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Michael Schenker
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German guitarist
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Michael Schenker is a German guitarist, composer, and record producer born in Sarstedt in 1955. He began his work period in 1969 and plays the guitar. His musical genres include hard rock, classic rock, heavy metal, and instrumental rock. Schenker is a member of the McAuley Schenker Group, Michael Schenker Group, UFO, and Scorpions. He has been associated with the record label BMG Rights Management.
He speaks and writes in English and German. His copyright representative is the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Schenker is male and has a sibling named Rudolf Schenker. He is recognized as a guitar virtuoso. His works have been cataloged in various databases, with two works listed in Europeana.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Fragments
- Current Trends in Cancer Management
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- Very Best of Michael Schenker (Songbook)
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Film & TV
Sarstedt, Germany
Michael Schenker (born 10 January 1955) is a German rock guitarist who has played in UFO and led the Michael Schenker Group. At the age of 15 he was an early member of Scorpions, the band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker. In the mid-1970s, at the age of 17, Michael joined UFO playing lead guitar. He left the band in 1978 to found the Michael Schenker Group. He has rejoined UFO…
Known for
- Wacken - Hearts Full of Metal — Self2026
- Michael Schenker: My Years With Ufo Wacken Open Air — Vocals / Lead Guitar2025
- Michael Schenker Group - Rock Hard Festival 2023 — Lead Guitar2023
- Michael Schenker Group - Hellfest 2022 — Himself2022
- Flying V — Self2020
- Michael Schenker Fest - Live in Tokyo — Himself - Guitar2017
- Michael Schenker Group: Live At Rockpalast - Hamburg 1981 — Guitars2017
- Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock - On a Mission: Live in Madrid — Himself - Lead Guitar2016
- Scorpions - Forever and a Day — himself2015
- Die Scorpions Story - 40 Jahre Weltstars — Self2013
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Germany
Discography
Members
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 40,135
- Total plays
- 619,569
Tags
Michael Schenker (born January 10, 1955) is a hard rock and heavy metal guitarist of UFO and a founding member of the Scorpions. He signed with Chrysalis Records in autumn 1979 after leaving UFO. He is the younger brother of Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions fame. Michael was born in Sarstedt, Germany. He started playing in his early teens when his brother Rudolph brought home a Flying V guitar, which captured Michael's imagination. His playing style <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Michael+Schenk
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Michael
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Sarstedt
- Sibling
- Rudolf Schenker
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- German
- Native language
- German
- Genre
- hard rock
- Instrument
- guitar
- Record label
- BMG Rights Management
- Official website
- www.michaelschenkerhimself.com
- Image
- Michael Schenker au Hellfest 2022 (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Michael Schenker
- date of birth
- 1955-01-10
- name in native language
- Michael Schenker
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Michael Schenker, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana