Michael Schenker

Michael Schenker | Temple of Rock

by John Kindred Staff Writer — Re-tooling the rock and roll machine for another studio album, Michael Schenker is back with Temple of Rock. This is a follow-up to MSG’s 2008’s In the Midst of Beauty and ’09’s Gipsy Lady, both of which reunited Schenker with original [...]

UFO | THE CHRYSALIS YEARS (1973-1979)

by John Kindred Staff Writer UFO is a blues-based hard rock band from the United Kingdom. The band was formed by the trio of Phil Mogg, Andy Parker and Pete Way in ’69. UFO released two studio albums, 1970’s UFO 1 and ’71’s UFO 2: Flying, prior to signing on with Chrysalis [...]

James Byrd

by John Kindred Staff Writer James Byrd first gained notoriety with the band Fifth Angel before forming his solo band in the ‘80s. His neo-classical-virtuoso guitar style was influenced by Ritchie Blackmore, Uli Jon Roth (Scorpions era), Gary Moore, Al DiMeola, Neal Schon and Michael Schenker. [...]

Amadeus Awad : Ghost Stories

by John Kindred Staff Writer The musical journey for Beirut-based Amadeus Awad has not been an easy one. Inspired by a video performance of Ritchie Blackmore with Deep Purple at the 1974 California Jam music festival, Awad’s passion to learn to play the electric guitar was ignited. Born and [...]

MSG Live & Loud

by John Kindred Staff Writer Live & Loud offers digitally re-mastered songs recorded by the legendary guitarist Michael Schenker with his band MSG. The breakdown of the nine-track release includes six live tracks taken from previous live performances, the studio track “Written in the Sand” [...]