Michael Schenker: Inside His Epic Musical Journey!

[@edsonrolimdecamargo4813]

The Master.

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

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[@user-kt5jf1st3x]

Майкл- мой любимый ❤гитарист!

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

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[@evyatarof]

Thanks for uploading this video i remember when i knew ufo and schenker for the first time thanks to doctor doctor cover maiden did schenker was too underated today i see finally he get more and more popularity happy to see that hoping one day he will be known same as sabbath zeppelin and purple

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

I think he more well known with guitarist than the general population. But he seems to be out there touring and recording more and more.

[@dornelli1]

his work with ufo matches the greatness of EVH

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

He is one of the greats and hugely influential to so many players. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@badarmenia]

I love Schenker but, no

[@btbb3726]

I’ve always been a huge EVH fan but the longer I play guitar and reflect, I might have to agree. I think they are both technically excellent and EVH is probably better than Schenker here. More and more I think of EVH as stunning but a lot of that is tone/effects. Schenker’s playing seem more musical and integrated with the songs overall. At any rate, Schenker is probably my favorite living rock guitarist.

[@vintagesound8112]

I think Schenker and EVH are both from the school of what I’d call great players and that list is not that big. A great guitar player not only has great technical skill but also great creative skill and originality, they have a kind of genius level of creativity and style that separates them from all the rest. Schenker’s best output would be up to the end of UFO and the beginning of MSG, EVH obviously up to 1984. After that I think the genius streak ended.

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

@vintagesound8112 thanks for your comment.

[@gun_toting_lefty]

I knew Michael was with UFO but I didn't know where to start. Thank you! I'd 1st heard of him when my friend's big brother came home from Germany while in The Army. He had every Scorpions album with Lovedrive [original umm... bubble gum album cover] as the latest release. We were the 1st people in our town to be listening to them before they broke big in the states. Loved his work with MSG!

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

Yeah I’ve done more of a deep dive on some of the players as I’ve done the videos.

[@evyatarof]

My favorite solo and song is "attack of the mad axe man"

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

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[@kxmrock]

Best At Long Slow & OR Tasty Vibrato of All Time

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

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[@SPak-rt2gb]

My favorite guitarist. You left out his instrumental albums "Adventures of the Imagination", "The Odd Trio", and one more i think.

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

Yeah I have to leave some info out sometimes because the videos get to long. Thanks for watching and the comment.

[@richardmitchell8213]

Dude is one of the best to ever do it. I would make the argument that the playing on Strangers in the Night is just as good if not better than VH1.

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

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[@shatnershairpiece]

Lovedrive info is false as credits are BS. Schenker played on more tracks than the three stated. It’s obvious he plays solos on ‘loving you Sunday morning as well as holiday intro, which he WROTE! He is likely on every song in some way as he was repeatedly asked by Deiter Deirks to embellish or add something to every song. Blatant lack of full credit by the scorpions is disturbing. They left him off completely in the lovedrive rebox set.

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

Yes he has said that he played on most of the tracks.

[@24meandyounothing]

and using Gibsons again!.. one black and one white..lets see how long before he cuts them in half and glues them back together to get that black and white sound! Merry Christmas from CANADA!

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

I see that on Reddit, but cannot find anything to corroborate it. Merry Christmas.

[@spiritofrocknroll]

@@greatguitaristoftherockera2833 check out his very recent gigs from fan uploads. The one he's using now is an all white Gibson V.

[@markcassel3392]

I started with UFO in 1975. WOW!!

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

Seems like just yesterday. Thanks for the comment.

[@paulchris5521]

Lord Flying V

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

Yeah. Thanks for the comment.

[@walterevans2118]

LESLIE WEST was also a great influence on Michael

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

Thanks for sharing.

[@walterevans2118]

The birth of MSG was probably 1980 (not 1979) .....The First MSG album produced by Roger Glover was recorded & mixed May - July 1980) But there was no MSG 'band' touring then. It was Michael, the Singer & session players Mo Foster & Simon Phillips

[@seandowning5918]

Ummm, billy Sheehan and Michael laid down the demos for the first album in 79

[@walterevans2118]

@@seandowning5918 Really ? I've never heard them...They pre-dated the first album ? ...Come to think of it on the 1980 1st MSG album Billy Sheehan was thanked in the credits on the vinyl sleeve.

[@seandowning5918]

Yeah, heard them on KZbin a few years ago, think they have since been taken down, Dennis carmassi on drums I think

[@walterevans2118]

@@seandowning5918 I had heard there were sessions BEFORE the first album was made with Roger Glover producing but I never knew they had been RECORDED as DEMOS.

[@derekclacton]

There are early demos on CD as bonus tracks 👍

[@walterevans2118]

Obsession was recorded in early 1978 I think ?...Not 1977. .....& it was released in the UK in 1978 too....Not 1979........Strangers in the Night was released in 1979 (though recorded months earlier in Oct 1978)

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

Recorded in 1977 per Michaels website. I use US release dates due to me being in the US. Sorry for any confusion.

[@walterevans2118]

@@greatguitaristoftherockera2833 U.S release dates ? Ah yes , of course.....No worries.

[@walterevans2118]

@@greatguitaristoftherockera2833 Sometimes in interviews i think possibly even Michael gets some of his OWN dates wrong actually....lol...He once said the Lights Out album was done in 1976 but on the original vinyl sleeve in front of me here it says Feb-March 1977...lol

[@greatguitaristoftherockera2833]

Yeah I think he was drinking pretty heavily back then.

[@walterevans2118]

@@greatguitaristoftherockera2833 Yes he was,,, poor Michael.....At the time he had stage fright, he hardly spoke English ,,,As a result he felt isolated in the band & touring was a reason to drink to calm his nerves. I have recordings of the NY Record Plant sessions in 1975 where in the silence between tracks the mic picks up Phil Mogg going - 'HIMMLER' ! ..& you can hear the other band members all laughing. Years later in an interview Michael said - 'My then girlfriend was my translator. & she translated Drummer Andy Parker saying - 'You're so lucky you don't understand what they're saying' .