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David Bowie and Uriah Heep Tribute Trevor Bolder

05/23/2013
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David Bowie and the members of Urian Heep have posted their tributes to Trevor Bolder who died after a battle with cancer this week at the age of 62.

Bolder was a member of David Bowie's famed Spiders From Mars band and Bowie had this to say about his former bandmate "Trevor was a wonderful musician and a major inspiration for whichever band he was working with. But he was foremostly a tremendous guy, a great man."

Trevor was also the longtime bass player for Urian Heep and they had this to say, "It is with great sadness that Uriah Heep announce the passing of our friend the amazing Trevor Bolder, who has passed away after his long fight with cancer.

"Trevor was an all time great, one of the outstanding musicians of his generation, and one of the finest and most influential bass players that Britain ever produced.

"His long time membership of Uriah Heep brought the band's music, and Trevor's virtuosity and enthusiasm, to hundreds of thousands of fans across the world."

Heep guitarist Mick Box added, "Trevor was a 'World Class' bass player, singer & songwriter, and more importantly a World Class friend. He will be sadly missed by family, friends and rock fans all over the world. We are all numb to the core."

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