For the West German handball player, see Ulrich Roth (handballer).
Not to be confused with John Roth (musician).
German guitarist (born 1954)
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Uli Jon Roth
Roth at Wacken Open Air 2015
Background information
Also known as
Ulrich Roth
Born
(1954-12-18) 18 December 1954 (age 69) Düsseldorf, West Germany
Genres
Heavy metal
hard rock
speed metal
neoclassical metal
progressive metal
psychedelic rock
blues rock
Instrument(s)
Guitar, vocals
Years active
1968–present
Formerly of
Dawn Road
Scorpions
Electric Sun
Website
ulijonroth.com
Musical artist
Uli Jon Roth (born Ulrich Roth; 18 December 1954) is a German guitarist who became famous for his work with the hard rock band Scorpions and is one of the earliest contributors to the neoclassical metal genre. He is also the founder of Sky Academy and designer of the Sky Guitar. He is the older brother of fellow guitarist and artist Zeno Roth (1956–2018).
UliJonRoth (born Ulrich Roth; 18 December 1954) is a German guitarist who became famous for his work with the hard rock band Scorpions and is one of...
neoclassical/blues style. He was the younger brother of guitarist UliJonRoth. In the 1970s, Roth and Ule W. Ritgen formed Black Angel in Hanover, and played...
Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Jack Bruce, Gordon Giltrap, Anna Ryder, UliJonRoth, Electric Sun, Steve Hillage, Vikki Clayton, Solstice, Glenn Hughes and...
1974 by RCA Records. This was the band's first release with guitarist UliJonRoth and bassist Francis Buchholz, and the only one to include drummer Jürgen...
drummer Herman Rarebell and the final studio album to feature guitarist UliJonRoth. Roth left the band in 1978 following the end of the album's tour, and was...
Scorpions Revisited is a studio album by UliJonRoth released on 9 February 2015. The guitarist revisited his personal favourites from the early Scorpions...
guitarist Jimi Hendrix, and later (reportedly) the wife of German guitarist UliJonRoth of the Scorpions. In 1965, Dannemann participated in the German Figure...
album covers to have been censored. The band's former lead guitarist UliJonRoth claimed he may have "come up with the idea to do the thing with the guitar...
"Pictured Life" among the "all-time Scorpions standouts." Lead guitarist UliJonRoth considers Virgin Killer and the previous release In Trance, his favourite...
Quiet Riot, MSG/Survivor vocalist Robin McAuley, Scorpions guitarist UliJonRoth and Tony MacAlpine. Bjorn Englen started his musical career in Sweden...
briefly disbanding the group and joining Dawn Road, featuring guitarist UliJonRoth, bass-guitarist Francis Buchholz, drummer Jürgen Rosenthal and keyboardist...
Travers, Brian Robertson, former Thin Lizzy & (Wild Horses) member, UliJonRoth of the Scorpions (band) & (Electric Sun), Bernie Marsden of Whitesnake...
Michael Romeo, Jason Becker, Tony MacAlpine, Vinnie Moore, Alexi Laiho, UliJonRoth, Stéphan Forté, Wolf Hoffmann, Timo Tolkki, and Marty Friedman. Although...
bandmate Vinnie Moore, and recorded and toured with ex-Scorpions guitarist UliJonRoth. In 2001, Sparks released his acoustic guitar based solo debut album...
Klaus' beyond-Scorpions collaborations include "Bridge to Heaven" with UliJonRoth, "Send Me an Angel", "Bigger than Life", "Keep the World Safe" and "Jerusalem...
Electric Sun was a rock band formed by German guitarist UliJonRoth after his departure from the Scorpions in 1978. They recorded three albums between...
Under a Dark Sky is a progressive rock album by UliJonRoth, featuring Mark Boals and Liz Vandall on vocals. It marks the first official release in the...
others Roth who had a successful solo career after leaving Scorpions in 1978. The original and only line-up of Dawn Road features UliJonRoth (guitar...
Sky Academy is the title given to guitar innovator UliJonRoth's tuition seminars and concerts. Sky Academy was first established in May 2006, at the...
UFO; and UliJonRoth, who replaced Schenker in Scorpions, expanded the modal vocabulary available to guitarists.[further explanation needed] Roth studied...
1996 for Guitar World. Other guitarists Corgan rates highly include UliJonRoth, Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, Leslie West, Dimebag Darrell and Robin...
with Marty Friedman and in his native Greece with legendary guitarist UliJonRoth. In February 2015, Gus stated that he had written all the songs for a...