Ufo

Who here likes... UFO?

Right after Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd UFO is my most favorite band, too bad they don't get the recognition they deserve. Guys like Eddie Van Halen, Randy Rhoads and Yngwie Malmsteen get the credit for a guitar style that Michael Schenker created and in my opinion is way better than those guys, and he doesn't need tremolo bars, finger tapping and sweep-picked arpeggios going a million notes-per-minute. What a badass!

Strangers in the Night is definately one of the great influential yet overlooked gems of rock history, just like Jeff Beck's Truth.

And does anyone here know what Michael Schenker is up to nowadays?

I've seen UFO 3 times , twice with Schenker and once without. With Schenker they were superb, without they were merely a good rock band. I'm talking late '70's early '80's here btw, I have no idea if they are still around in some form or other or what Schenker is up to these days. He was a great guitarist though, no question, check out the UFO album Obsession or the double live album Strangers In The Night.

I usually use Carmex or Abreva for Shenkers...damn cold sores.. hate 'em..

How to kill a thread with one swift blow.

I have not seen many guitarists like Michael Schenker. He wasn't called "Mad Axman" for nothing. I still chuckle when I read the story of how he stole along with the rest of the band, unknown to anyone except himself, and landed up in Tokyo, at the age of 15! It was no secret that he was far more talented than his brother Ruolf.

Sure hope he's doing fine though.

I found this, might be interested...
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP
(Michael Schenker, Chris Logan, Wayne Findlay, Rev Jones, Pete Holms)

26th February 2004: Madrid, Spain. Aqualung.
27th February 2004: Pamplona, Spain. Sala Gares.
28th February 2004: Granada, Spain. Rock Festival.
29th February 2004: Barcelona, Spain. Bikini.
3rd March 2004: Carpaneto Placentino, Italy. The Field.
4th March 2004: Milan, Italy. Indian's Saloon.
5th March 2004: Vincenza, Italy. Mac 2.
6th March 2004: Bradford, UK. Rio's.
8th March 2004: West Midlands, UK. J.B.'s.
10th March 2004: London, UK. Camden Palace.

Thanks Kimbers Sheep. Any link to where you got that info from?

http://www.bolwin.com/musik/tourdates.shtml

If anyone is interested they should check out the UFO reunion album Walk On Water - it has the original line-up including Schenker and it's ****ing ace!

Thanks Cheesus

Only just discovered UFO thanks to amazon recommendations. They definitely rock particularly schenker on born to lose. Best of album was only £3.33, a bargain!

£3.33? Bizarre pricing or what.

There are loads of them including scorpions, budgie, dio. I think its a lazy 3 for a tenner promotion, but good for building the collection and discovering more bands.

Budgie, bloodyhell I'd almost forgotten about them, great band as I recall- very underrated!

I used to dig Dio once.