Mick Box doesn’t think rock music has a bright future.
“The [perilous] state of the business is dictating things, unfortunately,” the guitarist recently told Classic Rock when asked about the future of rock music. “Everything’s being done through Pro Tools [recording software] and bands no longer seem to make it into the studio to record as a band.”
Box talked about what changed in the business, “We can play in sixty-four countries, so [rock music] is still alive and well. But, for me, the business has changed so much, and not for the better. A lot of the individuality has gone. Too many bands look and sound the same.”
“Guitarists go to college and spend two years learning how to play, but you can’t tell them apart. Back in the seventies, Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore and myself all had strong individual sounds,” the rocker explained. “It was the sum of each musician that gave the bands their different flavours. Unfortunately, I don’t really see and hear that any more.”
Box also previously said he believes bands should make music together instead of working separately. He told Goldmine, “Lyrically, it is a message to musicians to return to being bands again, being in the studio, traveling and playing gigs together, versus the current separatist behavior with people sending files to each other, which loses the meaning of being in a band.”
“Uriah Heep have a passion for being a band. We love doing it. What else am I going to do after doing it for 53 years? As long as we have our health, we will continue. Happy days my friend,” the musician added.
Uriah Heep announced their final world tour, ‘The Magician’s Farewell,’ last September. The tour kicks off in Birmingham on February 19. It will run for two to three years worldwide.
