I suspect, from what I've read about the affable chaps, that they're all smashing fellas. Sure there were some egos at their height, Byron and Hensley, but Mick Box (guitarist) and the sadly lost classic era rhythm section (Kerslake and Thain) were purportedly top blokes. Alas Thain destroyed...
Indeed you did... I was in Trillians rock bar in Newcastle recently, dressed in double denim naturally and I put this on the juke box... Young and old alike danced in jubilation... air drumming, air keyboard, air guitar and that was just me... An awesome moment. Awesome.
In my opinion, which is sacred, The Heep are probably the most underrated of the 70s rock giants and unfairly oft' landed in the prog pomp category. Well I think that's bollocks. They ROCKED and I wanted to register my feelings regarding this revelatory realisation throughout the world. Thus I'm...