Uriah Heep - Interview & Tour

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You have got to hand it to Micky Box and the many other guy's who have served some time with the band down the years since 1970 that it has lasted so long and who were sometimes called "the poor man's Deep Purple" in there earlier days also I believe it is quite feasible that the band may live on after Micky Box has snuffed it probably while on the road one day?.

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I was a Uriah Heep fan since the first time I heard the song Gypsy back in the early 70's. Went and saw them in concert in 1977 and they sucked, bad, really bad. Hopefully they stay true to Dave Byrons vocals and Ken Hensely's keyboards.
 

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The first time that I actually gave the band a good listening to was back around 1985 via the Live album from 1973 the one where David Byron walks on stage and says-

"A Friday night in Birmingham" (That's Birmingham in England and not Birmingham Alabama in the USA) and I must admit I enjoyed the whole double vinyl album and went out and bought a number of other 'Heep' albums.

I still have several of there 1970s cd/albums but rarely if ever play them these days although I have thought about playing the Demons And Wizards expanded double cd recently which I mite still do.

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My first listening of them was back in the 70's the album Demons And Wizards was the 1st time I appreciated them, followed by The Magician's Birthday.

I saw them at Alexandra Palace when there was a 3 day festival and they were brilliant, we also saw Black Sabbath, Yes, Stray and other bands that I can't recall at this moment in time.
That said, it was an era when one could go and see bands at a reasonable price, it didn't cost an arm and a leg to see more than one band, whereas nowadays most bands seem to charge as much as possible and you're lucky to get a warm up band before the main event.

I know it's not the bands, it's the promoters and suits that set the prices most of the time, it's one reason why Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush hardly ever get gigs, especially in Europe.

When Frank does get to tour it's mainly in the USA and obviously Canada, but when he last played here in 2005, a mini 5 gig tour, (how many bands do you know that would travel all the way from Canada for 5 gigs?), at least the prices were reasonable, probably because that's what Frank instructed, and also as they were small venues.

Like he has said many a time, the promoters are more interested in how much merchandise they can sell, than the actual music!
 

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