

URIAH HEEP's latest studio album, "Chaos & Colour", was released on January 27 via Silver Lining Music. And if we do get chosen, then we'll be very happy puppies." But you can't rely on it as I say, they've got their own agenda. But if we do get in the Hall Of Fame, it will just be a tick in the box that we'll be very proud of getting there. But if it happens, it happens and if it doesn't, we'll carry on with life.
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Our industry is full of people that deserve to be there, and it's nice that people include us in that deserving place. I think they've got their own agenda, and I think they only choose a small amount of people each year. So I don't think there's any particular rules. And then they got nominated, and they got in the Hall Of Fame. At the time he said: "Funny enough, we did a European tour with THE ZOMBIES supporting us. If you don't, life goes on."īox previously discussed a hypothetical URIAH HEEP Rock Hall induction in a 2020 interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station. If you get the accolade, that's wonderful. They'd be doing cartwheels down the street. We'll be very pleased if they feel we should be there. Pre-COVID, we played 62 countries around the world. If we were voted in, I'd be a very proud man, but I can't let it wear me down, either. Then there's a commission that decides who goes in. "I believe it's a lot of fans who submit thousands of votes. "I don't know how the selection process works, to be honest," he said. In a recent interview with BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Box was asked whether he had renewed optimism about a potential URIAH HEEP induction after JUDAS PRIEST got in last year via the Rock Hall's Musical Excellence Award. Very 'Umble", the following year, making them eligible for induction since 1995. The British hard rock legends formed in 1969 and released their first studio album, ".Very 'Eavy. He couldn’t – he had to live the music.URIAH HEEP guitarist Mick Box has weighed in on his band's chances of being into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. And never abandoned his role, while I could get there, do my job and get off the stage and be an ordinary person, like any other. After that, he became a charismatic person, and he was a star 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Therefore, he touched everyone who heard his voice, he was very convincing. “David was one of the best vocalists I’ve ever worked with, simply because he never sang a song He lived the music. Mick Box talked about David Byron, saying On BBC Radio’s The Friday Rock Show, Tommy Vance played “July Morning” in tribute. Byron also gained a reputation for hard drinking, which eventually led to him being sacked from Uriah Heep at the end of a Spanish tour in July 1976.īyron died of alcohol-related complications, including liver disease and seizures, at his home in Berkshire on 28 February 1985. In 1975, Byron released his first solo album, Take No Prisoners, which also featured fellow Heep members Box, Hensley and Lee Kerslake. David Byron’s deathīyron sang on ten Uriah Heep albums: Very ‘eavy Very ‘Umble, Salisbury, Look at Yourself, Demons and Wizards, The Magician’s Birthday, Live, Sweet Freedom, Wonderworld, Return To Fantasy, and High and Mighty. Soon after changed its name to Uriah Heep (name of a character in a novel by writer Charles Dickens).īyron sang on Heep’s greatest hits like: “The Wizard”, “Gypsy”, “Lady In Black”, “Easy Livin’”, “Stealin’” and many more. Already in 1967, the duo formed another band called “Spice”. In 1965, they joined a band named “The Stalkers”. Born David John Garrick, Byron began his music career with guitarist Mick Box.
