Tag archive for Mick Box

  • Uriah Heep: Ken Hensley Staying With It (1974)

    Two years ago, Ken Hensley, Uriah Heep’s organist and informal leader, told a Melody Maker reporter that he would probably never play in any band other than the Heep. More importantly, he said that even that association would not last for more than two and a half years.
    Of course, that interview took place before Uriah …

    Written by October 1, 2012

  • Ken Hensley’s interview (InRock magazine, 2002) Part 2

    Another excerpt from an interview with Ken Hensley published in the “InRock” magazine (№ 8, 2002, category “The Person”).
    InRock: It is such a mystery to me, why you sang on the record of “Look At Yourself” album, and why on the concerts lead singers did that?
    Ken Hensley: Well, because it was awkward for David not …

    Written by July 5, 2012

  • The Magician’s Birthday: original liner notes

    Original liner notes by Ken Hensley.
    Uriah Heep — The Magician’s Birthday
    Based loosely on a short story which I wrote during June/July this year The Magician’s Birthday brings us to our fifth album. Again we find ourselves saying this is our most important album, but they have all been the most important and we will probably …

    Written by April 1, 2012

  • Demons and Wizards: original liner notes

    Original liner notes by Ken Hensley.
    Uriah Heep — Demons And Wizards
    Somebody left a space between our last American tour and our European trip and we used literally every second to put Demons And Wizards together.
    Although the titles would suggest it, there is no magic in it — it’s just a collection of our songs which …

    Written by April 1, 2012

  • Look At Yourself: original liner notes

    Original liner notes by Ken Hensley.
    Uriah Heep — Look At Yourself
    So much has happened since we recorded “Salisbury” that this feels more like notes for a first album than for our third! 
    Our first American tour has to have a special mention chiefly because of its enormous effect on the band as a whole. It was, …

    Written by April 1, 2012