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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP
CURRENT NAME	Michael Schenker Group
FORMER NAMES	-
ORIGIN	Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
STATUS	Active
FORMED IN	1979
LABEL	Armageddon Music
GENRE	Hard rock
STYLE	-
LYRICAL THEME	-
BAND ADDED	2007-05-01, 22:28
LAST UPDATE	2008-03-03, 01:33

Band biography

The German guitar virtuoso Michael Schenker assembled his own band, the Michael Schenker Group (also known as MSG), in 1979 since he wanted to play his own music instead of working as a hired gun. At that time he had already been a member of his older brother Rudolf's world famous rock band Scorpions as well as Britain's legendary UFO. The band's debut album was produced by Deep Purple's bassist Roger Glover but although the early MSG albums were quite successful they have continued to suffer from line-up changes and business related problems throughout their entire career, some of them related to Michael's slightly unstable personal nature. In 2005 the band celebrated its 25th anniversary by releasing a unique new album called "Tales Of Rock 'n' Roll where past and present MSG vocalists were featured.

Current members Add - Fetch
Jari Tiura	2006-	Vocals
Michael Schenker	1979-	Guitars	See also Contraband, Ratt, Scorpions, UFO
Wayne Findlay	1999-	Guitars, keyboards
Frank Rummler	2007-	Bass
Bodo Schopf	2007-	Drums

Former members Add - Fetch
Gary Barden	1979-1984	Vocals	See also Praying Mantis, Statetrooper, Weapon
Graham Bonnet	1982-1982	Vocals	See also Alcatrazz, Graham Bonnet, Impellitteri, Moonstone Project, Rainbow
Chris Glen	1980-1984	Bass
Cozy Powell	1980-1982	Drums	See also Rainbow
Paul Raymond	1980-1982	Keyboards, guitars	See also UFO, Waysted
Ray Kennedy	1984-1984	Vocals
Dennis Feldman	1984-1984	Bass
Ted McKenna	1982-1984	Drums
Andy Nye	1982-1984	Keyboards
Fran Cosmo	1984-1985	Vocals
Bruce Smith	1984-1985	Bass
Roland Jones	1984-1985	Guitars
Leif Sundin	1996-1997-	Vocals
Barry Sparks	1996-, 2007-2007	Bass	See also Yngwie Malmsteen
Shane Gaalaas	1996-1999-	Drums	See also Diesel Machine, Hughes, Glenn, Moore, Vinnie, Yngwie Malmsteen
Seth Bernstein	-1999-	Guitars
John Onder	-1999-	Bass	See also Kuprij, Vitalij
Chris Logan	-2000-2004	Vocals
Ghames Jones	-2000-2006	Bass	See also Forté, Gammacide
Jeff Martin	-2000-2001	Drums	See also Badlands, Leatherwolf, Racer X, Surgical Steel
Stu Hamm	2003-	Bass	See also Doppler, Doug
Pete Holmes	2003-2006	Drums	See also Black 'N' Blue, Mandy Lion

Session musicians Add - Fetch
Mo Foster		Bass	On MSG.
Simon Phillips		Drums	On MSG. See also Asia, Judas Priest
Don Airey		Keyboards	See also Black Sabbath, Deep Purple
Steve Casey		Guitars	On tour 1982.
Tommy Eyre		Keyboards	On Assault.
Derek St. Holmes		Guitars, vocals	On tour 1983.
John Verity		Guitars, vocals	On tour 1983.
Terry Wilson-Slesser		Vocals	On tour 1983.
David Van Landing		Vocals	On tour 1997. See also Crimson Glory
Kelly Keeling		Vocals	On Unforgiven. See also Moonstone Project
Keith Slack		Vocals	On US tour 1999.
Aynsley Dunbar		Drums	On Adventures. See also Journey, UFO, Whitesnake
Jeff Watson		Guitars	Most guitars on Arachnophobia. See also Keagy, Kelly, Night Ranger
Jeremy Colson		Drums	On Arachnophobia. See also Circus Diablo, Marty Friedman
Klaus Meine		Vocals	On Rock Will Never Die. See also Scorpions
Rudolf Schenker		Guitars	On Rock Will Never Die. See also Scorpions
Pete Way		Bass	On Tales. See also Fastway, Ozzy Osbourne, UFO, Waysted
Thomas Broman		Drums	On UK Tour 2008.
Kjell Haraldsson		Keyboards, guitars	On UK Tour 2008.
Leif Sundin		Vocals	On UK Tour 2008.
Thomas Torberg		Bass	On UK Tour 2008.

Buy Michael Schenker Group albums

Official releases Add
1980	The Michael Schenker Group (MSG)	Chrysalis Records
1981	MSG (MSG II)	Chrysalis Records
1982	One Night At Budokan	Chrysalis Records
1982	Assault Attack	Chrysalis Records
1983	Built To Destroy	Chrysalis Records
1984	Rock Will Never Die	Chrysalis Records
1996	Written In The Sand	Zero Corporation
1999	The Unforgiven	Steamhammer Records
1999	Unforgiven Tour Live	Steamhammer Records
2001	Be Aware Of Scorpions	Steamhammer Records
2003	Arachnophobiac	Mascot Records
2006	Tales Of Rock N' Roll	Armageddon Music

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