Michael Schenker was just 17 when he quit the Scorpions and headed to London to join UFO. “It was fantastic because that was where I wanted to be,” he recalls. “Even though I didn’t speak any English – I let the music do the talking. I turned them from a space rock band into a hard rock band and we did six successful albums together.”
Schenker’s years with UFO might have been turbulent – he ended up leaving the band during the tour that resulted in classic live album Strangers In The Night – but it did indeed result in some fantastic music. To mark the 50th anniversary of UFO debut Phenomenon, he has now reimagined key songs from the five studio and one live album that sprang from that era, with a stellar cast of star guests in tow.
