Classic Rock
Phil Mogg confirms UFO won’t reunite anymore
The UFO vocalist Phil Mogg suffered a heart attack in 2023 and the plans for a possible farewell tour had to be canceled. A few months ago he confirmed that the Hard Rock band was done and he already announced the first album of his new project called Moggs Motel. In a new interview The Metal Gods Meltdown (Transcribed by Blabbermouth), the musician said that UFO is done and won’t reunite anymore.
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Phil Mogg confirms UFO won’t reunite anymore
“I think we’ve reached that point now (that the band is over). (So) I believe when Pete (Way) went, that it kind of took the wind out of our sails, out of the band, really. I know he was going a bit loopy, but he had a lot of the character which was in the band. So, no, we couldn’t replace him. And no, definitely not. No. I think that’d end up being like the Frank Sinatra tour, wouldn’t it? What’s the other band? Scorpions kept retiring, didn’t they?”
“The other thing is when you say, ‘This is our last tour,’ that really should be. Because people come along and they’ve spent their money getting there or doing whatever for the last tour. Then if you turn around and do another one, they go, ‘Oh, you’ve just done your last tour. I’ve just paid 50 quid for that.’ It would be a little bit unfair,” Phil Mogg said.
During the same interview he answered how he would like UFO to be remembered
“Just as a cracking good little band. Nothing too glorious, but just… You know when you go, like I do, I’d seen The Animals at Club Noreik in Tottenham when I was about 14, 15. And I always would go, ‘Oh, that was a good band. I really enjoyed that night.’ And I enjoyed Eric Burdon. So, I think that’s compliment enough,” Phil Mogg said.
Career with UFO
Formed in London, England in 1968, they became in the following decades one of the most influential Hard Rock bands of all time. Besides Mogg, some of the other classic members of the band were Pete Way (Bass), Andy Parker (Drums) and Michael Schenker (Guitar).
In almost five decades of career, the band released 22 studio albums, the final one being “The Salentino Cuts” (2017). They were a huge influence to famous bands like Iron Maiden, for example. For decades, the Metal band plays their song “Doctor Doctor” as the intro of their concerts. The band’s leader, the bassist Steve Harris is a huge fan of UFO.
Some of their most famous tracks are “Doctor Doctor”, “Rock Bottom”, “Mother Mary” and “Lights Out”.
