[Heeplist] new album

[Wayne Catalde]

For me it's just down to the fact that Lee's style is what the foundation of 
Heep was built on. He has the power yet he has a swing quality to his 
playing that is missing without him. I'm not bashing Russell, he's just 
lacking the groove that Lee brought to the table.

Wayne



> Gentlemen,
> I believe, I mentioned this problem earlier (my vision of the drums is 
> similar to yours), but I can't agree they "try too hard". It's just a 
> different generation of musicians which have more kind of 
> drill-like/mechanical approach, for instance, same (not very attractive 
> for hard rock) stuff's been typical for Nazareth since Darrel Sweet died. 
> I think it is only the way certain musicians (Murrison, Agnew-junior, 
> Gilbrook) are.
> Cheers, Igor
>
> Mon, 30 Jun 2014 23:04:38 +0200 от Terje Pedersen <terjped at hotmail.com>:
>>I totally agree with you on the drums, its too much. There is some really
>>good songs on the album and with some
>>Less energetic drumming they would be classics.
>>I see this with several of the classic bands these days though, it almost
>>looks like they try too hard to progress.
>>
>>Terje
>>
>>
>>Keeping in mind that I have been a Heep fan since the beginning and
>>especially since Bernie became their singer, I was a little surprised by
>>parts of the new album.  It is a great piece of work and, I'm sure,
>>represents what the band wants to say.  My only criticism is that new
>>drummer, Russell Gilbrook, takes his double bass drumming style a little 
>>too
>>far for Uriah Heep.  This is not a criticism of his talent, but on at 
>>least
>>2 songs, (either track 3 & 4, or 4 &5) the constant metal style of double
>>bass really overwhelms the melodies and songs themselves.  This is just my
>>personal taste and I applaud them for continuing to move forward, but the
>>barrage of bass drums just doesn't fit, to my ears.
>>Heep on and I really hope they can do a proper, proffitable and safe tour 
>>of
>>the US sometime soon.
>>RC McWilliams (retired Foghat road dog-merchandiser).