Mick Box Official Website

An assortment of the letters written to Mick since we announced the website launch.
E-mail addresses and names have been deleted from this page, but Mick did personally receive each one.
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Hi Mick I hope you remember me. I'm brazilian, from São Paulo, and I had the best days of my life last week beside you and the whole band. I was at the dinner, the hotel (when you signed all my CDS, DVD, boxes), the concert and finally the dressing room. If you see my face you'll certanly remember. You ask me to write you, so that's what I'm doing here. I just want to comment how the great the concert was. In particular moments I shivered, very rare to happen with music nowadays. So we thank you and all the band because you're not only great musicians and composers, but you are very kind and lovely people!! It's a pity that I can't go to the acoustic tour. Hope to see you as soon as possible here in Brazil again. If you want, we can send you a couple of pictures of our great moments. Big Hug and as you say to me twice (HELLO MY FRIEND, which keeps in my mind.	Mick,a dream came true for me when i was at 10 meters from you,at the 26th August concert in Arad,Romania. It was a tremendous performance of yours that night,i wish you came once again in Romania,it was an unforgettable night for all the Uriah Heep fans ! Congratulation for the photos you take at each concert, they are very well taken and so vivid,keep on doing this ,i enjoy 'em much! God bless you,Mick,it's so good that you still brilliantly play your guitar for this fantastic band ! I really mean it, Mick,all your Romanian fans are waiting for you & co. to perform again in Romania,please take it into consideration for your future plans. Best wishes from a big fan of yours, 'appy life !	Man, thank you and all the band for the fantastic shows in Brazil! I saw UH in Brasilia, the band has an incredible POWER playing live!! I hope I can show it some day to my daughter, who is going to born in 3 Months! :) Uriah heep deserves to be happy because makes people happy! THANK YOU VERY MUCH from thounsands of lucky brazillian fans!!! See you next time!	`Thanks for the great show in the "stairs" last night. It was a pleasure meeting you and the guys again. Paul and I arrived home in sunny Reigate about midday today. Tired but happy. Hope the rest of the years European tour goes well. All the best`	Dear Mick: It's been 35 years from the very first time I heard Uriah Heep and became a fan, and now finally I'll be able to enjoy the band in concert and in the first row !!, I hope this to be the first of many more visits to Peru and I also hope to shake hands with you, Bernie and all the band. My request songs "Pilgrim" and "Paradise/The Spell", welcome to Peru because my country loves Uriah Heep !!
Springy greetings from Finland, Mick! :D you probably remember me and my friend from Rockperry Festival in Vaasa in July. We saw you and Trevor at the marketplace downtown. You gave us picks for both of us and we took pictures with you and Bolder. We were in front of you when you played your sweeeeet Black Beauty. ;) It looks like that you are coming to here in Finland in November and with an acoustic show! Once again, all I can say is WOW!! I have seen Heep now four times and your upcoming show in Pakkahuone, Tampere would be my fifth time.	Hi Mick. I would just like to thank you and the lads for the birthday card you sent my dad. Your timing as usual was immaculate. It arrived this morning! As predicted i am indeed now the favourite son! Thanks one again you've made it his best birthday ever! Don't forget my birthday is April 16th. Haha. I still have three of your picks, do you want them back?? Cheers Mick all the best	I AM A PERUVIAN MAN AND I WAS AT MARIA ANGOLA'S CONCERT 21 SET 2006 IN LIMA, FANTASTIC, UNFORGETTABLE, YOUR GUITAR IT WAS MAGNIFIC!! I AM SO GREATFUL FOR THAT PERFORMANCE, AND LAST THEME "LADY IN BLACK" WAS SO MAFNIFIC THAT I HAD TEARS IN MY EYES!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!	`hi mick sorry i cant make broadstairs wish i could its for a worthy cause ,i lost my mum and niece to cancer really peed of with the whole thing hope you will be back in the uk before not too long take care good uck with the gig . Keep the music live`	`Hi Mick, many greetings from Germany! I remember how we met in December 01 in Bremen at "Aladin". Do you remember, too? Now I´m already sixteen years old and I hope to see you and especially Bernie again in Bremen this year. How are you? I hope to hear from you maybe. Greetings,`
Hi Mick. You are a great guitarist, and seems to be a very nice guy. I dont know if you remember a Heep-gig in Gothenburg with Meat Loaf in 1989...but you threw your armlet (or whatever the English word for it are) out in the audience... and I happened to catch it. I was very happy about it,so now I keep it in an airtight container in my secret wardrobe. Will save it for my son...he´s 8 months and already a Heepfan.	Hi Mick, You may not remember me but we started a group that used to practice in my mum's front room in St. Andrews rd. about 42 years ago. I carried on playing drums until about eight years ago, but unfortunately never made it. However I'm very glad that you did, we always thought you were a great guitarist back then. playing Nola on a guitar that was described as having an action like a bow and arrow. best regards	Wow.....THE Mick Box. I can't begin to tell you what a huge influence you have been to me as a guitarist and just life in general, nor can I begin to thank you for the many wonderful years of Heep fandom I have enjoyed. I have always listed you as my primary influence (along with Iommi). I got into Heep when I was about 14 and have been a huge fan ever since. There aren't too many bands I was into at age 16 which I still listen to daily, but Uriah Heep is required listening everyday. It never gets old Thanks again for the music and the memories. 'Appy Days, mate	Dear Mick The music that i hear played on on radio and tv is shit why cant we inplant all the youth with first few bars of gypsy then the world would be a better place . I'm so pleased your still rockin . Heep will never die, thanks for all the great times Mick . had so many good times when I came to see Heep live. Always every gig I've been too and there has been many you always gave 100% Thats a true pro please keep it live the only way to see a band thanks Mick and all the other members of Heep and crew. many appy days thank you	Elo Mick! Man, ever since I started listening to Rainbow demon :Live and Studio '94-'98, I found a new level of music and a new level of guitar, both together and separate. I really am speechless for once! Thank you for all you've ever done!
Hi Mick, Me, my wife and my friends were listening to and your pals in Uriah Heep here in our home town Vasa. It was music from a wizard. My wife said that she will never listen to any other band. It was the first time Uriah live for her. I was very glad to here Free Me. I had just been playing that song at our home for my friends before we left to listen to you. Of cause Mick it was amazing to listen to your guitar and your brilliant hand gestures. The good thing with Uriah is that you're all so good. Thank you so much for visiting my home town. I will forever be proud of that you've played here. Yours faithfully	Dear Mick, I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say "hello" and let you know that I saw Uriah Heep back in 1975 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. What a show!!! Buddy Miles opened for you and a good time was had by all.	Hello, Mick. I am from Bulgaria and yesterday I was on a Uriah Heep`s concert in Surbia (Gitarijada)... It was really great! I was on a backstage and you gave me your pick after the last song. It means a lot for me! I don`t know if you remember me, but I want say Thank you! You are a great professional. See you!	Just wanted to say that since 1971 I have been a fan. My kids are 30 and 31 years old and they have grown up listening to Uriah Heep. My son even got to see the band in concert in Calgary Alberta, Canada. You blew him and his friends away. I live in Windsor Ontario Canada and just wanted to know if you plan to play Cobo Hall In Detroit Michigan or anywhere in the area again. There are a lot of fans here that would love to see you all again. A fan forever,	I live, because I listen Uriah Heep. You are God of rock music. Thank You Mr.BOX. You are magician of guitar and the best guitarist in the world. Concert in LUBIN in Poland 25.06.2006 was most beautiful. `Appy Days!
Dear Mick. I just want to thank you for all of the awesome and creative music you have made. You inspired me to learn the guitar and I still have this gift, due to your influence!! I saw you in 1971 and will never forget the "5 minutes of insanity, by Mr. Mick Box!!!" It was one of the most intense guitar solos I have ever experienced!! Also, thank you for continuing to play and keeping the Heep alive!! You have my utmost respect!!	Hi Mick, I'm a huge fan of Uriah Heep and would like to thank you for keeping my favourite band alive for so long. I was lucky enough to win a poster in the prize draw thanks to your sonI hope to see you again in November for another UK tour, fingers crossed.	Mick, I attended the Uriah Heep/Three Dog Night concert at Miami University around 1970. After the concert, many of the guys and their dates in my fraternity were talking about Three Dog Night afterward. However, several of us other guys were freaking out about how great Uriah Heep was (forget TDN) and especially about one of the solos you played. I swear to this day it was one of the best guitar solos I have ever heard. I continue to listen to UH and your work on Rhapsody.	Hi Mick hope you are well ,its a sunny July Morning up here in Berwick as I look across the river Tweed. Nice to see so many rock stars along with Heep signing that guitar for a good cause ...	Hello Mick...From this small corner of the world technoligy enables me to let you know that in the late 70s we used to play ALOT of Heeps tunes in a little power house band called Blue Steel...AND everyone loved it!!! was a 3 peice....anyway, glad you're still around and ROCK AND ROLL
hello mick I'm a big fan .I don't know what to write .but when you are in belgium and you're thursty please visit my own privat heep bar (with a little beer my englisch is better) 'appy days to you heep on	Mr. Mick, I gotta tell you that that Conquest disc has been in my CD player for the last several days. Your guitar playing says it's Heep. I truly love all of your music. You have been blessed with a bunch of talented musicians throughout the years including the latest batch which have been around forever. Thank them for me for sticking by your side. I saw you twice in South Louisana and wish you would come back. Thanks for enjoying your life with us all!	Hi Mick, Thanks for all the good music and spirits through the Uriah Heep years. i hope there is a lot of more to come! Saw Heep first time in my hometown Aalesund in 1984, with the Goalby line up....Bernie Shaw is a much better singer for Heep (Goalby is a great singer too). I am happy that you are always visiting Norway on your tours.... Hope the Steff Fontaine DVD I gave you on Lillehammer worked out........	Hi Mick I'd just like to say thanks for everything that you've done for all fans and especially me. I like many others am a family man with a very average job in an average sort of life. The one thing that really gives me any pleasure is Uriah Heep. Your music makes the difference in my life and that's all down to the commitment from you during the early 80's when Heep so nearly died but one man stood up tall and proud and refused to let it die. We as fans owe you so much for the past and hopefully for a long future too. Thanks again Mick, it's been an honour to be able to write to the nicest man in Rock. I'm off to look at your superb new website now. Take Care	me and my best mate are 100% heep fans we love your music and listern to in when drivin in the car all the time my mate is also in a up and coming rock band as the bassest and is so obsesed he trys to play the thing where one hands telling the other what to do on the fret board they are also covering blood red roses soon we would realy love some info on buying heep t shirts, shirts, patches etc as they are hard to come by nothing ever on ebay but i cant think why anyone would get rid of heep goodies anyway lol so if you can send me site addresses or anything it would be gratfuly apreiciated thanx alot all the best
`Thank you for your efforts to raise money for cancer charities. I am a survivor of a rare bone cancer which left me with a steel plate on my right hip and a noticeable limp. I am now 5 years cancer-free and it makes me feel appreciative and proud to know that one of my very favorite musicians (since I was the age of 12)is so active in this area. Continued success and I hope we can raise a lot of money to help those less fortunate than us. All the best...`	`Mick Love your style! And have since High Priestess grabbed me about 1972. One day maybe I can shake the hand that has given me such pure guitar joy. You're the top guitar master on my list!`	`Thank You Mick for all the great music over the years. I have been a huge fan since the beginning of Heep. You guys are great!`	`Hi Mick,been a fan for 34 years,you have and still give me immense pleasure listening to Heep.Just keep on rocking`	Just like to say,,love your music,, cant get enough,, love watching your concerts on dvd,,
i have only just discovered the band (better late than never)whilst i was watching some clips from a german tv show. i was completely mesmerised and am now frantically trying to catch up on so many albums and dvds though i am sticking to those with bernie doing vocals for the time being, earlier stuff can come later. my favourite being acoustically driven. though i do love the heavier stuff. Hope you dont leave it too long before you play manchester again cos i can't wait to see you live.thanks alot for waking up my musical appetite again	Just a note to say thank you for the music new and classic. I have been a fan since a friend played an album for me when I was in the army in 1973. I haven't been able to see Uriah Heep over the last decade or more as we just don't seem to be in the same place at the same time. I have really enjoyed to fan mail as I have been able to keep up with the band and I plan on taking a trip to Europe next year and my visit will include at least a couple of shows. Hope to see you soon. Any plans to visit the US anytime soon? Thanks again.	i have been a fan from the very start. i was hook after the first album VERY 'EAVY ... VERY 'UMBLE, and apart from one album the music just gets better and seeing you live is an experience not to be missed. well done keep up the good work.	hello mick I am a big fan and all a long time now, I live in holland and I see you a lot on concerts the last concert was in zaandam in holland and I enyoy it verry match and I go to arrow classi rock to see you and the band. I hope to hear from you big kiss and lots of love	`Hello Mick, I'm a bass player(electric and acoustic)/musician from the Pittsburgh, PA area in US and have been listening to you and Uriah Heep stuff since.... well, I don't exactly remember which year, about '71 or '72. When my older brother brought home a newly released "Look At Yourself." But it was Gary Thains' bass lines along with the bass work of some others that interested me so much in wanting to become a bass player. Anyway, Cheers and Rock On`
Hello,Mick! One month ago I had a very fortunate opportunity to speak with you. When I was a young boy my uncle showed me a bobbin with the recordings of wonderful music of Uriah Heep.I was 5 years old. Since then Uriah Heep became my idol. There was nothing in the whole world that touched me so deep and through the difficult times in my life helped me pull through. Thank you for your music!!!	Dear Mick, Having been with you since the age of 12, I just wanted to say Heep have been so much of my life,and I can't imagine a world without it. Thanks for all the memories and music..	HELLO OLD FRIEND. IT`S BEEN A LONG TIME. STOPPED BY YOUR SITE TO LOOK AT ALL THE PICTURES YOU TAKE ON TOUR. NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS WOULD I HAVE THOUGHT I COULD SEND YOU A MESSAGE TO SAY HELLO. AFTER ALL THIS TIME ,SO MANY YEARS, I REMEMBER ALL THE GOOD TIMES AND GREAT FUN JUST LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. LOVE ALWAYS,	Hello Mick. Thanks for the music through the years, and thank you for not givin´ up Uriah Heep at the time when you were the only man left! God bless you and keep on playing, because Uriah Heep is and has always since 1973 been a part of my life!	Dear sir, I am an old UH fan, living in Armenia. I wish you and present and former UH musicians every success.
Hello Mick, I'm a 37 year's old french guitarist (mostly playing jazz fusion& instumental music) i just want to congratulate you on your guitar playing, you are one of these rare rock musicians abble to play with so much eloquence and 'soul', and your les paul tone is so great and warm !keep playing & recording	You guys are real heroes – you came that far, in Siberia! Thank you! It was a real miracle to be at your show! It was great hot and heavy! But backstage was even greater! It was happened so mostly we talked with Phil, but we wanted to talk with all of you, especially with you, Mick, the main Heep’s man. This year we listened to Heep’s songs and it’s inspiring. Your songs are so great and strong, gorgeous and it’s a whole world that is really beautiful. It’s great to listen to Uriah Heep anywhere but even in Siberia !	You were a huge influence on my guitar playing thanks so much. I shook your hand once in Toronto when you were entering the stage and I said 'my hero' . You hesitated but had to get on stage so I missed out on having a few words with you. I'm very happy you have your own site and would hope you have an open forum as you have a lot of fans who would love to chat and ask questions and share stories.	Hello, mr.Box! Must let you know that I have one of your Mick Box/Uriah heep guitar picks and I am so proud of it. You had actually placed it in my hand, so I didn't have to dive or jump to get it -lucky!-That was the time before your last concert in Athens. I wish you all the best with your music, band and life in general. Looking forward to see Uriah Heep again.	Mick, You are undoubtedly my most favorite guitarist! I had the chance to finally meet you in person 28 July 2001 at the Camel Rock Casino in Santa Fe, NM after being a fan since 1973. The Magician's Birthday SOLO is what hooked me on to Heep and your style. I also really like your parts on "I Won't Mind" and "Salisbury" and another favorite is "Midnight Flyer" from David's 'Take No Prisoners'. My daughter turns 7 today and she is a Heepster too! She likes how you play one-handedly. Keep on Heepin' on.
Hi Mick,I hope you're doing fine,my day couldn't start better when I opened my mailbox....thank you so much for your card and all the picks included,you know how to make somebody happy...!!!	Hello Mick, Thank you & the rest of the band for all the great years of music! I am a musician myself perfroming acoustic solo shows & I like to throw in a couple of Heep tunes to keep things interesting!	Hey Mick, ever thought of bringing out an instructual course/DVD or video and other material on playing guitar?	I have a tattoo from your guitar on my arm with the band name above it!!	Hi Mick! Since following Uriah Heep since ca -72 I´ve come to see you as old friends, saw you last in Stockholm "Heavy Christmas" and my wife came to like you too, thanks!
Hi Mick, its great to know that the best rock band member has his own site to talk to his fans, well done, I have been a fan of Uriah Heep since I was 16 y.o. I have been to loads of your concerts and still you thrill me even with todays Uriah Heep that is skill, keep up the good work and I hope there is plenty more Mick, I play drums in a band playing a couple of your numbers, I am hard and heavy like Lee, who is the best drummer around, I eat, sleep and drink Uriah Heep, one of those coats you are given away would look great on me aspecially when I am playing my drums. c. u. for now keep on rockin. you are brillent mick. cheers.	Only yesterday I decided to have a soak in the bath, and I always have music on while I do. So as usual I rummaged through my cd's (I also have many vinyl albums)and came across a compilation album and promptly put Very 'eavy very 'umble on! After all of these years it still stirred emotions and I still know all of the lyrics, I am glad that you are still going so keep up the good work, you shouls be proud of yourselves. I have been going to Reading festival for over 30 years	Hi Mick! Can't wait for the new webite to go live! I've been a long time fan (since the age of 12 ) and have followed your career as closely as possible here in the US. I feel lucky to have seen several superb Uriah Heep shows over the years and also to have met you and the gang on several occasions. Sea of Light and Sonic Origami are on constant rotation in my home I wish you and the band, crew and management all the best and I will continue to support the Heep cause in any way I can. Many more years of success! Thank you for everything!	Hi Mick! Heard you for the first time in -71,and Ì`m still lost. Thank you for 35 years of happines! I started to play guitar in -69,have my LP Custom, like you,a 79 model. I `m playing Uriah Heep every week on it. Hoping to meet you one day, than my life is complete. You have maent so much to me as a musician. `appy days.	Hello Mick!I just wanna tell u that u r god and i wanna see URIAH HEEP and u keep on rockin for many many many years!!URIAH HEEP RULES!i'm from Greece and i have seen u 4 times!!All 4 times were fantastic!!ofcourse we are all waiting for the new album!I'm sure it will be great!But pls make it soon!I love URIAH HEEP with all my heart and i will always will! URIAH HEEP FOR EVER AND EVER!U give something so special to us and to our lives!Please don't ever stop! Mick and Uriah Heep rule and they always will!!!!
Big fan from the beginning, I survived drugs, drinking and the military, Thank god I still have my health, Long live Heep !