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ROCK AND ROLL DIET
During an interview with Chris Tetley, Mick Box explained that he had been on a Rock and Roll diet for the previous week. For the entire week, he had drank whiskey. He had no food... just the whiskey. Mick said it was a very effective diet. During the previous week, he had lost three days!
HAVE YOU TRIED BOOBY-TRAPPING THEM ?
In an interview with Chris Tetley in 1990, Mick Box disclosed that he'd had 17 guitars stolen over his years with Heep.
HEEP GIG IN A TYPHOON
During Uriah Heep's 1991 Japanese Tour, the band was stranded at the venue with about 400 very brave fans. The fourth and most destructive typhoon in a seven day period hit Tokyo. The devastating winds
and rain prevented anyone leaving the building for several hours, but luckily no one was injured. Uriah Heep's tour of Japan was only the second in the long, rich history of the band.
LOOKING FOR A NEW RECORD DEAL
With Legacy Records impoding, Heep was once again left to their own devices. The band decided to go back to the studio in order to put together a package of a few songs to shop around for a record deal. The band recorded "Everything In Life", "Words In The Distance" , "She Still Calls His Name", "Mistress of All Time" and "Holy Roller" during these sessions.
TOTAL RECALL TOUR
Uriah Heep was back in North America in the winter of 1993. The Total Recall Tour included Heep, Nazareth, Blue Oyster Cult and Wishbone Ash. This was the first North American tour for Heep since 1990.
GRIFFIN MUSIC
After the folding of Legacy, Griffin Music took over the US distribution
of several Uriah Heep products including Live
in Moscow, Raging Silence, Different World and Still 'Eavy,
Still Proud.
A CHIP OFF THE BLOCK
Bernie's high energy stage presence came to him naturally as he is the son of
a former vaudeville performer.
EASY LIVING?
In November 1993, Uriah Heep was touring North America on the Total
Recall Tour with Blue Oyster Cult and Nazareth. Mick Box recalled seeing
a TV backstage at one of the venues. The television was
turned to "Cops" or some similar show. On the show, a man was in
a car chase, being pursued by several patrol cars with sirens going. Eventually, the police got the man to pull over, and dragged
him out of his truck. On the guy's truck radio, "Easy
Livin" was blaring while they were arresting him for
drug possession. Mick laughed and said that he figured that guy probably
wouldn't have much easy livin' anytime soon!
SEA OF LIGHT
At the end of 1994, Heep was back in the studio...
this time to record a new album for HTD Records in Germany. Kalle Trapp produced the album and he used analog equipment for that vintage sound.
The album was to be released during the
celebrations of the band's 25th anniversary. According,
Mick felt the album should give a tip of the hat to the band's history. Mick
and Phil immersed themselves in some of the early Heep albums to
get in the mood and then starting putting together some new
Heep classics. The album was stunning! In many people's eyes, it was the best Heep album since Demons & Wizards and definitely in the same league as the early 70s classics. The amazing thing about the album was
maturity of songwriting from Mick, Phil and Trevor. It was light years away from Different World.
There was the combination of heavy,
humble and progressive rock that always made Heep such a great band. To top off the entire experience, Roger Dean was contracted to paint the album cover. The resulting Sea of Light artwork was beautiful! Heep fans all over were rejoicing with their new prize.
THE FIRES OF HELL
The song "The Fires of Hell" from the Sea of Light
CD was written by Trevor Bolder. Trevor says the song
was inspired by a movie he saw about
the youngest soldier that enlisted to fight in the first World War.
The movie showed how his life was ruined by the horrors of war .
