[Heeplist] [NHC] Steve Walsh leaving Kansas

Thu Jul 3 08:55:44 EDT 2014

Come on, Rick,
I really like Abominog and some of the later songs, especially Son Of A Bitch! :)))))) But you can't be serious saying that is Uriah Heep for that name goes together well with magic and mystery which real UH brought to the world. True Uriah Heep spirit remained with the band until they started the free-me thing :)))) And don't get me wrong, I do not blame Ken, that's just the way that it was. :))))))))))))))) Songs like Hot Night in a Cold Town (more Playboy's Hot Rocks kind of thing don't you think?) or Sell Your Soul - they are typical although good examples of US-oriented simplified heavy pop-rock. No problem, I like it. Perhaps, the 80-s were no time for  traditional Heepy values... Regarding The Outsider, I believe it is already THE BEST hard rock LP of the year and their colleagues will have to jump out of their trousers in effort to surpass the album.
Cheers, Igor

Четверг,  3 июля 2014, 20:19 +08:00 от Rick Wilson <rick.wilson.292768100 at gmail.com>:
>The honest truth is there simply aren't that many bands that started in the late Sixties early Seventies who are still together in their original formations, because time takes its toll on people one way or another.  In fact, I can only think of one band who continue to tour and perform with the same line-up since 1975, and that's "Rush", but this is, of course, not the original line-up either.  "Aerosmith" for the most part, excluding 1979-1983, have been able to stay together, but on recent tours bassist Tom Hamilton has missed some shows.  So, either one accepts change of member which eventually leads to change of sound, or one learns to acquire a new musical taste from younger bands like "The Answer", "Clutch", or even "Wolfmother", who are likewise no longer in their original formation.  In any case, it just goes to show how awesome "Uriah Heep" are, no matter which line-up, that they can lose an excellent bass player in Trevor Bolder and a year later produce one of their best efforts since 1983.  I know there are those out there like Igor who possibly do not appreciate the Pete Goalby years, but, for myself, especially after Lee Kerslake and Bob Daisley had done the Ozzy records, "Abominog" was a totally natural progression of Heep's sound at that time.  I would like to believe with the addition of Dave Rimmer and the maturation of Russell's drumming coupled with the seasoned vocals of Rock journeyman Bernie and the superb songwriting duo of Mick and Phil aka "the two ditties" the sum of its parts makes the Heep machine a mighty one in 2014, and "Outsider" to be certainly one of the year's best efforts.
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>On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Igor Shveitser  < zlenko_iv at mail.ru > wrote:
>> And I agree with Bob that being a modern active band no matter how old (you are) or famous in the past (you were) makes it really interesting. Otherwise you can always stick to your collection - the chances it sounds worse than the classic band are really slim these days.
>>Cheers, Igor
>>P.S. I really like modern UH.
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>>Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:01:30 -0400 от Bob Winward < uriahheep at comcast.net >:
>>>I agree with Igor that Kansas is not the band they once were, I think
>>>because Kerry Livgren left  as the creative force.  Heep has a similar
>>>situation when their most creative influence / keyboard player left.
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>>>I do take exception to the dig at the current lineup of UH.  Yes, I admit I
>>>would take David Byron, Hensley, Kerslake and Thain over current members.
>>>However in the case of Byron and Thain, that is not an option.  And from
>>>what I saw back at HV2008, Lee is not up to the rigors of touring.  I would
>>>love to see Ken and Paul Newton come back and rejoin Heep.  But we all know
>>>that is not going to happen.  That said, they guys in there now are doing a
>>>great job, they are working hard at touring and, and, and I emphasize "AND"
>>>are coming out with new music!!  It is not the classic lineup, but at least
>>>they are doing new music and growing as a band, rather than sounding like
>>>has beens living off greatest hits of yesteryear.  Sadly most of my 70's
>>>heroes are doing that, but not Heep.
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>>>On 7/3/14 6:39 AM, "Igor Shveitser" <  zlenko_iv at mail.ru > wrote:
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>>>>  Having Walsh left the band must give 'em a clue what to do... especially
>>>> since they have no longer been doing anything of value since god knows when.
>>>> 14 years, am I wrong? Sad but fair - they are already dead as a creative unit
>>>> for many a year now. This change won't change a lot for the most of us. Kansas
>>>> WAS a band... ages ago. And definitely not with Elefante... the last real
>>>> progressive Kansas came out 1979 and afterwards there was only a flash of
>>>> reminiscence in 2000. Sad, sad story... To me it is one of the major
>>>> disappointments in life: I dreamt of seeing them live while they were still a
>>>> real band with new, fresh material but they seem comfortable not leaving
>>>> America at all. Even Mark Farner came here at last... :)
>>>Cheers, Igor
>>>P.S. Not
>>>> being crazy about Box-Lanzon-Shaw UH I take my hat off just for the fact they
>>>> are very unlike Kansas regarding creative process and touring schedule. True
>>>> rock band must work like that, otherwise you are something else.
>>>P.P.S. I have
>>>> ALL of the original Kansas vinyls in my collection as well as some of the
>>>> later non-class
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