Michael Schenker is one of the legendary characters in the history of guitar playing. The German virtuoso began his professional musician career at the age of fifteen, first with the Scorpions, with whom Schenker released his first album LONESOME CROW in 1972. Next, he joined the English band UFO, which…
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Popoff, Martin – UFO – Lights Out (Book review)
December 2019 Released: 2018/ PowerChord Press Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP Despite a small and fairly well-received series of North American club dates in 2019, the band UFO really is on their last legs. Members are dying or quitting, and the end is nigh. I suppose this is a good a…
Popoff, Martin – UFO – Lettin’ Go (Book review)
December 2019 Released: 2019/ PowerChord Press Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP Despite a small and fairly well-received series of North American club dates in 2019, the band UFO really is on their last legs. Members are dying or quitting, and the end is nigh. I suppose this is a good a…
Michael Schenker on New CD, Revelation – I Went Treasure Hunting Hoping to Find Musical Pieces of Gold!
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Coming off the success of Michael Schenker Fest’s Resurrection CD, in March 2018; Michael decided to head back into the studio before the American tour to write and record another CD of new material! From that session, thirteen powerful new songs emerged which capture the spirit…
PETE WAY discusses his return, and the lost years
INTERVIEW AND LIVE PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA Pete Way is one of the original bad boys of rock ‘n roll, but he’s also a highly respected musician and songwriter. Way is best known as the founding member and bass player of the British hard rock legends U.F.O. He played with…
SWEDEN ROCK 2019
SWEDEN ROCK FESTIVAL Solvesborg, Sweden 5-8 June 2019 REPORT AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ AND ARTO LEHTINEN Once again, it is time for the annual march to Sweden Rock. This is the 18th time in a row that the Finnish Metal Rules team made an invasion to the mighty Sweden…
Ewigkeit – Disclose
Reviewed: May 2019 Released: 2019, DTM Productions Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: Demitri Levantis Metal is such an open bastion of ideas and obsessions; it is of no surprise there are bands out there for the Space Age lovers and UFO watchers among us. Britain’s Ewigkeit is one of them and has…
Way, Pete – A Fast Ride Out Of Here
Author: Way, Pete Title: A Fast Ride Out Of Here Publisher: Little Brown Reviewed: June, 2018 Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: JP For any rocker of a certain age, (say 40+) the image (imagined or otherwise) of Pete Way of UFO careening through the streets of London in his beat-up Jaguar, one…
MICHAEL SCHENKER discusses about “Resurrection” album, Michael Schenker Fest and more
INTERVIEW AND LIVE PHOTOS BY BY MARKO SYRJÄLÄ Michael Schenker is a legendary German guitarist, best known for his tenure in UFO and solo career. He was an early member of Scorpions, then achieved fame in the mid-1970s as the lead guitar player for UFO, with whom he played until…
UFO – The Salentino Cuts
Reviewed: February 2018 Released: 2017, Cleopatra Rating: 3/5 Reviewer: John Haseltine After nearly 50 years of rocking with 22 studio albums, 14 live releases and a slew of comps and singles, what does a band like U.F.O. have left in their arsenal? I’m sure plenty. But for now how about…
Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock with support act Coldspell on Spirit On A Mission World Tour 2015/2016 – European leg – at Kulturbolaget Malmo, Sweden
Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock Spirit On A Mission World Tour 2015/2016 – European leg – Coldspell – support act Kulturbolaget – Malmo, Sweden 3/2 – 2016 Live review and pictures by: Anders Sandvall
UFO Guitar Legend Vinnie Moore to Release New CD “Aerial Visions”
The long awaited new album from legendary guitarist Vinnie Moore, will be released on October 23 on Mind’s Eye Music. Titled “Aerial Visions”, Vinnie’s 8th solo album features drummer Richie Monica (Tantric, Poppa Chubby), and bassists Dave LaRue (Steve Morse Band, Flying Colors, The Dregs), Rob DeLuca (UFO, Sebastian Bach),…
UFO Premieres New Song
Legendary British classic rockers UFO are set to release their latest studio album A Conspiracy of Stars March 3rd in North America on SPV/Steamhammer. Today UFO has partnered up with GuitarWorld.com the online home of Guitar World Magazine for an exclusive song premiere. Check out a stream of the song…
UFO Releases Album Teaser for A Conspiracy Of Stars
British Hard Rock legends UFO release a new teaser for the upcoming studio album “A Conspiracy Of Stars”. The trailer is available for viewing HERE. The album will be released March 3rd in jewel case, vinyl blue colored double LP and download through SPV/Steamhammer. It is available for pre-order on…
UFO Announce Details of New Album A Conspiracy of Stars
The rumors have been doing the rounds for months, now it’s official at last: 23 February 2015 will see the European release (Germany: 20 February 2015 / US: 3 March 2015) of the latest studio recording by British rock legend UFO, their 22nd to date. The album will be called…