new Heep
on Finnish radio! I was doing some shopping and was listening to
station called Radio Rock. All of a sudden I heard Uriah Heep
mentioned.
This was a surprise since this station doesn't play Heep that
often at daytime. The dj talked about a new single Nail On The
Head and among other things that this is the band's 23rd studio
album and they've been going for over 40 years and even
mentioned that the band has a very active fanclub in Finland!
Radio Rock is the nr. 1 rock channel in Finland and they play
mostly hard rock and metal.
Nail On The Head is featured this week at their "Rautaa vai
Roskaa" voting (= "Good or Rubbish" in English). On the
afternoon show Rockin Iltapäivä from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. each week
they choose one new release and listeners can vote at the
website or by phoning in and judge whether it's good or not.
The song is played completely at least once at ca. 3.30 p.m. and
shorter samples several times during the afternoon. If there are
more than 50% plus votes the song usually gets played for the
second time after 6 p.m. when the show ends.
This is done all through the week from Monday to Friday and then
on Friday there's the final verdict. So Nail On The Head will
lots of airplays this week. Attached is a screen shot showing
the current status and it's really good: 84 % Rautaa votes!
The page at the website is here:
http://www.radiorock.fi/kanava/ohjelmat/rockin-iltap%C3%A4iv%C3%A4/rautaa-vai-roskaa
where you can check out the score. By clicking "Kuuntele" link
people can also listen to the song. This is very good promotion
and once again it's a sign that they guys at the record company
over here are doing a good work.
Paul Rickard flew from the UK to see Heep in
Vienna !
May 23 2011
Autogramm stunde - Signing session in Nurnberg Germany
Bernie Shaw sends in our
1st picture of Valentino !
Bernie says: Thursday Sept 23rd, 3:15am
"Valentino was born healthy and happy at
Homerton Hospital, East London.
Happy to report Mommy, Radka and Daddy and
big sister Maddie are proud as punch."
Micky Moody & Mick Box at the High
Voltage Festival -
More here
Uriah
Heep was joined onstage at High Voltage by a special
guest.
Fomer Whitesnake guitarist Micky Moody was with the
band when they played the whole of their classic album
Demons And Wizards.
Moody, now a member of Monsters Of British Rock,
alongside Neil Murray (ex-Whitesnake bassist) and Laurie
Wisefield (former Wishbone Ash guitarist), played
slide guitar.
Click o the graphic to read the outstanding comments for Heep's
performance at the High Voltage Festival
September 11 2010
September 10 2010
Uriah Heep in
Hungary for the Fezen
Festival
today september 9
August 23 2010
Photos of the August 20 Dormagen festival by Peter Weber
August 21 2010
Germany based Rock magazine Rock it
has a special about 40 years of Uriah Heep .....out now.
Rock It! 59 ab heute am Kiosk
In dieser Ausgabe vermissen wir das
Sommerloch und erfreuen uns an überdurchschnittlich
vielen interessanten und spannenden Interviews und neuen
Veröffentlichungen.
Wir wünschen euch viel Spaß mit der 4-seitigen
Titelstory zum neuen Accept-Album, dem Interview mit
Blind Guardian, dem Rückblick auf das Lebenswerk des
leider viel zu früh verstorbenen Ronnie James Dio und
auch mit den Impressionen der Abschiedstour der
Scorpions. Als
History-Special präsentieren wir euch dieses Mal 40
Jahre Uriah Heep.
August 21 2010
Dietfurt august 3 2010 - By Peter Weber Heeps drum technician
A great South Africa tour review
here Thanks to Mike Taylor
June 07 2010
More great reviews for Heep's Johannesburg gig
here
June 03 2010
URIAH HEEP LIVE IN
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH
AFRICA WITH
WISHBONE ASH AND DEEP
PURPLE . WATCH THE
SLIDESHOW
HERE
May 19 2010
A new NA tourdate is added. June 26th
The Milwaukee Summerfest. Check it out
here
May 19 2010
Another
interview with Mick Box
for TONIGHT a South African website. Mick talks about the
South African tour and digs up memories from the 70ths
May 19 2010
Mick Box
did an interview with Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), for his
BBC6 Rock show, that will be broadcast this Friday
between 9pm and 12 midnight.
May 16 2010
A new livedate here. Uriah Heep
plays the Fezen festival in Hungary on september 9 2010 click on
the poster for the website
May 15 2010
A new livedate here. Uriah Heep
plays the Raismes Festival in France on september 11th 2010.
Click on the poster for the website.
May 15 2010
Thanks to Simone Parisi we have
these
photos taken in
Rimini Italy 2010. Including Simone Parisi's personal review.
Roncade's gig review
here by Cristian Sedran.
May 14 2010
Thanks to Enrico Fusco we have
these great Shots taken in
Rimini Italy 2010.
May 13 2010
Thanks to Osi Dirilgen we have
these great Shots taken in
Altdorf 2010.
May 12 2010
Thanks to Paul Rickard and Isabelle Seefriedt we have
these great Shots taken in Graz Austria on april 24 2010.
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.
2011.jpg "Trevor Bolder (Uriah Heep) 2011")
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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