Mickey’s collaboration with HEAP

January 6th, 2010 | By admin

TIM HEAP writes:

“Heap’s been around since 1995, we put out a 7″ and our first CD “Don’t Call Us, We Already Broke Up” in the period between ‘95-’98, and played around NYC and the Northeast quite a bit. Hanging out a the Continental, I ran into Mickey and introduced myself. I was a fan of the Rattlers. I used to play them when I was a college radio DJ, and I was happy to hear that he had a new band. I caught a STOP set soon after, and loved ‘em. We set up a few gigs with Heap opening for STOP.

In late ‘99, we lost our rhythm section…right around the time that Mickey and Pat lost their bass player. They suggested that the two of them become the Heap rhythm section, with Mickey playing bass, and we gladly accepted. We rehearsed and played a bunch of shows. Sometime in ‘00, our guitar player George moved to Dublin and left the band for a few years, at which point Mickey switched to guitar and recruited David Merrill to join on bass. Mickey and I co-wrote some songs during this time, and we did a lot of the tracking for our next full-length CD release. A bunch of his contributions–both songwriting and guitar playing–can be heard on the resultant “Heap On the Cheap” CD, which was released in 2005 on Rave On Records. Mickey departed the band in 2003 to begin work on his book.

As of 2009, Heap is still going strong, with George back, David still in the fold, and Frank Saitta (who also played on the STOP “Never” CD) on drums.”

visit www.heap-nyc.com to read more!

Review from highbias.com: “Considering that New York spawned the contemptible Strokes, it’s hard to imagine it being a city with a genuine rock & roll revival hitting its streets. But bands like the Compulsions, Tiger Mountain and the Izzys are making the boroughs safe for loud guitars, easy hooks and passionate sincerity once again, and Heap is ready to take advantage of the spotlight.” CLICK HERE for the full review

Review from fufkin.com: “Scruffy rock in the tradition of The Replacements and middle-period Goo Goo Dolls, with some slight forays into Americana that also make Marah a solid comparison. Heck, you could probably shoehorn in a little J. Geils Band and Graham Parker in there too. Which means this is unabashed rock and roll, sincere and spirited and fueled by girls, partying and beer.” CLICK HERE for the full review