Michael Schenker
Michael Schenker
Michael Schenkeris a German rock guitarist, best known for his tenure in UFO, in addition to his solo band. Nicknamed the "Blonde Bomber", he first rose to fame as an early member of Scorpions, then achieved fame in the mid-1970s as the lead guitar player for UFO. Since leaving UFO in 1978, he has been leading the Michael Schenker Group in various incarnations. He has rejoined UFO three times, producing an album each time. He is the younger brother of...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth10 January 1955
CitySarstedt, Germany
CountryGermany
The music is a personal expression, like art.
If everyone would look for that uniqueness then we would have a very colorful world.
I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I dont just play mechanically. I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I dont hear it then I cant feed myself.
I have made stage adjustments which allow me to hear myself better onstage so that has made playing live much more enjoyable.
If you copy then it is not self-expression.
In order to get somewhere in life, you need to have a vision. The vision brings you to the table. Without a vision, you just do what everybody else does and you are just there.
I prefer playing in the studio because you have much more control over things.
If you are in a band like my brother, Rudolf, who is in the Scorpions, then you have a kind of umbrella and you cover each other. You have five people to discuss things with and you are all in the same boat, and therefore make much wiser choices.
The music is a personal expression, like art. It is something that you like doing that comes from within, and is an expression that comes from God. That is why artists are beautiful and why people who copy are not really artistic.
I view life as a learning experience. It is not so much all about music; it is about what happens when you are doing the music.
I love to be creative.
If you don't get on the field and play then you will be missing out.
Phil has always been a fighter. He was getting in fights all the time. I told him that if he ever hit me then I would leave the band. He wanted to find out if I was telling him the truth. He hit me so I left and that is how UFO split up.
It would be a dream come true if I could just go from studio to studio and play solos.