Michael Schenker
Michael Schenker ( born January 10, 1955 in Sarstedt ) is a German rock guitarist and brother of Rudolf Schenker.
Bands
Michael Schenker started early to play the guitar. At the age of 11 he formed his first band. In his second volume, Copernicus, Klaus was my singer. Together they later switched to the Scorpions, the most successful German rock band, in which his brother Rudolf Schenker. He played from 1969 to 1973 and then again in 1979 with the Scorpions.
1973 on the promotion tour for the first album Lonesome Crow asked the British band UFO, if he whose guitarist Bernie Marsden would represent a few concerts because he was not allowed to pass the border without a permit. From 1973, he was officially a member of the British band UFO, in which he was responsible for hard rock classics like Doctor, Doctor or Rock Bottom. The Scorpions he was replaced by Uli Jon Roth. After personal and alcohol-related problems, he left in 1979 the band UFO and returned to the Scorpions. However, he left the Scorpions after a short time. In the same year he founded the hard rock group Michael Schenker Group / MSG. This mutated 1986-1993 with the participation of rock singer Robin McAuley for McAuley Schenker Group.
In an MTV Unplugged show, which was recorded Theater in New York City on August 11, 1990 at the Ed Sullivan, the groups Ratt and Vixen occurred together. Michael Schenker played at this show as a replacement for Robbin Crosby as second guitarist for Ratt. Following the concert came Bobby Blotzer of Ratt, Share Pedersen of Vixen and Michael Schenker on the idea to provide a joint project on its feet. They hired the singer Richard Black of the group Shark Iceland and Tracii Guns of LA Guns in order to complete the band. The resulting supergroup called Contraband and published in 1991 a self-titled album. Because of the failure to be success it remained at a publication, and the group broke up again.
In 1993 Michael Schenker back to UFO and played with the group, the disk Walk on Water a. After touring in 1995, 1997 and 1998 and the release of the albums Covenant (2000) and Sharks in 2002 he separated again from UFO. As of 1996, published Schenker in the U.S. own a number of other productions, partly under his name, in part, again under the band name MSG, which is again for Michael Schenker Group. The albums released between 1993 and 2003 under his name is purely instrumental albums, the "Thank You" series has been recorded only with acoustic guitars. In 2004 and 2005, five studio albums have been released from its holding that contain only cover versions. Pete Way (UFO ), Chris Slade (AC / DC), Herman Rare Bell (ex - Scorpions ) and Michael Schenker's brother Rudolf Schenker: In September 2011, the album Temple of Rock on which participated some known quantities of rock music as guest musicians, such as appeared. On the corresponding " Temple Of Rock" tour in 2012, he joined with former Scorpions musicians Rare Herman Bell, drums, and Francis Buchholz, Bass, on; the program included some Scorpions title, especially the album Love Drive. As a singer had, inter alia, Robin McAuley and Doogie White with. Since Schenker plays with Rare Bell, Buchholz, White and keyboardist, guitarist and singer Wayne Findlay in the band " Michael Schenker 's Temple of Rock". In this occupation took place in 2013 on a tour of Europe and South America and the studio album Bridge the Gap was published.
Appreciation
Michael Schenker is known for the exclusive use of electric guitars of the type " Flying V ", which was originally designed by the U.S. company Gibson. In 2004, the American instrument company Dean Guitars one to 100 pieces worldwide limited " Flying V "-like guitar series brought out in collaboration with Michael Schenker, Michael Schenker which plays instead of the Gibson model in live performance.
He coined a special guitar's finish, namely a black and white pickguard ( pickguard ) on the white- black-painted guitar. As an amplifier he uses devices the British company Marshall, mainly the model " JCM 800" in the 50- watt version with two 4x12 " boxes as a full stack.
The special sound of his guitar is also applicable to the use of a wah-wah effect unit of the company Dunlop, Model " Cry Baby", attributed to the fact that filters one frequency from the guitar signal depending on pedal position. Michael Schenker is considered very melodic, precise, elegant and technically clean and excellent guitarist songwriter, as songs like " Love to Love ", " Lights Out ," " But I want more " or "Rock Bottom" show. 2010, the Marshall "11" award, he was awarded by Classic Rock Magazine in London, other winners were Slash and Ron Wood.