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Michael Schenker releases new version for UFO’s

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Michael Schenker releases new version for UFO’s

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The guitarist Michael Schenker will release a new album, next September 20, called “My Years With UFO“, covering tracks he recorded with the legendary Hard Rock band. The most recent single is the new version of “Only You Can Rock Me”, recorded with the Europe vocalist Joey Tempest and Deep Purple’s bassist Roger Glover. The track also had Derek Sherinian on keyboards and Brian Tichy on drums.

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Hear the Michael Schenker version of “Only You Can Rock Me” with Joey Tempest and Roger Glover

 

He will have many special guests on the tracks and some of them are Axl Rose, who will sing in “Love To Love”, Slash who plays on “Mother Mary” and Dee Snider, who sings in “Natural Thing”.

Other special guests on the album are Stephen Pearcy, Roger Glover, Joe Lynn Turner, Jeff Scott Soto, Joel Hoekstra, Carmine Appice, Kai Hansen, Biff Byford, Erik Gronwall, Joey Tempest, Michael Voss, John Norum and Adrian Vandenberg.

But besides those musicians, a core band formed by keyboardist Derek Sherinian, drummer Brian Tichy and bassist Barry Sparks was also part of almost all the tracks.

‘My Years With UFO’ tracklist

  1. “Natural Thing: (feat. Dee Snider, Joel Hoekstra)
  2. “Only You Can Rock Me” (Joey Tempest, Roger Glover)
  3. “Doctor, Doctor” (Joe Lynn Turner, Carmine Appice)
  4. “Mother Mary” (Slash, Erik Gronwall)
  5. “This Kids” (Biff Byford)
  6. “Love To Love” (Axl Rose)
  7. “Lights Out” (Jeff Scott Soto, John Norum)
  8. “Rock Bottom” (Kai Hansen)
  9. “Too Hot To Handle” (Joe Lynn Turner, Adrian Vandenberg, Carmine
  10. Appice)
  11. “Let It Roll” (Michael Voss)
  12. “Shoot, Shoot” (Stephen Pearcy)

UFO was active from 1968 to 1983, 1984 to 1989 and 1991 until 2024 when the vocalist Phil Mogg announced the band’s retirement. Schenker was part of the band from 1973 to 1978, 1993 to 1995, 1997 to 1998 and 2000 to 2003.

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