25 May 2021
As Schenker reveals the secrets of his unique style, his message is simple: “Be yourself. Don’t try to be anybody else”
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Just as Eddie Van Halen was the American pioneer of shred guitar in the late 70s, so Michael Schenker was his counterpart in Europe. The German guitarist started out early – he was just 16 when he played alongside his elder brother Rudolf on the Scorpions’ debut album
Lonesome Crow, released in 1972, six years before the first Van Halen album.
It was with British band UFO that Michael made his reputation as a guitar hero. But in his quest for what he calls “pure artistic expression”, he formed The Michael Schenker Group in the 80s, and has remained his own master ever since.
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English rock band UFO s 1979 live album Strangers in the Night is being reissued as an 8CD deluxe edition.
Capturing the band at the peak of their powers the original double album was compiled from recordings made at six shows during in October 1978 on an American tour. This new 8CD box set includes all six complete original concerts for the first time (five previously unreleased) as well as a newly remastered version of the original album (across two CDs). Four of the shows have actually been newly mixed from the original tapes.
The discs are contained in a two-part outer slipcase, and the eight CDs come in card sleeves. A 24-page booklet is included and features new sleeve notes by Michael Hann who has interviewed Phil Mogg, Andy Parker and Michael Schenker. A 2LP gatefold vinyl edition is also available, and a special a clear vinyl edition limited to 1000 units. Andy Pearce has done the remastering.
Guitarist Vinnie Moore on Why Delaware Feels Like Home
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Star guitarist Vinnie Moore has toured the world for decades, but Delaware’s ‘mojo’ always draws him home.
Home is where the heart is, or so the saying goes, and renowned guitarist Vinnie Moore embodies that very concept. No matter where he plies his trade in the world, the lifelong Delaware resident says he always returns to his roots.
The secret to Delaware’s continued appeal is simple, in Moore’s view. “It’s probably the mojo of the Delaware River,” he says. “I grew up right outside New Castle, and there’s a lot of history there, especially with all those old buildings. All that shapes who you are as a person, and the way you think.”