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Michael Schenker
Schenker in 2015
Background information
Born
(1955-01-10) 10 January 1955 (age 69) Sarstedt, West Germany[1]
Genres
Hard rock
heavy metal
Occupation(s)
Guitarist
Years active
1966–present
Labels
Nuclear Blast
Member of
Michael Schenker Group
Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock
Michael Schenker Fest
Formerly of
Scorpions
UFO
McAuley Schenker Group
Contraband
Website
michaelschenkerhimself.com
Musical artist
Michael Schenker (born 10 January 1955)[2] is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group (MSG). 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 briefly rejoin Scorpions for the recording of Lovedrive, and then to form MSG. He has rejoined UFO three times, producing an album each time. Schenker continues to perform and record.[3] He has been called "a legendary figure in the history of metal guitar."[4]
^Clifford, Mike (1988). The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock. New York: Salamander Books, Harmony Books. p. 153.
^Rose, Mike (10 January 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for January 10, 2023 includes celebrities Rod Stewart, Sarah Shahi". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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^Prown, Pete; HP Newquist; Jon F. Eiche (1997). Legends of rock guitar: the essential reference of rock's greatest guitarists. Hal Leonard. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-7935-4042-6.
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