Michael Schenker

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Francis Buchholz
Former Scorpions / Michael Schenker bassist Francis Buchholz dead at 71

By Paul Brannigan Published

"Though the strings have gone silent, his soul remains in every note he played and in every life he touched"

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Bands & Artists
UFO pose in Monserrat
Chaos in the Caribbean and the story of UFO's No Place To Run

By Dave Ling Published

Just as UFO seemed poised to take the next step up, their ace-card guitarist Michael Schenker quit. So took off to the Caribbean and recorded No Place To Run without him

Bands & Artists
Michael Schenker holding a Flying V
Review: Michael Schenker lets rip on new MSG album Don’t Sell Your Soul

By Johnny Sharp Published

Guitar hero Michael Schenker follows his re-imagined UFO favourites with a set of his own new material

Bands & Artists
Michael Schenker headshot
The Michael Schenker albums you should listen to, and one to avoid

By Paul Elliott Published

Buying guide From teenage Scorpion to UFO, MSG and beyond, guitar hero Michael Schenker has had both hands in some of hard rock’s great albums

Buying guide
Michael Schenker holding a Flying V guitar
Michael Schenker releases first song with new singer Erik Grönwall

By Fraser Lewry Published

Don’t Sell Your Soul is the title track of a new Michael Schenker Group album

Bands & Artists
Michael Schenker onstage in 2007
Michael Schenker and the appetite for self-destruction

By Dave Ling Published

Confronting Michael Schenker with the truth about Michael Schenker

Biographies
Chris Robertson: Katja Ogrin/Redferns | Michael Schenker: C Brandon/Redferns
Black Stone Cherry, Michael Schenker and more announced for Maid Of Stone festival

By Fraser Lewry Published

The first 20 acts have been confirmed for next year's Maid Of Stone festival, with another 20 to follow

Music Festivals
An illustration of Axl Rose and Michael Schenker
Watch the visualiser for Michael Schenker and Axl Rose's epic cover of UFO's Love To Love

By Fraser Lewry Published

Axl Rose and Michael Schenker, together forever via the medium of animation

Tracks & Singles
Michael Schenker wielding a Flying V guitar
Michael Schenker on UFO, success and escape, and why he didn't join the Rolling Stones

By Dave Everley Published

With guests including Axl and Slash, for his new album maverick guitarist Michael Schenker went back to the songs he recorded first with UFO

Interviews
A composite photo of Michael Schenker in 2020 and Pete Way playing live in 1979
Michael Schenker has dedicated a song to late UFO bandmate Pete Way on his new album

By Classic Rock Published

Michael Schenker’s new album features a cover of UFO’s Too Hot To Handle – and it’s dedicated to late bandmates Pete Way and Paul Raymond

Albums
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