[Heeplist] new album

[Terje Pedersen]

I must say although The Outsider is a very strong album the drumming do destroy a couple of songs. Worst example is the title track where Russel pedals like hes in the tour de France.  In one minute he's takin it more easy and its one of the best tracks together with Can`t take that away and Jessie in my opinion. ;-D
Must say Bernie is doing a hell of a job on this record, maybe his best work with Heep.

Off topic, does anyone listen to Radio Moscow?  A fantastic band I really learned to like, warms my heart there can still be bands creating music like this today.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSOqHrYXWSY

Cheers
Terje

-----Original Message-----
From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Catalde
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2014 5:34 AM
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Subject: Re: [Heeplist] new album

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).


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