RIP, Trevor Bolder

Posted by Aaron O'Donnell on Tuesday, 05/21/2013 @ 19:28pm

UriaH HeeP, has and will always be my favorite band...Should they be in the Hall?...Are you F'ing kidden me!!....Should have been...LONG AGO!!!...When I here names like LL-cool, and others rappers even mentioned...Please!...It's the R&Rhof not the who ever grabs a microphone and burps...Get'em in!!!

Favorite songs.
1. July Morning
2. Stealin
3. The Wizard
4. Paradise-the Spell
5. Tales
6. Gypsy (Live 73)
7. Wonder World
8. Magicians Birthday
9. Foot prints in the Snow
10. Rain

Posted by Otto on Friday, 10/6/2017 @ 17:07pm

It is beyond belief that the morons in charge of nominating groups have not put URIAH HEEP into the Hall of Fame. These guys have been around for 50 years. While personnel changes have occurred as in many cases and bands even evolved. They have been a staple in Europe and inspiration to many. While not as big as they should have been here in the States. Every other major group knows how good they are and reputation is. Kiss, Rush, Stryper, Wasp, Blackfoot, Focus, Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull .... and the list goes on and on and on. Have total respect and admiration. Ots a shame that groups and individuals with so much influence and longevity are omitted by THE ROCK AND ROLL Committee. Rush had not been put in until the outrage of fans. And the CONCERTS the CONCERTS very few bands perform as good or better live than what you hear on an album. Such as the case like Santana. On an average night they are at their A game and are great. But on other nights exceptional. Never a bad concert.
YES THEY SHOULD BE INDUCTED ASAP.
IT'S A DISGRACE THAT HAVE NOT AND SHOWS THE BIAS AND IGNORANCE OF THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. GETTING MORE AND MORE DISCOURAGED AND DISDAIN OF R&R HALL OF FAME. Like so many other artists that deserve to be there yet ignored or overlooked. The countless albums and longevity as well as inspiration and cutting edge. Mick Box one of the best guitarists ever, Lee Kerslake wich also played with Ozzy Osborn/Night Train, Ken Hensley as a prolific writer Keyboardist , guitar and multiple instrumenalist, Trevor Bolder Uriah Heep and Spiders from Mars. John Wetton from King Crimson, Uriah Heep and Asia.
Really so many greats and R&R Hall of Fame ignore these guys and with no credit. Does not give creadsnce to R&R HALL OF FAME.

URIAH HEEP and its members past and present needs to be inducted.

Posted by Matthew Bula on Saturday, 04/28/2018 @ 12:51pm

me and my cousin was listening to in rock by deep purple one summer day and he had been telling me about this band he got to see in houston that year 1972,well we walked to the local music store to get the new album demons and wizards.not there so we got salisbury it was half of year the next time i listened to in rock.i got to see them again 4-8-2018 in dallas. i am known as superfan dam near 48 years. hall of fame would be great but honest with you i am still waiting for some of there songs to play on fm. to get to hall of fame you have go through the worlds djs. shame them.look at all the musicians that would be part of the induction. and if you never sat down and turned up the album see of light do it now.super great.

Posted by gerald easton on Saturday, 05/5/2018 @ 21:54pm

They maybe one of Iron Maiden’s influences, but they’ll never get an induction.

Posted by The Dude on Thursday, 08/2/2018 @ 13:29pm

Let's face it: The R&R Hall is more about commercial success than musicianship. Heep has never had a lot of commercial success, so they will be ignored. No, it is not right, it is just factual. I honestly have NO idea how "they" decide what gets played on radio and what doesn't, but somehow there are bands with 20+ albums out, and only 1 or 2 songs gets airplay. The only Heep song I think I am tired of is "Stealin'" and that's the only one ever played.

This same argument could be made for Molly Hatchet, too. Another great band that will not see the HOF.

It would be nice if they put some fans on the board to decide, and maybe some musicians as well.

I still love Uriah Heep, and will be listening to them until I die, Hall of Fame or no!!!

Posted by Tim on Tuesday, 07/23/2019 @ 08:52am

"I honestly have NO idea how "they" decide what gets played on radio and what doesn't, but somehow there are bands with 20+ albums out, and only 1 or 2 songs gets airplay. The only Heep song I think I am tired of is "Stealin'" and that's the only one ever played."

- Tim

While I don't recall hearing Heep on terrestrial radio, but the reason why it's so limited notoriously cause it's quite similar to television: they make their money by selling advertising. In order to get advertisers - including some who work for the Rock Hall - and make them happy, they want to have the most people listening at any given time possible. If they have biggest crowd of listeners, the advertisers are gonna get their ads heard by the most people, so what they do is they try to play popular songs often as they could to get those listeners hear them to get decent/high ratings. Ads have been driven the radio since the early years.

That's why some bands only have one or two radio staples like Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Devo to name a few for instance. In most areas, it's rare to hear certain acts that are not played on a regular rotation (See Iron Maiden and Motorhead).

They assume most people are gonna be listening in their cars and turn it on, pushing the button until they hear a certain song they wanna listen. Most people are looking for certain tunes than the stations and/or formats themselves. If they push the button, land on a station, and hear a certain song they don't wanna listen, they'll push the button again until they find another they could listen. It's a role for stations to play the same popular stuff repetitively.

Most people who listen to radio very often are causal listeners who either don't have the time/too lazy to go beyond that, and don't forget the fact they have an obsession with a familiarization of music- It's no wonder they're stuck in their comfort zone.

When a song is popular, they do a lot of market research to try figure it out and it's like a weird magic practice nobody understands how they determine which songs they pick. But once a certain song gets chosen by them, and it's popular, they play it over and over again cause they want more ratings as they could at any given time.

And here's something most people won't tell ya about. Currently, there's a situation where the media consolidated a lot in America- and it's way too much.

Nearly all of American Media are controlled by a handful of big companies: Comcast, Disney, National Amusements, Time Warner, and News Corporation. The Rock Hall has a connection to Warner, since that company owns HBO and maybe Warner Music Group. The Hall's management mostly wants to induct acts that have three radio staples or more in order draw crowds at ceremonies and the museum other than getting ratings much as they could yearly (Expect Motley Crue, Cher, Duran Duran, Biggie and Rage Against the Machine to get in next year).

Clear Channel/iHeartMedia is a perfect of radio cause the company has been going around, buying up stations here for over two decades and owned almost 900 stations. It's now at the point where there's almost no independent stations left. And in some market, they own EVERY station.

Before the mid-90's, there used to be a regulation against it, but there were a lot of deregulation, and now companies like iHeartmedia have been able to do that. The limitation of terrestrial radio is made to be a relationship game that we can't play.

While streaming is on a rapid rise, terrestrial is far from dead. What really needs to go away is corporatism, so we could have more local-related stuff, more music, more variety, more options to listen, less media consolidation, and less repeats.

Posted by The Dude on Tuesday, 07/23/2019 @ 14:16pm

"I honestly have NO idea how "they" decide what gets played on radio and what doesn't, but somehow there are bands with 20+ albums out, and only 1 or 2 songs gets airplay. The only Heep song I think I am tired of is "Stealin'" and that's the only one ever played."

- Tim

While I don't recall hearing Heep on terrestrial radio, but the reason why it's so limited notoriously cause it's quite similar to television: they make their money by selling advertising. In order to get advertisers - including some who work for the Rock Hall - and make them happy, they want to have the most people listening at any given time possible. If they have biggest crowd of listeners, the advertisers are gonna get their ads heard by the most people, so what they do is they try to play popular songs often as they could to get those listeners hear them to get decent/high ratings. Ads have been driven the radio since the early years.

That's why some bands only have one or two radio staples like Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Devo to name a few for instance. In most areas, it's rare to hear certain acts that are not played on a regular rotation (See Iron Maiden and Motorhead).

They assume most people are gonna be listening in their cars and turn it on, pushing the button until they hear a certain song they wanna listen. Most people are looking for certain tunes than the stations and/or formats themselves. If they push the button, land on a station, and hear a certain song they don't wanna listen, they'll push the button again until they find another they could listen. It's a role for stations to play the same popular stuff repetitively.

Most people who listen to radio very often are causal listeners who either don't have the time/too lazy to go beyond that, and don't forget the fact they have an obsession with a familiarization of music- It's no wonder they're stuck in their comfort zone.

When a song is popular, they do a lot of market research to try figure it out and it's like a weird magic practice nobody understands how they determine which songs they pick. But once a certain song gets chosen by them, and it's popular, they play it over and over again cause they want more ratings as they could at any given time.

And here's something most people won't tell ya about. Currently, there's a situation where the media consolidated a lot in America- and it's way too much.

Nearly all of American Media are controlled by a handful of big companies: Comcast, Disney, National Amusements, Time Warner, and News Corporation. The Rock Hall has a connection to Warner, since that company owns HBO and maybe Warner Music Group. The Hall's management mostly wants to induct acts that have three radio staples or more in order draw crowds at ceremonies and the museum other than getting ratings much as they could yearly (Expect Motley Crue, Cher, Duran Duran, Biggie and Rage Against the Machine to get in next year).

Clear Channel/iHeartMedia is a perfect example of radio cause the company has been going around, buying up stations here for over two decades and owned almost 900 stations. It's now at the point where there's almost no independent stations left. And in some market, they own EVERY station.

Before the mid-90's, there used to be a regulation against it, but there were a lot of deregulation, and now companies like iHeartmedia have been able to do that. The limitation of terrestrial radio is made to be a relationship game that we can't play.

While streaming is on a rapid rise, terrestrial is far from dead. What really needs to go away is corporatism, so we could have more local-related stuff, more music, more variety, more options to listen, less media consolidation, and less repeats.

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Posted by The Dude on Tuesday, 07/23/2019 @ 14:23pm

Induct who deserves Uriah Heep certainly does, Come on

Posted by The Hawk on Saturday, 02/22/2020 @ 20:43pm

Uriah Heep iwas one of the best bands in the world in their haydays! Love them! They should be inducted:)

Posted by Heepster on Saturday, 05/16/2020 @ 17:00pm

Uriah Heep & Ozzy Osbourne Drummer Lee Kerslake Dead at 73

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxO2ES7slZU

Posted by Roy on Saturday, 09/19/2020 @ 14:33pm

Hell yes! Uriah Heep should have been in there already. Longevity, long string of essential rock classics, and their newest material is as strong as ever! Uriah Heep are true road warriors. Numerous line up changes through the years, but the soul and essence of Uriah Heep has never wavered. They are the quintessential hard rock band. Underrated by critics, loved by their legion of world wide fans.

Posted by Art on Thursday, 02/25/2021 @ 09:41am

Hell yes! Uriah Heep should have been in there already. Longevity, long string of essential rock classics, and their newest material is as strong as ever! Uriah Heep are true road warriors. Numerous line up changes through the years, but the soul and essence of Uriah Heep has never wavered. They are the quintessential hard rock band. Underrated by critics, loved by their legions of world wide fans.

Posted by Art on Thursday, 02/25/2021 @ 09:42am

Só pela composição e execução de Salsbury o Uriah já merece seu lugar como os pioneros do metal progressivo, mas eles fizeram muito mais como Wake up set your sights, The Park, Echoes in the Dark etc

Posted by Rick Jones Anderson (Brazil) on Sunday, 06/26/2022 @ 00:56am

WOW more prattle here than expected. Nazareth only has a 8% chance of getting in. Iron Maiden and Thin Lizzy 32%

Uriah Heep is tied for 2nd on my list with UFO and Nazareth. My top dog is Uncle Ted but why do we care who he wants for president. He is famous and he ROCKS!!!

My old list was Yes and Deep Purple now that they are in I advocate for other great bands.

The Cars got in with only 7 albums. Granted the first 2 were near perfect... But Sea Of Life and Firefly are better in my book.

My longer list of bands that should have got in prior to The Cars. Iron Maiden, SaXon, Judas Priest was on this list and glad they got in. Jethro Tull and if you think April Wine is an 80s band check out their 70s recordings. ZZZZZZZZZ going to kicking myself for forgetting someone. Humble Pie cuz Kiss said they belong in... Foghat ? Mountain? Not on the top of the list. They had some good stuff back in the day. The Cars did get radio play... So lessor bands have gotten in.. Uriah Heep may not be famous enough but they should be in!!!!

Posted by zrocker on Saturday, 09/24/2022 @ 04:19am

Heep was one of the original bands to push the envelope with a heavy rock attitude, great dynamics on terms of building up emotion in the sound, and great vocals. This is what great rock music should be. I'm amazed they have not been inducted to the Hall of Fame yet. But then again, the Moody Blues just got on recently and it took forever for Chicago to finally get in. The "Hall' just doesn't seem to do justice very timely for the absolute heroes.

Posted by Bruce on Wednesday, 10/5/2022 @ 00:17am

Uriah Heep is no doubt one of the most influential heavy metal bands along with Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. They were the pioneers of that layered choir sound (listen to Bird of Pray) that Queen copied and wrote classics such as Gypsy, July Morning, Easy Living, The Wizard, Sweet Loraine, Lady In Black etc... David Byron was one of the greatest singers of all time and Ken Hensley a songwriter legend. The original bassist Gary Thain and drummer Lee Kerslake are both legends and as players highly qualified to say the least. They changed their sound from the progressive heavy metal of the early and mid 70's to the more radio friendly sound of the singles Fallen Angel and Free Me with the great late John Lawton as the singer and continued their success in different parts of the world. They made a comeback in the early 80's with the AOR influenced Abominog album with Peter Goalby on vocals. They were among the very first if not the first western rock band to play in the USSR and performed there to packed arenas in the late 80's. The band has carried through 5 decades and still performs to big audiences with the original guitarist Mick Box carrying the torch. Although the band had it's commercial peak in the 70's their popularity has continued to this day.

Posted by Naakka on Saturday, 12/10/2022 @ 13:27pm