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 Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:43 pm Post subject: UFO - Michael Schenker |
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I have really been into UFO for a long time, and during the late 70's and early 80's they ruled the metal charts. They were so much better than all the immitators that came after them. Michael Schenker is still the best hard rock guitarist ever, with Eddie Van Halen a close second.
I saw him in concert a couple years ago with his band and he is still frightening.
I saw him a couple years before that with the UFO reunion tour and it was amazing. Paul and Phil were still rockin' and they have a new album out with Vinnie Moore which is excellent.
Plus, the Walk On Water album was one of the best reunions ever - check it out!
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I saw The Black Crowes open for MSG back in '90 (at the Trocodero in Philly), and the Crowes kicked their asses.
I guess "young & hungry" beats "old & bloated"... kind of like when Sabbath had Van Halen open for them back in the day.
In all due respect, UFO DEFINITELY had some awesome moments in rock history. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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I love the Force it album, that is one of my all time fav albums his work in that is far beyond what most guitarists were doing at the time and sounds just as flashy today. I saw MSG with Firehouse, Havana Black and Great white yaers ago and it was a killer show. 
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UFO will be played long after the Black Crowes have disappeared (haven't they already?) They may be past their peak but they keep going strong and Schenker just gets better - things he is playing now he could have never played in his 20's.
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sorry , but i see no way can the crowes can outdo anything
schenker or UFO ever play live !! crowes put me to sleep !! 
my x-wife always played that  in my car and i always had to
shut it off !! i know we all like different styles of music but crowes
are one band that even 10 seconds of thier stuff is more than i can handle !! sorry rinho dude !!
i can't wait to see UFO in the states with vinny moore
on guitar !! that dude can flat out play !!!  |
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| i like UFO.but which do you think is better for Micheal Schenker,to saty with his brother Rudolph in Scorpions or UFO?i saw a list of best guitarists,and Ulrich Roth got more votes than Micheal Schenker,it was a top 50 and MIckeal Schenker was something in the 30s.do you think he deserved better?because i do. |
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Never got the whole Micheal Schenker thing. I played with a guy in Detroit - David Neil Cline that loved him. I thought he must be something special. Then I saw him play with Ratt, which I was a little confused about, and Warren Dimartini Smoked him. Ive heard the UFO stuff and I think they are lame by comparison to other top bands of the era. Page, Blackmore, Nugent, Iommi. Schenkers not even on my top 50 list. But in his defense, Im a singer, What the F... do I know
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I can't believe what I reading about UFO and MSG!
I should ban the lot of you.... 
But I will not 
Anyway for the fans in UK...of Schenker!
July 28 - Derbyshire, UK - Rock & Blues Festival *
July 29 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Apollo *
July 30 - London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo *
July 31 - Frome, UK - Cheese & Grain
Aug. 02 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
Aug. 03 - Stourbridge, UK - Rockcafe 2000
Aug. 04 - Nuneaton, UK - Queens Hall
* Supporting SCORPIONS |
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| Holymagica wrote: |
I can't believe what I reading about UFO and MSG!
I should ban the lot of you....
But I will not
Anyway for the fans in UK...of Schenker!
July 28 - Derbyshire, UK - Rock & Blues Festival *
July 29 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Apollo *
July 30 - London, UK - Hammersmith Apollo *
July 31 - Frome, UK - Cheese & Grain
Aug. 02 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
Aug. 03 - Stourbridge, UK - Rockcafe 2000
Aug. 04 - Nuneaton, UK - Queens Hall
* Supporting SCORPIONS |
Sorry, He doesnt do anything for me, Did I forget to mention Thin Lizzy, talk about a band that had some great guitar players. Lets not forget that Dio also had an incredible Guitarist in the 80's Vivian will always be my favorite.
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GUITARGOD
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| Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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| alitivity wrote: |
| Never got the whole Micheal Schenker thing. I played with a guy in Detroit - David Neil Cline that loved him. I thought he must be something special. Then I saw him play with Ratt, which I was a little confused about, and Warren Dimartini Smoked him. Ive heard the UFO stuff and I think they are lame by comparison to other top bands of the era. Page, Blackmore, Nugent, Iommi. Schenkers not even on my top 50 list. But in his defense, Im a singer, What the F... do I know |
Listen to Force It, that is his best stuff IMO there are some other albums they did that i didn't think were that great but Force it is killer.
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| Sorry, He doesnt do anything for me, Did I forget to mention Thin Lizzy, talk about a band that had some great guitar players. Lets not forget that Dio also had an incredible Guitarist in the 80's Vivian will always be my favorite. |
Its all about different tastes...the debate about who is the best is pointless...becoz you will hear different from what I hear...I don't have much opinion of Viv....its 2007 and he's done nothing since the 80s. 
Thin Lizzy was a great band....I like all of their guitar players. |
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I think Schenker is the technically best guitarist ever. He never makes pointless noise like many guitarists listed here, his leads always make sense and you could write every one of them out like a Bach concerto. Plus he never went the Eddie/Holdsworth clone way with the whammy bar like everybody else and their uncle with a Floyd Rose.
To each his own I guess. Was never that impressed with Gary Moore, to be honest. I thought his attempts to play blues were lame, and any real blues man would have said - what's with all the notes? Does have great tone, though.
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| Sorry, He doesnt do anything for me, Did I forget to mention Thin Lizzy, talk about a band that had some great guitar players. Lets not forget that Dio also had an incredible Guitarist in the 80's Vivian will always be my favorite. |
Its all about different tastes...the debate about who is the best is pointless...becoz you will hear different from what I hear...I don't have much opinion of Viv....its 2007 and he's done nothing since the 80s.
Thin Lizzy was a great band....I like all of their guitar players. |
I here you on Viv, he had such great potential, and some great work with Dio. I never understood why he just decided to quit playing. I know he's still with DL, but thats not really playing. As far as Schenker goes, you're right about taste. I grew up in Detroit in a time when there was a real culture clash between the Motown thing, and the great Hard Rock from the area. Some where between the two came guys like Nugent who could shread, but still had feel. Technical guys like Schenker just dont do it for me. I need a little soul.
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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP is returning to the U.S. and Canada for a summer tour. The legendary guitarist will be performing timeless classics from all stages of his illustrious career, including SCORPIONS, UFO and MSG, to commemorate his "Tales of Rock 'n' Roll", which is out now. Support on all dates will come from San Francisco-based guitar virtuoso Doug Doppler, signed to Steve Vai's Favored Nations label. This tour will run June 14 to July 21. MSG's schedule is now shaping up as follows:
June 14 - Santa Rosa, CA - Last Day Saloon
June 15 - Portland, OR - Outlaws
June 17 - Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
June 20 - Ventura, CA - Ventura Theatre
June 21 - West Hollywood, CA - The Key Club
June 22 - Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre
June 23 - Santa Clara, CA - The Avalon
June 24 - Sacramento, CA - Hard Rock Live
July 01 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
July 05 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall
July 06 - Detroit, MI - I-Rock
July 09 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues (w/ ENUFF Z'NUFF)
July 12 - Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock
July 14 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre
July 15 - Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance
July 19 - Long Island, NY - Mulchay's
July 21 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
July 27 - Scheltenham, England - The Nightowl
July 28 - Derbyshire, England - Rock N Blues Custom Show festival (w/ SCORPIONS)
July 29 - Manchester, England - Apollo (w/ SCORPIONS)
July 30 – London, England - Hammerstein Apollo (w/ SCORPIONS)
Aug. 01 - Frome, Somerset, England - Cheese and Grain
Aug. 02 - Nottingham, England - Rock City
Aug. 03 - Stourbridge, England - Rockcafe 2000
Aug. 04 - Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England - Queens Hall
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's current touring lineup is as follows:
Michael Schenker (guitar)
Wayne Findlay (guitar, keyboards)
Jari Tiura (vocals)
Bodo Schopf (drums)
Frank Rummler (bass)
MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP released "Tales of Rock 'n' Roll", a special CD to celebrate the band's 25-year anniversary, on August 1 via Locomotive Records. The CD contains Michael Schenker's signature riffage on new cuts featuring an all-star assembly of singers who have recorded with Schenker over the past quarter-century: Graham Bonnet, Gary Barden, Robin McAuley, Kelly Keeling, Leif Sundin, Chris Logan and Michael's most recent vocalist, Jari Tiura. UFO's Pete Way chips in with bass for this special occasion and RACER X vocalist Jeff Martin is behind the kit. |
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t5RageForOrder
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| Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 11:50 am Post subject: |
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thanks o holy one !!
i'm going to the PA show , been there twice already !!
but i gotta say , i own ALL the schenker stuff , the new disc
is pretty bad !!  i gave a few listens and find it extremly
hard to really like one song on it !! UFO on the other hand , i love
thier new disc with vinny moore on it !! never thought i say it but
the last couple of schenker disc's suck !! there , i said it !!
thanks holy for the show dates !! |
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