[Heeplist] An artist in rock and financial success

[Shawn Mctopy]

As phenomenally talented as he is, *Mick Box* comes off as being a very
humble and down to earth person. I like that!


Plus, he appears to really enjoy his time onstage entertaining people.



I always enjoy reading his *Blog* at his *Mick Box website* as well.


On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Terje Pedersen <terjped at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Mick Box is THE man....the one and only reason Heep survived through the
> years.
> The discussion about bands doing it for the money, well..of course they
> do..its how they make a living. But for guys like Mick its not only that, I
> think he would still be rocking even if he was a multi trillionair.
> Mick is a gentleman and the sweetest guy in Rock without a doubt, I had
> the pleasure of changing a few words with him a couple times and I cant say
> it enough, what a guy.  Was kinda surprised once back in the 80`s though
> when he just handed me his glass from stage, I downed it of course and it
> turned out to be straight vodka lol  got me Mick..
>
> PS: He is of course also a brilliant brilliant guitar player, not many got
> their own sound anymore..Mick does.
>
> Terje
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf
> Of Don Malecic
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 6:30 PM
> To: Igor Shveitser; Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time); Igor
> Shveitser; Heepsters Mailing List (Travellers in Time)
> Subject: Re: [Heeplist] An artist in rock and financial success
>
> Let's leave money aside. Egos have created bands, egos have destroyed
> bands and egos have kept bands apart, The difference is what a man ( rock
> star) is made of. For example:
>
> I believe in my own mind that the reason  UH is still together is because
> of Mick Box.
>
> Mick loves his band  and his fan base. His legacy is truly to keep Heep
> together and his personnel desire is to create and achieve greater music
> for his fans to enjoy.
>
> If you really study Micks personality, character and attitude towards his
> own band members, other musicians, music writers, fans etc. you would find
> a truly genuine selfless person.
> I have read many of his blogs where he is always praising other musicians
> and what a great sound they have .
> My point, you can build a machine, but you can't build a man.
> Don't get me wrong, I enjoy LZ . But really, Let's get the Led out. Surely
> they would be able to scratch a few more tunes out for their fans. Or, are
> their egos in the way?
> Don
>
>
>
>
>
> On Monday, July 21, 2014, Igor Shveitser <zlenko_iv at mail.ru> wrote:
>
> >  Hello,
> > I don't know why but my reply's still waiting for some moderation, so
> > I put it here in a different letter.
> > Don,
> > That's a brilliant question! Thank you for it for you made me think
> > and I like the process enormously. :))) If I get the point right, the
> > thing is, first of all, who's that very artist and, secondly, was he
> > doing it more for the money than because he reallly wanted to say
> something to us all.
> > With rock music I see it that way: initially they come on stage
> > because hands are itching and they really have to say something
> > importand. And dreams of fame and fortune, of course. So what happens
> > when it all comes true? Musicians get  full, they've already shared
> > with public all that rock'n'roll allowed them, outcome of many jams and
> some personal ideas.
> > Also bear in mind, people get tired of each other. Where do I lead? My
> > point is that even an extremely successful artist (collective) in rock
> > music gets exhausted, at least creatively, in 5-10 years. After that
> > they all repeat themselves - and hardly it is art the way it was
> > initially, because that is done mostly for the money and for the sake
> > of touring in some cases. I believe, LZ just didn't need none of the
> > above by 1980, so the decision to call it a day was an easy one. In my
> > eyes, with Heep it was a different story altogether, but not with Ken
> > Hensley. I don't want to sound like any of the parts of Heep are still
> > doing it only for the money, but it is sure the most important factor
> > they are still on stage with the same music. Page, Plant, Blackmore or
> > late Jon Lord all had been having a different kind of carreer since
> > their respective bands ceased to exist, so I take, they were all
> > really at liberty to go different ways while our heroes have no such
> option: they have to carry on as "Heep" or "ex-Heep"
> > with all that relates to this status.
> > Cheers, Igor
> >
> >
> > Sun, 20 Jul 2014 16:54:02 -0700 от Don Malecic <docofun at gmail.com
> > <javascript:;>>:
> > >Yup, the blues influence did help them in North America , no doubt
> > >about
> > it . Does a artist stop creating his paintings after they have made it
> > financially successful ?
> >
> > --
> > Igor Shveytser
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