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The current lineup is: Bernie Shaw (vocals), Phil Lanzon (keyboards), Dave Rimmer (bass), Russell Gilbrook (drums) plus Box on guitar.Legendary Britiash rockers URIAH HEEP have issued the following year-end update:'To Heepsters all over the world. One of the longest serving of the former members was Trevor Bolder (bass), who joined the band a couple of years after David Bowie broke up the Spiders from Mars, and stayed on for most of the time after that, up until his death in 2013. Mick Box has been the only constant during that time in terms of personnel, which has seen many changes. and worldwide, the band are widely thought of as pioneers in hard rock, heavy metal and prog rock, with albums such as 'Return to Fantasy' and 'Demons and Wizards' good examples of this. Popular across much of Europe as well as the U.S., their native U.K. on November 15 2022.įounded in London in 1969 – the 50th anniversary tour had to be postponed with the pandemic – the band took its name from the main antagonist and sycophant in the Charles Dickens novel 'David Copperfield'. Uriah Heep play the Alexela Kontserdimaja in Tallinn, starting 7 p.m.

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The full 'Ringvaade' interview, in English, is here.

'No – I'll tell you why: If we play anything new in the concert, by the time I've changed my jeans in the dressing room, its up on Youtube. The band is also releasing a new album post-tour, but is unlikely to premiere any of the songs at the Tallinn concert, Box said. No matter how difficult it was to get there, the reward was always the audience's faces,' he went on. 'To go there and play the music and find out how well received it was,' was reward in itself, Box noted, saying he had heard many similar stories from those who remembered the era. Interviewer Hannes Hermaküla had his own take on the band's status even while Estonia was under Soviet occupation, recalling how he and friends traded rock LPs at a time when such items were in short supply in Estonia. 'We had a saying in Uriah Heep that if we couldn't come to the music we'll take the music to the people,' adding that Bulgaria, Hungary and East Berlin were among other venues the band played at a time when the iron curtain was still fact. 'We never thought we would go to Russia, to be honest´,' Box went on. The band was the first to play in the Soviet Union, in December 1987, with the advent of the Glastnost' era. 'Playing live is your first love,' he went on, noting touring and gigging predates any studio or commercial success that Uriah Heep or any other band can have.

But at the very end of it, the smile on people's faces will say it all.' 'It's going to be a great celebration of the 50 years of Uriah Heep, it's going to be a journey from the very first album to the latest one it's a great journey too – a roller coaster ride of emotions. 'Every time we go there, we toast with the old Vana Tallinn,' Box joined. Uriah Heep have played in Tallinn before. 'Yes indeed we're very much looking forward to it,' Box said. ETV current affairs show 'Ringvaade' reporter and Uriah Heep fan Hannes Hermaküla caught up with Uriah Heep's longest-serving member, guitarist Mick Box, via a video interview.

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