Michael Schenker is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group. He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions,a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker. In the mid-1970s,Schenker joined UFO,playing lead and rhythm guitar. He left the band in 1978 to found the Michael Schenker Group. He has rejoined UFO three times,producing an album each time. Schenker continues to perform and record. He has been called "a legendary figure in the history of metal guitar".
Blackout is the eighth studio album by the German rock band Scorpions. It was released in 1982 by Harvest and Mercury Records.
The Michael Schenker Group is a German - British - American hard rock band,formed in London in 1979 by former Scorpions and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker. In 1986,Schenker and vocalist Robin McAuley formed the McAuley Schenker Group,which lasted until 1993. Afterwards,in 1996,the Michael Schenker Group was reformed. After the release of their second live album,1984's Rock Will Never Die,its members began to have serious discussions that caused a two-year hiatus,and Michael ended the band in 1986.
Eye II Eye is the fourteenth studio album by the German hard rock band Scorpions,released in 1999. It is a radical departure in that Eye II Eye is much more pop-oriented than their previous work,which alienated some fans,despite the single "Mysterious" reaching number 26 on the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. It is the first studio Scorpions album to feature James Kottak on drums and also the final Scorpions studio album to feature Ralph Rieckermann on bass guitar.
MSG is the second album by the hard rock band Michael Schenker Group,released in 1981. Producer Ron Nevison's high production values resulted in the recording of this album going over budget,a crippling debt that dogged the band for the rest of their short career. MSG saw Schenker reunited with his former UFO bandmate Paul Raymond,and was the last album to feature Gary Barden until 1983's Built to Destroy.
McAuley Schenker Group were a Multi-national rock band based in Los Angeles featuring core members Robin McAuley (vocals) and Michael Schenker (guitar),a successor to Schenker's earlier band Michael Schenker Group. McAuley was initially contacted to replace singer Gary Barden in MSG. However,the strong partnership immediately formed between McAuley and Schenker led to the change of the name from Michael Schenker Group to McAuley Schenker Group,retaining the same initials of the previous band MSG.
Assault Attack is the third studio album by the Michael Schenker Group,and the only album to feature former Rainbow vocalist Graham Bonnet. The album was recorded in France at the Château d'Hérouville and was produced by Martin Birch.
Dragon Attack:Tribute to Queen is a Queen tribute album produced in 1997. Like most tribute albums,it features cover versions of many Queen songs by various artists,but uniquely the songs are not performed by established groups. Instead,the album is performed by a group of musicians who normally perform with other groups or artists,in different combinations for each track.
Heavy Hitters is a 2005 album of cover songs by the Michael Schenker Group. Originally planned by Schenker as a collection of covers featuring himself and a "revolving all-star cast of guest musicians," the album was labeled and marketed as an MSG album,with the result that Schenker received only a flat fee.
Perfect Timing is the debut album recorded by the McAuley Schenker Group. It was the first collaboration between Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley,resulting in Schenker's first top 100 US hit with the song "Gimme Your Love."
M.S.G. is the third and final studio album by Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley's project,the McAuley Schenker Group. It was released in 1991 in Japan and 1992 in Europe.
Rock Will Never Die is a Michael Schenker Group live album released in 1984 and recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in London,over two nights in October 1983. The concert was also released in VHS with the same title. This is the last album recorded with Gary Barden before he rejoined the band in 2008.
Christmas Wish is the twenty-second studio album by British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John. It is the second original album of Christmas music recorded by Newton-John after 'Tis the Season with Vince Gill,and the compilation partly from that,The Christmas Collection. It is her second album produced by Amy Sky. It features versions of classic Christmas songs and guest appearances from Barry Manilow,Jon Secada,Michael McDonald and others. In 2008,the album was re-released as a Target exclusive and included the bonus track "In the Bleak Midwinter".
The Michael Schenker Story Live is a live album by the hard rock band Michael Schenker Group,released in May 1997 through Michael Schenker's own record company.
The 30th Anniversary Concert - Live in Tokyo is a live video album by the Michael Schenker Group,released in 2010.
Tales of Rock'n'Roll is the twelfth full-length studio album recorded by the various M.S.G. lineups and the ninth studio album by the Michael Schenker Group. It was released in 2006 after two years of work in celebration of the band's 25th anniversary. The music was initially composed for a UFO concept album but Schenker decided instead to use it for a new MSG album after he reformed the band with a new line-up. Every lead singer from MSG's past incarnations contributed lyrics and vocals.
Nightmare:The Acoustic MSG is an EP by the McAuley Schenker Group,released only in Japan,as a companion to the album M.S.G.. It contains acoustic versions of songs from M.S.G. and Save Yourself and follows the flow of unplugged recordings which were very trendy in those years. The recording of the unplugged version of these songs and their success in Germany and Japan inspired Schenker and McAuley to tour with only an acoustic set,which was later released in the live album "Unplugged" Live.
"Unplugged" Live is a live album by the McAuley Schenker Group,recorded in California,during a tour with a completely acoustic set. Michael Schenker released this live album at the height of "unplugged" mania in the early 1990s,revising his blistering guitar antics as reflective,nylon-string,semi-classical ballads. The album features Shark Island guitarist Spencer Sercombe on second guitar and backing vocals. "Unplugged" Live is the final release of the McAuley Schenker Group,which disbanded in 1993;Robin McAuley got married and retired from the music scene for a few years,while Michael Schenker began working on instrumental solo projects.
Steve Mann is an English guitarist,keyboardist,record producer and engineer,best known as a member of Andy Scott's Sweet from 1989 to 1995 and as a member of many bands by German guitarist Michael Schenker.
