What was already a standout moment of this year’s Wacken Open Air, the world’s largest metal festival, turned into something even bigger when Michael Schenker pulled a surprise no one saw coming. After delivering a fierce ‘My Years With UFO‘ set to tens of thousands of attendees on Thursday night, the architect of hard rock […]
Review: Lionheart – The Grace Of A Dragonfly Metalville (February 23rd 2024) Reviewer: Chris O’Connor Lionheart are a band with a genuinely impressive body of work behind them- when you discuss quality. They may only put out albums occasionally, but when they do? They are always on the money! The band is something of a […]
NWOBHM band Weapon, led by vocalist/front man Danny Hynes, were formed in 1980. Within 6 months they had signed a worldwide publishing deal with Virgin Music and opened for Motörhead on their 32 dates ‘Ace Up Your Sleeve’ UK tour. They released the double A-sided single ‘It’s A Mad Mad World’/‘Set The Stage Alight’ which reached number 2 in Sounds Magazine’s Top 20. […]
There are few rock guitarists on this planet who have had such a lasting influence on so many renowned musicians as Michael Schenker. With his outstandingly fluid style, inexhaustible wealth of ideas and instinctive feel for hooks and melodies, Michael Schenker is a living legend who, despite his longstanding and distinguished history, still impresses with his unflagging energy and […]
Review: Michael Schenker Fest, House of Blues, Las Vegas (27 March 2018) Reviewer: Peter Scallan The last time I saw Michael Schenker was when he supported Black Country Communion at the O2 Academy in Glasgow some years ago. Tonight’s venue is rather more salubrious at the House of Blues in the Mandalay Bay Hotel in […]
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