Currently, there is a huge variety of musical genres and directions in the world. New performers, musicians, groups appear, but there are only a few real talents and gifted geniuses. Such musicians have a unique charm, professionalism and unique technique of playing musical instruments. One such gifted individual is lead guitarist Michael Schenker.
The first acquaintance with the music of Michael Schenker
Michael Schenker was born in 1955 in the German city of Sarstedt. He was introduced to music as a child, from the moment his brother brought him a guitar. She fascinated him and completely captured his imagination.
Little Michael studied guitar for a long time and dreamed of becoming a real guitarist. After several years of hard training, he, together with his brother Rudolf, founded the group Scorpions. Already at the age of 16 he performed at various concerts, where he received recognition and authority.
In the UFO group
After 7 years of successful and productive work with the Scorpions team, many tours and tours, Michael joined the UFO group. It happened in a completely random and unusual way. The team came to Germany with concert performances, but their guitarist could not find his passport. In this regard, he refused to take part in the speeches.
UFO took notice of Schenker when he played superbly in concert with the Scorpions and was invited to replace their musician for one show. Schenker mastered this role admirably. He immediately received an invitation to take the place of the musician already on an ongoing basis.
The guitarist willingly accepted this invitation and soon went to live in London. At first, it was difficult for him to communicate with the team, as he did not speak English well. However, he is now fluent in this speech and even prefers to be called Michael.
During the last few years of collaboration, he openly clashed with the UFO vocalist. As a result, he left the group in 1978, despite the enormous success that he himself brought to the team.
The successful and publicly recognized guitarist returned to Germany again and temporarily joined the Scorpions, where he even participated in the recording of the album.
Invitation to various projects Michael Schenker
With his unique and inimitable guitar playing, Schenker has become a sought-after guitarist for many bands and musicians since leaving UFO. He even auditioned for Aerosmith. However, Michael, according to the producer, immediately left the room when someone said a joke about the Nazis. In addition, he was also invited by OOzzy to take part in their solo project. And Michael boldly rejected this offer.
MSH
Some time after his collaboration with the Scorpions, the German rock guitarist went solo and formed his Michael Schenker Group in 1980. It happened just in time. At that time, a new direction of British metal appeared in England. Schenker, despite being a representative of the old school, became a famous person during the emergence of this trend.
The composition of the group changed several times. The guitarist then hired, then fired musicians again, guided only by his own desires and personal motives.
So having refused all offers and the temptation of fame, he decided to revive his own project and began to express himself entirely in music.
At that time, for some time, Michael had problems with drug and alcohol addiction. Most musicians noticed that it was absolutely impossible to work and communicate with a guitarist because of this.
Creative life from the 90s to the present Michael Schenker
In 1993, Michael rejoined UFO and became a co-author of a new album, as well as for a certain period he performed with them at concerts. After that, he re-created Michael Schenker with the newly minted band and released several albums, then rejoined UFO.
In 2005, Michael Schenker celebrated its 25th anniversary, and, in connection with this, Michael put together a new album of songs and invited performers from past bands of this group to create an album.
After several disastrous concert failures and canceled performances that were caused by alcoholism, Schenker nevertheless regained his strength and in 2008 performed with Michael Schenker & Friends. In 2011, Michael wrote the Temple of Rock album and supported it with special European tours.
After some time, Michael was awarded many awards and now continues to amaze with his achievements. So the famous solo guitarist Michael Schenker has never been a real showman and scandalous musician. However, he is the most gifted and capable guitarist of the time.
Michael was not afraid to try himself in something and squeezed the maximum out of his career. He was both a producer and the creator of his own project, and a guitarist in a legendary band. In total, he wrote more than 60 albums and continues to work even now.
Schenker has his own style of playing the guitar, his music is recognizable and very unique, so it is she who always inspires the listeners and makes the souls of the fans tremble.
Michael Schenker today
Michael Schenker Group, led by Schenker on January 29, 2021, replenished their discography with a new LP. The record was called Immortal. The album is released in two formats. It is led by 10 tracks. This is the band's first LP after a 13-year hiatus. The new disc was released in the year when Michael Schenker celebrated the 50th anniversary of his creative career.
