UFO was one of those bands that should've been massive, I blame their management for slacking on key opportunities that could have catapulted their standing as one of the what was called the Super Groups back in those days. At the same time it held Schenker back from getting the exposure he deserved to be recognized publicly, as one of the greatest guitar players of our time. I'm just thankful that the guitar players who came after him gave him the recognition he deserved.
discovered UFO in the early 80's...I've only met 3 or 4 people who are fans over the yrs...finding another UFO fan is like finding a long lost family member
Same story here taypax! Discovered them in '79 and still a huge UFO fan today. Only I'm very partial to UFO with Schenker....the ORIGINAL UFO! Not to say the rest weren't talented, but as a guitarist, Schenker was and always will be my GUITAR HERO!!
Speaking of which, Paul Chapman, another former guitar player of the UFO family died on the 9th of June exactly on his 66 birthday (Ridiculous), Paul Raymond died on the 19th of April 2019.
When I saw them live with Judas Priest, everyone except me and my friend who is a guitar player thought that Pete Way was the lead guitarist of UFO instead of Paul Chapman. 1979 my local community college gymnasium. Pete Way is certainly missed by me.
I'm 58 years old now but I was listening to UFO when I was 13 years old and I fell in love with Michael Schenker's guitar work especially in a song called Rock Bottom, off their live album. his guitar just had that killer instinct that wasn't going to quit until it had murdered you. It was pure and adulterated ear candy. Unfortunately I've never able to go see them in concert, so it is a treat to see him here today on UA-cam. I still would prefer to see him live but this is pretty good and sound quality of this concert is great. Thank you member so UFO for making money teenage years go bye a lot better than some of the crap they had running on the radio back then. For instance the Carpenters hahaha 🖐️🤣👈
The attention Schenker got from the guitar players in the audience must of driven Mogg nuts. The second UFO concert I saw Michael had short hair. I was up front and never took my eyes off him with Mogg directly in front of me. For a brief moment Mogg got my attention. About 10 seconds later I turned back to Schenker. And stayed there to the end. At the time Michael was one of the few rock guitarists that could mix beautiful melodic passages with blistering leads. He was fresh, unique, gifted.
No one ever talks about Andy Parker, on drums, but I think he was quite exceptional! All this music from a guitar, a base a piano and a drum set! Great stuff!
@@tieukhavu8832 ...UFOs "Walk on Water" from 96' was one of the best, Angely Dunbar played on the next & Jason Bonham played on a surperb album called "You are here"...check it out, it's one of thier best with a killer drum sound !
@@patrickdevinelntervention2683 When the daylight goes to town is a great song. To me, it's like the classic period when Michael was still in the band. "Walk on Water" was released on the 14th of April 1995.
Strangers in the night is the best live album of all time. Saw ufo a couple times without Michael and saw Michael once in MSG and would have loved to see the boys together. Nothing like 70’s hard rock
I saw them in October of 1978 with Foreigner. My brother had seen UFO at Day on the Green in 1976 and he told me Michael Schenker was going to blow me away, and he did!! The whole band was AWESOME. Pete Way, Phil Moog, Andy Parker and Paul Raymond. UFO KICKED ASS!!
I've been a huge UFO fan since 1977 when I was 14. I've been lucky enough to see them 6 times in concert including 2 in the front row. And while I really enjoy the Schenker era - if you don't check out their entire discography you are missing out. Even the Misdemeanor and EP from the Mid 80's is pretty good. The Chapman era was great and in Feb of 1982 me and some friends drove from McPherson to WIchita to see UFO open for Ozzy - this was about a month or so before Randy Rhodes plane crash. We got there way early and waited at the front of the door. There was a lawn and garden show at the adjoining complex. It was funny seeing all the old codgers wandering around. This was like noon. We got bored and wandered around and found an open door and ended up back state in the dressing rooms. Some english guy came in to chase us out and we handed him one of our bumper stickers manufactured from McPherson State Bank - it originally said "lucky me I'm from McPherson". Well with some cutting and pasting it became *uck me I"m from Mcpherson - anyhow the guy laughed and showed us around before kicking us out. It was still so early we reassumed our place at the front of the door. Once the doors opened we hauled ass to the front of the barrier and held on for dear life. Ufo was touring Mechanix. The show was unbelieveable. Asa UFO was exiting I called to Pete Way - hey Pete throw me your pick. He did and it bounced off my hand and someone esle got it. Damn!!! Recently I've really gotten into the Vinny Moore era of the band and if you are a UFO fan and don't give all 5 records a spin you are missing out. 6 if you count the cover album. We saw UFO in Sioux City in 2017 with Saxon and again from the front row. Right in front of VInnie and he could not have been cooler. He talked to us between songs and was as cool as any rock star ever and I've been fortunate enough to meet (and work with) quite a few. With apologies to Iron Maiden whom I love and have seen all over the place - UFO is my favorite band. Every era is worth a listen and from 74 on they all kick ass. Check out Black and Blue on the Monkey Puzzle - that stands up with any of the Schenker era stuff. But as we all know - no matter what UFO album you are listening to - you know its gonna rock!
I saw them with Paul Chapman in 1979. It was almost hard to appreciate them because Judas Priest had literally just blown the roof off of that place. Tiny venue full volume full throttle microphone held to the tailpipe of a Harley Davidson, Flying V literally flying. UFO was still great, also very loud maybe louder. I was not familiar with any of either band's songs yet but it changed my life.
Without doubt, the greatest rock and roll band of all time. I've seen them twice. I seen them at the1:21:4 shark club in Las Vegas. And I've seen them in Chicago for the lights out, album lights out Chicago. I love the walk on water album when they get back together. I love everything about the band..❤
He's right UFO never caught on in the US until 78 with Lights Out and they had a killer discography before that came out. UFO is my go to band. I can almost tear up when listening to any. Of their stuff from Phenomenon to Obsession because of their tightness and Schenkers amazing guitar work. What a DAMN band!
Am I the only person here who was literally in love with Phil Mogg? I saw UFO at Preston Guild Hall (one of the first gigs I ever went to) probably 81 or 82. Who would be lead guitarist back then? I guess I wasn't that bothered🙄 I do love the drumming though. You can't dance without a drum beat.😉
33.30 Paul Raymond playing keyboards with his Gibson SG still strapped on ready to start hammering out some rhythm guitar. What band wouldn't want a guy like that.
It's a shame they were not 10 times bigger because they were great in every aspect.. and as a guitarist Michael Schenker always went places that were surprising in his playing.. always very interesting and kept you guessing with his lead work one of my favorite guitar players ever
You nailed it Janiter, absolutely correct. They should have been 1,000 times bigger. Michael Schenker was a total guitar monster. UFOs creativity as a group cannot be understated.
I agree 100%, I feel their management really dropped the ball on these guys in getting the exposure they needed in the US during the beginning of the Super Group era.
When I heard or first heard of UFO, I had a bright green UFO 8-track called FORCE IT and it just came out.. I carried around with me and I'd pop it in different friends 8tracks and I'd brag because everybody loved it.. it was so different than anything else.. and I was the one that turned everybody onto UFO and basically they just came out well force it anywayz.. Then I had all my friends listening to UFO and then no heavy petting, lights out and the rest of UFOs albums..The first time I did Acid I was listening to obsession I quit doing it though cuz it weirded me out LOL... I was listening to no heavy petting when I met my wife..UFOs a part of my life and then Michael put his first album out and I was still pretty young.. I started listening to UFO when I was a teenager and now I'm 65.. Every album All My Life reminds me of past memories all my life thanks Phil and Michael and the rest.. your like family to me!!!
Just got turned on to UFO a few months ago from a friend introduced them to me. AWESOME! I am 65 and have been a hard rocker 4 years (saw Scorpions in Germany ('81 - '83 time frame), always loved Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, etc. All time favorite album is Deep Purple - Made in Japan - Child in Time. Now I gotta get all the UFO albums on vinyl I can!
I grew up in Germany where they were pretty big. I remember listening to them in 77/78 when I was 14/15. They were one of my favorites and later became the favorite. I live in Ohio and was lucky to see the reunion/walk on water tour in Cleveland w Schenker which was great of course but the highlight for me was they had a signing afterwards and I got to talk to each one for a bit and Michael was all surprised when I spoke to him in german and really nice like all of them. Pete told me a cute little story I will always remember. RIP The next year I named my horse UFO (one word in german) favorite group and he was really fast ,an unidentified flying object sometimes !
I´m still living in Bremen and in our "Tanzschule" back in 1973 the teacher played "Galactic Love" to warm up. This single is still in my record collection, just like some other early records from them. I couldn´t help and bought a Gibson Flying V. From time to time I play some songs I´ve learned long ago. Liebe Grüße !
What a band from beginning till now... always great musicians no matter who was in the group.. one of the greatest singers in rock n roll,whats not to love about this band
UFO Arguably the best rock bands of all time. Strangers in the night the best album of all time it is just relentless the power just keeps building, nothing else has hit the spot quite like it. Love you boys...
@@neilthompson5748 I agree I was just scrolling through the comments to see if anyone would claim they were underrated and sure enough, here it is. Everyone rates UFO.
SCHENKER WAS THEN LIKE A PRESENCE WHILE ON STAGE. HE WASN'T FLIPPING OVERLY TEASED PERMANENT BURNT HAIR AT THE FLEWSIES. HE KEPT A HAWK EYE ON THE FRETBOARD JUST AS IF HE WAS STILL LEARNING ABOUT HIS OWN PLAYING... MENTALLY TAKING NOTES ON HOW TO KEEP GETTING FASTER.. IF THAT WAS EVEN POSSIBLE. I KNOW .. UNFORTUNATELY .. I HAD THE ONE AND ONLY TIME TO SEE THEM OPEN FOR AEROSMITH IN PROBABLY 1978 AT ROBERT'S MUNICIPAL STADIUM IN EVANSVILLE INDIANA. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY EVER INCLUDED EVANSVILLE IN ON ANY TOURS OR I'D BEEN THERE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT I HAD BEFORE. I TOLD PEOPLE AROUND US... THAT IS GOING TO BE A DAMN TOUGH TASK FOR EVEN AEROSMITH TO COME OUT IN THE " ELECTRIC PHASE " UFO HAD CAST ACROSS THE EARS OF PROBABLY 12,000 BLOWN AWAY FANS VOWING TO BE AT KARMA RECORD STORE THE NEXT DAY. I DID NOTICE UFO DID NOT DO BUT FEW MORE SHOWS OPENING AND THEN HIT THE FIRST BILLING WITH A VENGEANCE.
If you don't get it you never will, it was a part of rock history and they fit in quite well, theirs was a mellow kick ass rock that I miss. The two playing the same note with one an octive down made it for me. They will forever live in my mind as one of the greatest bands too come out of the late 1970's their songs touched my life as it were at the time as if they were singing about me and my freinds,Rockon UFO.
I first saw them at Winterland in 1975 as the opening band for Montrose and Journey ($5!). They didn't exactly steal the show, but I did go out and buy Phenomenon. Their first three albums (w/ L Lyons), in my opinion, have some of the best songs and guitar work from the seventies. The difference between the MS shows and post-MS shows is like there's an frantic urgency by the rest of the band to keep up with Schenker's power and virtuosity which creates a great live act.
spot on. Especially Lights Out on the SITN album. By the urgent feeling of the song I thought it was about the WWII air raids in London where everyone had to turn their lights out and run into the bomb shelters.
You can say that again! I find it hard to comprehend they didn’t make it big! Only You Can Rock Me, Doctor Doctor, Lights Out, Rock Bottom, for Fuxks sake! Excellent songs! I liked them over Saxon and Whitesnake, Judas Priest, who all made it out of the NWOBHM bands!
My second ever gig at Gloucester leisure centre when I was 15 and hung about afterwards for autographs but told to go home they’re not coming out. Kept waiting and then a roadie said we could go up to the dressing room and there was Pete Way and Andy Parker who couldn’t have been nice to us. RIP Pete.
saw UFO at Ventura Theatre in 1995 right before their failed world tour with classic lineup and they basically played the live album "Strangers" plus 1 or 2 off their upcoming album. AWESOME! It was a sausage fest of 30 and 40 year old long hairs, everyone air guitaring and singing along. The band was totally into it, even Schenker with his backwards baseball hat was vibing. One of the best shows I ever saw.
A music documentary featuring full uncut clips of music?? Such a simple concept but we don't see it quite often... Well done, whoever you are out there!
I too was turned on to UFO & many great bands from older siblings. Hearing this music changed my life and made me become a musician . Getting to see this band live with my sisters and brother was awesome back in the 70s. I can't much say anything about music today . I know there are many great artists out there but this music is what it's all about .
UFO was probably the King of the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino Ca , we had a reputation for throwing bands off the stage, if they weren't heavy enough. but the three times I saw UFO (2 with MS) I got my ass kicked! there wasn't any other band that got so much love..and respect Phil's not kidding when he said they had success in the states.
He had a GREAT Rock voice. It came at you cutting sideways, ducking & swinging with power. And its perfect counterpoint was Schenkers guitar. It was a hot slicing sword being wielded by a master!
i first heard ufo when the album phenomenon was released. and i was amazed by them. and what most struck me was the exceptionally great songwriting, the one of a kind sound, and most of all phil moggs unique voice and beautiful melodys. always i have loved this band.🌪👻
UFO in the 70's and 80's was the greatest rock band on the planet. Michael Schenker was the greatest rock guitarist to ever come out of Germany. They blew away American rock bands. The solo in "out in the streets" made Michael Schenker the most important and influential guitar player until EVH.
In late 70s they were undeniably among the leading group. By mid-80s, however, they were not anymore, suffering a disintegration, half-hearted reformations and a crisis until Walk on Water. Don't forget early 80s brought an unexpected decline to many fine bands: UFO, Budgie, Nazareth, Styx, Rainbow, ELO, Peter Frampton and more.
Seen them in Oshkosh wi at the college in 78 they were the best schenker era and the chapman era all great🙏😅 Tonka was amazing guitarist underated who was the guitarist playing borderline
Bought 'Force It' after seeing half a UFO song live on German TV, there was this guy with blond hair all over, no face and no shirt, bent over a Flying V, waving it and playing like I had never heard before. I was sold instantly. Bought a natural colored Gibson Flying V myself not too long after, I still own two.
First album i ever liteted to UFO was my senior ye jn High School. In Sqaw Valley California. Obsession! Bought up every album. Phenomenon album my favorite.
Its always surprising to find out how many albums bands that weren't considered commercial giants sold over the years. Over 20 million worldwide for UFO, bands these days would kill for that.
My stepbrother took me to my first show. I was 13yo and he was 19yo. Memphis TN 1976. UFO and RUSH. 2112 tour and I was hooked. I saw Schenker in 2022 in Nashville with Damen Johnson warm up Great show. I took my 18yo nephew and he loved it. Thanks for the vid GREAT STUFF !!
I first heard UFO when Strangers was released, arguably one of the best ever live albums even if the artists aren't happy with the takes used...artists often aren't but as a listener to the finished product we don't know the details and just hear it as an amazing piece of work. It's still in my top albums list. What often doesn't get mentioned is how beautiful and emotional a lot of UFO songs are. They can still bring me to tears and not just with the MS line up, Black and Blue and Young Blood are made into beautiful songs by Phils vocals. An influential and inspirational band. My friend used to hang out with Paul Chapmans sister in the mid 80's but she had no idea who UFO were having to ask me and my mate who lived with her if we'd heard of UFO....'heard of them?!' we said, lol! For anyone in the UK who is interested in trivia, the red vinyl single that falls during the Top of the Pops intro of the late 70's or maybe 80's is Young Blood. Blessings all!🤘
I love these classic rock bands. Ive been a big fan of UFO since the late 70s when I discovered them. After Schenker left, they made damn sure to get guitar replacements that can rock out just as good. Certain bands always make sure they have the top notch guitarists. Def Leppard and Ozzy also make sure of top-notch guitarists.
Wow, that was great. Finally got to the end. (Got a bit bogged down for a while in the Paul Chapman segment.) Really made me wish I'd been more aware of Pete Way when he'd been around. Seemed really nice and very cognizant of the key band chemistry elements. Got the feeling maybe Schenker's being a bit concerned about going full super-star might've been what kept them from hitting it SO big, and he well might've been right. Just finished watching KISStory. Goodness knows that path is fraught with challenges. Sure some great footage in there!
Michael Guitar God Schenker. I was into UFO in 8th grade, with Phenomenon. Still love that album, pull it out and listen to it. Well, figuratively. I no longer have the vinyl sadly.
romiustexis,I remember dropn the needle down on natural thing, from strangers. I didn't know what to expect. I was 14 years old. Just getting into rock.never even heard led zep. I knew stairway. That's it.all I listened to was kiss and aerosmith and when I heard this album I knew what great hard rock music should sound like. Schenkers leads blew me away. Myfav. Guitarist and moggs vocals are what hard rock vocals should sound.everyone talks about Paul Rodgers.mogg is just as good.maybe better.and ways bass was what carried the song parker kept it together and Paul Raymond added melodic to the songs and kept the rythen on schenkers leads and I lived the streetwise lyric.most under rated band in hard rock history!!!
Wow amazing! Love Michael's guitar playing .🎸🎸 Strangers In The Night has to be one of the greatest live releases of the 70's. Fantastic performances and excellent sound.
Strangers in the night live album a favorite with M SHENKERS GUITAR LICKS KILL IT BUT THE WHOLE BAND JUST CHIMED TOGETHER,,, MAN TURN IT UP WHOLE CONCERT STRANGERS
My condolences to 3 members of UFO that passed away Pete, Raymond and Chapman, but that's really strange no one ever talks about the first UFO guitar player, even he had been appearing in the doc on the video clip "the return of prince kajuku" i'm talking about Mr. MICK BOLTON! Why no one talks about him? It's how if he never existed,did he suffer a kind of abduction? Idk... my point is if they wanted to talk about UFO history, there was a lack of 6 years before Michael Schenker became the UFO most famous guitar player.
As a polish citizen in comunists era I didn't have much possibilities to become a UFO fan or buy their records, but polish record companies pressed some of their highlights on singles. That's how I fell in love with such songs as Doctor Doctor, Shoot Shoot, Only you can rock me, Belladonna, Can you roll her, I'm a looser. I loved Phil's voice and guitar solos. I didn't know that was MS❣🤣 Great documentary! What a twisty story about how Michael got to the band. I can imagine how they were improvising that night! It is realy unusual improvising songs like this on spot! In other documentary Michael said that he was upset that for live record Stranger in the night company didn't consult with the band which songs would they choose for record.... Well, everyone got his treshold .... ❤
But at least the choice of stuff made for Strangers live album, with or without having consulted MS, proved phenomenal and winning. I can't think about better heavy rock live album, Lizzy's Dangerous coming close second (Unleashed, Hammersmith, Made In Japan and If You Want Blood also among the top ones).
Saw this band 3 times (one time when they opened for Cheap Trick around 1981)....great show every time. Love the Deluxe "Stangers in The Night" box set........Schenker-fest deluxe...
UFO rocked my childhood and still rocks me in decade#6! BTW, notice how you don't see any pedals on the stage? Schenker didn't need all that shit...just a Gibson, a Marshall and a wah-wah from time to time :)
Michael didn't use the Wah pedal in the way one would expect. Most of the time he had the pedal dialed to a certain position permanently, so it would filter the guitar sound with a strong Mids bell, therefore making his guitar sound cut through the mix better, genius in a lot of aspects. Later he'd also use a delay and a volume pedal, in his Monitor leads (the sound of those never went to the P.A.) so he could control the volume of his fold back speakers himself and the delay allegedly helped him to find the next harmonizing notes to play.
Phil 'Colon' describing Michael Schenker's technique and ability as 100% ordinary is pretty f'n funny. Michael is a living legend. Phil is a nice guy and good player in an unusually popular power pop band that licks UFO's ass in terms of rock n roll heaviness. His band is the Justin Bieber of British metal compared to UFO, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden for example. The Leps are a girly band compared to these iconic British bands.
that's awesome, i saw them one night on Don Kirshners rock concert on TV, and went out and bought Strangers...what an album...mid 80's i saw them at a club in Boston, and got there early and watched soundcheck
I was a Kiss fan back in the day.....so were these other kids in my HS class back in 75........and they said.......Man...Kiss 's badest song was ....to them at the time....Rock Bottom.......then I said ....I know a killer better.........UFOs Rock Bottom.....after that....it was just.......WOW......Geeze.....my brain hurts after that.........blown away
If they were on a bigger label with a larger promotion budget like Atlantic (Zeppelin) or Warner Bothers (Black Sabbath), I have no doubt they would have been just as big as those 2 bands
Best original heavy metal band bar none. Everybody else was a cheap commercial imitation and boring. Senior year of high school (1979) saw them in Chicago's amphitheater. Unforgettable night. Thanks for the video.
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UFO was one of those bands that should've been massive, I blame their management for slacking on key opportunities that could have catapulted their standing as one of the what was called the Super Groups back in those days. At the same time it held Schenker back from getting the exposure he deserved to be recognized publicly, as one of the greatest guitar players of our time. I'm just thankful that the guitar players who came after him gave him the recognition he deserved.
I agree... I think Schenker is by far one of the best guitar players ever, his melodic style and tone cannot be overstated.
this band i still listening 2021
stranger in the night
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discovered UFO in the early 80's...I've only met 3 or 4 people who are fans over the yrs...finding another UFO fan is like finding a long lost family member
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Same story here taypax! Discovered them in '79 and still a huge UFO fan today. Only I'm very partial to UFO with Schenker....the ORIGINAL UFO! Not to say the rest weren't talented, but as a guitarist, Schenker was and always will be my GUITAR HERO!!
@@MrMajikman1 Have you heard of Mick Bolton? He is the original guitarist in UFO.
Speaking of which, Paul Chapman, another former
guitar player of the UFO family died on the 9th of June exactly on his 66 birthday (Ridiculous), Paul Raymond died on the 19th of April 2019.
@@tieukhavu8832 Raymond died on April 13th
Pete Way was just a total force of nature, RIP
When I saw them live with Judas Priest, everyone except me and my friend who is a guitar player thought that Pete Way was the lead guitarist of UFO instead of Paul Chapman. 1979 my local community college gymnasium. Pete Way is certainly missed by me.
I'm 58 years old now but I was listening to UFO when I was 13 years old and I fell in love with Michael Schenker's guitar work especially in a song called Rock Bottom, off their live album. his guitar just had that killer instinct that wasn't going to quit until it had murdered you. It was pure and adulterated ear candy. Unfortunately I've never able to go see them in concert, so it is a treat to see him here today on UA-cam. I still would prefer to see him live but this is pretty good and sound quality of this concert is great. Thank you member so UFO for making money teenage years go bye a lot better than some of the crap they had running on the radio back then. For instance the Carpenters hahaha
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Lights Out for me.
Saw them a few times with Chapman. Schenker used to post in the local weekly recycler paper back in the 90s, he was giving lessons for $300 an hour.
The entire Force It album is my favorite.
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Do you have a copy of that ad?
No one can sing like Karen Carpenter.
The attention Schenker got from the guitar players in the audience must of driven Mogg nuts. The second UFO concert I saw Michael had short hair. I was up front and never took my eyes off him with Mogg directly in front of me. For a brief moment Mogg got my attention. About 10 seconds later I turned back to Schenker. And stayed there to the end. At the time Michael was one of the few rock guitarists that could mix beautiful melodic passages with blistering leads. He was fresh, unique, gifted.
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And he still is!!!!!!
Been listening to UFO since the early 70's, and still am! 2 of their albums I really liked was "Force it" and "Strangers in the Night".
Me too!
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Ditto!!!!
Hell yeah install UFO I think it was in 77 at the Los Angeles Forum with Blue Oyster Cult one of the best shows I've seen❤
No one ever talks about Andy Parker, on drums, but I think he was quite exceptional! All this music from a guitar, a base a piano and a drum set! Great stuff!
Agreed. I think he and Brian Downey are two completely overlooked hard rock drummers.
@@MichaelMaxwell747 couldn´t agree more
@@MichaelMaxwell747 Of course he's a great drummer. The others that I listened on the later UFO albums are great as well.
@@tieukhavu8832 ...UFOs "Walk on Water" from 96' was one of the best, Angely Dunbar played on the next & Jason Bonham played on a surperb album called "You are here"...check it out, it's one of thier best with a killer drum sound !
@@patrickdevinelntervention2683 When the daylight goes to town is a great song. To me, it's like the classic period when Michael was still in the band. "Walk on Water" was released on the 14th of April 1995.
Strangers in the night is the best live album of all time. Saw ufo a couple times without Michael and saw Michael once in MSG and would have loved to see the boys together. Nothing like 70’s hard rock
I call it the best live hard rock album of all time...for hard rock absoloutely..the entire album is great.
A friend of mine turned me on to the Force It album in late 1975. Been a fan every since.
I saw them in October of 1978 with Foreigner. My brother had seen UFO at Day on the Green in 1976 and he told me Michael Schenker was going to blow me away, and he did!! The whole band was AWESOME. Pete Way, Phil Moog, Andy Parker and Paul Raymond. UFO KICKED ASS!!
I've been a huge UFO fan since 1977 when I was 14. I've been lucky enough to see them 6 times in concert including 2 in the front row. And while I really enjoy the Schenker era - if you don't check out their entire discography you are missing out. Even the Misdemeanor and EP from the Mid 80's is pretty good. The Chapman era was great and in Feb of 1982 me and some friends drove from McPherson to WIchita to see UFO open for Ozzy - this was about a month or so before Randy Rhodes plane crash.
We got there way early and waited at the front of the door. There was a lawn and garden show at the adjoining complex. It was funny seeing all the old codgers wandering around. This was like noon. We got bored and wandered around and found an open door and ended up back state in the dressing rooms. Some english guy came in to chase us out and we handed him one of our bumper stickers manufactured from McPherson State Bank - it originally said "lucky me I'm from McPherson". Well with some cutting and pasting it became *uck me I"m from Mcpherson - anyhow the guy laughed and showed us around before kicking us out. It was still so early we reassumed our place at the front of the door.
Once the doors opened we hauled ass to the front of the barrier and held on for dear life. Ufo was touring Mechanix. The show was unbelieveable. Asa UFO was exiting I called to Pete Way - hey Pete throw me your pick. He did and it bounced off my hand and someone esle got it. Damn!!!
Recently I've really gotten into the Vinny Moore era of the band and if you are a UFO fan and don't give all 5 records a spin you are missing out. 6 if you count the cover album. We saw UFO in Sioux City in 2017 with Saxon and again from the front row. Right in front of VInnie and he could not have been cooler. He talked to us between songs and was as cool as any rock star ever and I've been fortunate enough to meet (and work with) quite a few.
With apologies to Iron Maiden whom I love and have seen all over the place - UFO is my favorite band. Every era is worth a listen and from 74 on they all kick ass. Check out Black and Blue on the Monkey Puzzle - that stands up with any of the Schenker era stuff.
But as we all know - no matter what UFO album you are listening to - you know its gonna rock!
I saw them with Paul Chapman in 1979. It was almost hard to appreciate them because Judas Priest had literally just blown the roof off of that place. Tiny venue full volume full throttle microphone held to the tailpipe of a Harley Davidson, Flying V literally flying. UFO was still great, also very loud maybe louder. I was not familiar with any of either band's songs yet but it changed my life.
Without doubt, the greatest rock and roll band of all time. I've seen them twice. I seen them at the1:21:4 shark club in Las Vegas. And I've seen them in Chicago for the lights out, album lights out Chicago. I love the walk on water album when they get back together. I love everything about the band..❤
If they don't put them in a rock and roll hall of fame, they should close their doors. That's my opinion.. So let it be let them in.😢
He's right UFO never caught on in the US until 78 with Lights Out and they had a killer discography before that came out.
UFO is my go to band. I can almost tear up when listening to any. Of their stuff from Phenomenon to Obsession because of their tightness and Schenkers amazing guitar work.
What a DAMN band!
I hear ya Eddie. My ass tears up too. Us old timers have been with UFO , for me anyway , since 73. My favorite band hands down.
I saw MSG at a small venue in the LA when I was 14. I was the biggest Schenker fan as were my friends. Still am
@@alansaks6171 That`s great Alan what year did you see MS?
@tbuc2920 1980 or 81. And you wouldn't believe this but a 16 year old future guitarist named Saul was with us. Slash
Greatest rock n roll band ever!! Love you guys
the whole band was perfect, Rock Star
Huge UFO fan. Been listening to them since the 70’s. Phenomenon an awesome album that I still listen to.
I was glad when they brought in Paul Raymond playing rhythm guitar and keyboards. It freed Michael up on his guitar.
It creates a massiv sound carpet, When Paul backed him up.
Am I the only person here who was literally in love with Phil Mogg? I saw UFO at Preston Guild Hall (one of the first gigs I ever went to) probably 81 or 82. Who would be lead guitarist back then? I guess I wasn't that bothered🙄
I do love the drumming though. You can't dance without a drum beat.😉
33.30 Paul Raymond playing keyboards with his Gibson SG still strapped on ready to start hammering out some rhythm guitar. What band wouldn't want a guy like that.
Truly classic music & albums of ALL TIME!
It's a shame they were not 10 times bigger because they were great in every aspect.. and as a guitarist Michael Schenker always went places that were surprising in his playing.. always very interesting and kept you guessing with his lead work one of my favorite guitar players ever
I agree Michael S strangers live blows me away. Crank it up you'll see . Fave album
You nailed it Janiter, absolutely correct. They should have been 1,000 times bigger. Michael Schenker was a total guitar monster. UFOs creativity as a group cannot be understated.
I agree 100%, I feel their management really dropped the ball on these guys in getting the exposure they needed in the US during the beginning of the Super Group era.
They didn’t write a hit!
When I heard or first heard of UFO, I had a bright green UFO 8-track called FORCE IT and it just came out.. I carried around with me and I'd pop it in different friends 8tracks and I'd brag because everybody loved it.. it was so different than anything else.. and I was the one that turned everybody onto UFO and basically they just came out well force it anywayz.. Then I had all my friends listening to UFO and then no heavy petting, lights out and the rest of UFOs albums..The first time I did Acid I was listening to obsession I quit doing it though cuz it weirded me out LOL... I was listening to no heavy petting when I met my wife..UFOs a part of my life and then Michael put his first album out and I was still pretty young.. I started listening to UFO when I was a teenager and now I'm 65.. Every album All My Life reminds me of past memories all my life thanks Phil and Michael and the rest.. your like family to me!!!
Outstanding! The most underrated hard rock band of all time!!!!!
That depends on who is doing the rating.
So great to see all this live footage of one of my favorite bands.
Great Band Totally Criminally Underrated!!!
Just got turned on to UFO a few months ago from a friend introduced them to me. AWESOME! I am 65 and have been a hard rocker 4 years (saw Scorpions in Germany ('81 - '83 time frame), always loved Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, etc. All time favorite album is Deep Purple - Made in Japan - Child in Time. Now I gotta get all the UFO albums on vinyl I can!
How you missed them! I am 61...use to listen to them in HS 77-79 blasting a friends boom box their cassettes lol!
Get Phenomenon. Awesome album.
Made In Japan. 👉🏾👍🏾🫵🏾
I grew up in Germany where they were pretty big.
I remember listening to them in 77/78 when I was 14/15.
They were one of my favorites and later became the favorite.
I live in Ohio and was lucky to see the reunion/walk on water tour in Cleveland w Schenker which was great of course but the highlight for me was they had a signing afterwards and I got to talk to each one for a bit and Michael was all surprised when I spoke to him in german and really nice like all of them.
Pete told me a cute little story I will always remember. RIP
The next year I named my horse UFO (one word in german) favorite group and he was really fast ,an unidentified flying object sometimes !
I´m still living in Bremen and in our "Tanzschule" back in 1973 the teacher played "Galactic Love" to warm up. This single is still in my record collection, just like some other early records from them. I couldn´t help and bought a Gibson Flying V. From time to time I play some songs I´ve learned long ago. Liebe Grüße !
What a band from beginning till now... always great musicians no matter who was in the group.. one of the greatest singers in rock n roll,whats not to love about this band
The best hidden gems are the ones like this.Radio does not tell me what to like ..My ears do...Greatest band.. Period....
The best singer and guitar player of all time!!!
UFO Arguably the best rock bands of all time. Strangers in the night the best album of all time it is just relentless the power just keeps building, nothing else has hit the spot quite like it.
Love you boys...
I love phil Moog's voice
Was there in Chicago what a night....!!!!!!!
UFO were incredible!!
one of the most underrated bands of all time
underrated ?? - they were massive !!
Way ahead of there time paved the. Way for some artists of the eighties.
@@neilthompson5748 Agreed! I hate people overusing the word underrated. UFO was AWESOME!
I think High Tide and Tractor were the most underrated bands of all time Nobody`s ever heard of them
@@neilthompson5748 I agree I was just scrolling through the comments to see if anyone would claim they were underrated and sure enough, here it is. Everyone rates UFO.
With Schenker, one of the greatest rock bands of all time.
With out a doubt. I saw them in 1978 with Foreigner. Obsession tour. Schenker was AWESOME.
@@jamesbone105 Wow. Very cool. Must have been one hell of a show. They were at their peak in 78, and you saw them shortly before Schenker left.
I saw them open for Rush in Houston 11/20/77
Amazing show ⚡️
@@vidsforsquids Wow. That is legendary stuff right there. 🤟
SCHENKER WAS THEN LIKE A PRESENCE WHILE ON STAGE. HE WASN'T FLIPPING OVERLY TEASED PERMANENT BURNT HAIR AT THE FLEWSIES. HE KEPT A HAWK EYE ON THE FRETBOARD JUST AS IF HE WAS STILL LEARNING ABOUT HIS OWN PLAYING... MENTALLY TAKING NOTES ON HOW TO KEEP GETTING FASTER.. IF THAT WAS EVEN POSSIBLE. I KNOW .. UNFORTUNATELY .. I HAD THE ONE AND ONLY TIME TO SEE THEM OPEN FOR AEROSMITH IN PROBABLY 1978 AT ROBERT'S MUNICIPAL STADIUM IN EVANSVILLE INDIANA. I DON'T BELIEVE THEY EVER INCLUDED EVANSVILLE IN ON ANY TOURS OR I'D BEEN THERE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT I HAD BEFORE. I TOLD PEOPLE AROUND US... THAT IS GOING TO BE A DAMN TOUGH TASK FOR EVEN AEROSMITH TO COME OUT IN THE " ELECTRIC PHASE " UFO HAD CAST ACROSS THE EARS OF PROBABLY 12,000 BLOWN AWAY FANS VOWING TO BE AT KARMA RECORD STORE THE NEXT DAY. I DID NOTICE UFO DID NOT DO BUT FEW MORE SHOWS OPENING AND THEN HIT THE FIRST BILLING WITH A VENGEANCE.
If you don't get it you never will, it was a part of rock history and they fit in quite well, theirs was a mellow kick ass rock that I miss. The two playing the same note with one an octive down made it for me. They will forever live in my mind as one of the greatest bands too come out of the late 1970's their songs touched my life as it were at the time as if they were singing about me and my freinds,Rockon UFO.
I first saw them at Winterland in 1975 as the opening band for Montrose and Journey ($5!). They didn't exactly steal the show, but I did go out and buy Phenomenon. Their first three albums (w/ L Lyons), in my opinion, have some of the best songs and guitar work from the seventies. The difference between the MS shows and post-MS shows is like there's an frantic urgency by the rest of the band to keep up with Schenker's power and virtuosity which creates a great live act.
spot on. Especially Lights Out on the SITN album. By the urgent feeling of the song I thought it was about the WWII air raids in London where everyone had to turn their lights out and run into the bomb shelters.
The most underrated band in Rock History.
thin lizzy.
@@Frip36Las dos. Mis dos bandas favoritas son las menos apreciadas: Thin Lizzy y UFO.
You can say that again!
I find it hard to comprehend they didn’t make it big!
Only You Can Rock Me, Doctor Doctor, Lights Out, Rock Bottom, for Fuxks sake!
Excellent songs!
I liked them over Saxon and Whitesnake, Judas Priest, who all made it out of the NWOBHM bands!
@Frip36 Huh? underrated? Hardly! Tons of hits, stadium tours and well regarded by their peers.
What a great drummer Andy Parker was/is
Michael and Uli Jon Roth r germans top notch guitar players..... and both ex Scorps.
My second ever gig at Gloucester leisure centre when I was 15 and hung about afterwards for autographs but told to go home they’re not coming out. Kept waiting and then a roadie said we could go up to the dressing room and there was Pete Way and Andy Parker who couldn’t have been nice to us.
RIP Pete.
saw UFO at Ventura Theatre in 1995 right before their failed world tour with classic lineup and they basically played the live album "Strangers" plus 1 or 2 off their upcoming album. AWESOME! It was a sausage fest of 30 and 40 year old long hairs, everyone air guitaring and singing along. The band was totally into it, even Schenker with his backwards baseball hat was vibing. One of the best shows I ever saw.
A music documentary featuring full uncut clips of music?? Such a simple concept but we don't see it quite often... Well done, whoever you are out there!
Wanderfull music by one of the greatest rock bands 🎸
With UFO You could always count on a long and mesmerising lead cut from king schenker.
UFO Force IT, still one of my favorite albums from this era. Just hard driving power rock at it's best.
I too was turned on to UFO & many great bands from older siblings. Hearing this music changed my life and made me become a musician . Getting to see this band live with my sisters and brother was awesome back in the 70s. I can't much say anything about music today . I know there are many great artists out there but this music is what it's all about .
Mogg. one of the best voices in R&R history!
UFO was probably the King of the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino Ca , we had a reputation for throwing bands off the stage, if they weren't heavy enough. but the three times I saw UFO (2 with MS) I got my ass kicked! there wasn't any other band that got so much love..and respect Phil's not kidding when he said they had success in the states.
I agree
Agreed ... Frankie Miller as well... Phil Lynott, Paul Rodgers...
No doubt, right along with Steve Marriott.
He had a GREAT Rock voice. It came at you cutting sideways, ducking & swinging with power. And its perfect counterpoint was Schenkers guitar. It was a hot slicing sword being wielded by a master!
i first heard ufo when the album phenomenon was released. and i was amazed by them. and what most struck me was the exceptionally great songwriting, the one of a kind sound, and most of all phil moggs unique voice and beautiful melodys. always i have loved this band.🌪👻
I listened to the first album,early 70,s and still listening today 2024 ,badAss
UFO in the 70's and 80's was the greatest rock band on the planet. Michael Schenker was the greatest rock guitarist to ever come out of Germany. They blew away American rock bands. The solo in "out in the streets" made Michael Schenker the most important and influential guitar player until EVH.
My favorite band UFO. Although Randy Rhodes can not be over looked from Ozzies band.
Broadfieldpoint listened to that tonight...
Tonight by ozzy is probably my favorite song with randy and ufo lights out with Michael is my favorite
In late 70s they were undeniably among the leading group. By mid-80s, however, they were not anymore, suffering a disintegration, half-hearted reformations and a crisis until Walk on Water. Don't forget early 80s brought an unexpected decline to many fine bands: UFO, Budgie, Nazareth, Styx, Rainbow, ELO, Peter Frampton and more.
Seen them in Oshkosh wi at the college in 78 they were the best schenker era and the chapman era all great🙏😅 Tonka was amazing guitarist underated who was the guitarist playing borderline
First live band I ever saw at Cleethorpes Winter Gardens in the 70's. Been a fan ever since.
First gig I ever went to as a 15 year old was UFO at the Edinburgh Odeon in January 1980 on the No Place to Run tour. It was fantastic.
Bought 'Force It' after seeing half a UFO song live on German TV, there was this guy with blond hair all over, no face and no shirt, bent over a Flying V, waving it and playing like I had never heard before. I was sold instantly. Bought a natural colored Gibson Flying V myself not too long after, I still own two.
First album i ever liteted to UFO was my senior ye jn High School. In Sqaw Valley California. Obsession! Bought up every album. Phenomenon album my favorite.
Wonderful documentary of a beloved band. Wished they had included comments from Andy Parker and Paul Raymond
Phil is such an amazing vocalist. Singing just slightly behind the beat and so relaxed it's just such a unique style
Its always surprising to find out how many albums bands that weren't considered commercial giants sold over the years. Over 20 million worldwide for UFO, bands these days would kill for that.
My stepbrother took me to my first show. I was 13yo and he was 19yo. Memphis TN 1976. UFO and RUSH. 2112 tour and I was hooked. I saw Schenker in 2022 in Nashville with Damen Johnson warm up Great show. I took my 18yo nephew and he loved it. Thanks for the vid GREAT STUFF !!
Great band .Strangers in the night was a great live album.At their best with Michael Schenker his guitar work on Lights Out is amazing.
The Guitar solo on this kids is bloody amazing
👍 one heck of a TASTY bad boy SOLO man it got a style all so original not like oh yes I'VE heard that nope this i a rare coin
I first heard UFO when Strangers was released, arguably one of the best ever live albums even if the artists aren't happy with the takes used...artists often aren't but as a listener to the finished product we don't know the details and just hear it as an amazing piece of work. It's still in my top albums list. What often doesn't get mentioned is how beautiful and emotional a lot of UFO songs are. They can still bring me to tears and not just with the MS line up, Black and Blue and Young Blood are made into beautiful songs by Phils vocals. An influential and inspirational band. My friend used to hang out with Paul Chapmans sister in the mid 80's but she had no idea who UFO were having to ask me and my mate who lived with her if we'd heard of UFO....'heard of them?!' we said, lol! For anyone in the UK who is interested in trivia, the red vinyl single that falls during the Top of the Pops intro of the late 70's or maybe 80's is Young Blood. Blessings all!🤘
Great take on my favorite live album ever. It is a pure get away= escape, rock out, bang and marvel at the Led Zepellin-esque cohesion!
I love these classic rock bands. Ive been a big fan of UFO since the late 70s when I discovered them. After Schenker left, they made damn sure to get guitar replacements that can rock out just as good. Certain bands always make sure they have the top notch guitarists. Def Leppard and Ozzy also make sure of top-notch guitarists.
Wow, that was great. Finally got to the end. (Got a bit bogged down for a while in the Paul Chapman segment.) Really made me wish I'd been more aware of Pete Way when he'd been around. Seemed really nice and very cognizant of the key band chemistry elements.
Got the feeling maybe Schenker's being a bit concerned about going full super-star might've been what kept them from hitting it SO big, and he well might've been right. Just finished watching KISStory. Goodness knows that path is fraught with challenges. Sure some great footage in there!
OH UFO - HELL YEAH! Michel Schenker (UFO, MSG) and bro Rudolph (Scorpions)... had all their albums fro the 70's...
Longtime fan, but this video gives me a new appreciation for the band, especially live.
Brings back so many great memories of my youth! UFO rocks forever!
Michael Guitar God Schenker.
I was into UFO in 8th grade, with Phenomenon. Still love that album, pull it out and listen to it. Well, figuratively. I no longer have the vinyl sadly.
UFO rocks! welcome to the family. You are right. Nothing like a UFO fan!!!
romiustexis,I remember dropn the needle down on natural thing, from strangers. I didn't know what to expect. I was 14 years old. Just getting into rock.never even heard led zep. I knew stairway. That's it.all I listened to was kiss and aerosmith and when I heard this album I knew what great hard rock music should sound like. Schenkers leads blew me away. Myfav. Guitarist and moggs vocals are what hard rock vocals should sound.everyone talks about Paul Rodgers.mogg is just as good.maybe better.and ways bass was what carried the song parker kept it together and Paul Raymond added melodic to the songs and kept the rythen on schenkers leads and I lived the streetwise lyric.most under rated band in hard rock history!!!
Not under rated to REAL ROCKERS! We actually KNEW talent....and UFO WAS talent!
Letting go! That such a badass riff! Paul tonka Chapman 🤘 he played that awesome⚡️space ace Ron⚡️
Wow amazing! Love Michael's guitar playing .🎸🎸 Strangers In The Night has to be one of the greatest live releases of the 70's. Fantastic performances and excellent sound.
I was lucky enuff to see UFO in all their glory for the "Strangers in the Night" recording!
Oct.14-16 1979
International Amphitheatre
Chicago, IL. USA
Considered by many to be one of the greatest live albums ever recorded. Lucky you!
it was awesome!.. i was there, too
LOL I was there to one of the best shows !!!!
U F O, Winterland, San Francisco, Ca. 1977(Lights Out Tour). U F O, Carson Tahoe Speedway, NV. 1978. Awesome!
U F O Winterland, San Francisco, Ca. 1977 + U F O Tahoe Carson Speedway, Carson City, NV 1978
Strangers in the night live album a favorite with M SHENKERS GUITAR LICKS KILL IT BUT THE WHOLE BAND JUST CHIMED TOGETHER,,, MAN TURN IT UP WHOLE CONCERT STRANGERS
that chance opportunity to invite Michael into the band changed history.
awesome band..schenker is the best lead guitarest in the world..!!
UFO is in the first Line with Zepp,Purple,Pink, and dont forget URIAH HEEP
Heep and UFO are 2 of my 10 favorite bands ever!
Great Band! ~ Killer Lead guitar too! :)
When i first discovered "Cherry" i listened to every verson i could find 🍒...awesome song !
One Of The Greatest Band's EVER!
My condolences to 3 members of UFO that passed away Pete, Raymond and Chapman, but that's really strange no one ever talks about the first UFO guitar player, even he had been appearing in the doc on the video clip "the return of prince kajuku" i'm talking about Mr. MICK BOLTON! Why no one talks about him? It's how if he never existed,did he suffer a kind of abduction? Idk... my point is if they wanted to talk about UFO history, there was a lack of 6 years before Michael Schenker became the UFO most famous guitar player.
Found them in the late 70s in high school and still love them. Saw them with M.S in ventura ca. Late 90's. They were incredible.
This is a cool Band
I have all Vinyl Albums
Hail from AustriA
As a polish citizen in comunists era I didn't have much possibilities to become a UFO fan or buy their records, but polish record companies pressed some of their highlights on singles. That's how I fell in love with such songs as Doctor Doctor, Shoot Shoot, Only you can rock me, Belladonna, Can you roll her, I'm a looser. I loved Phil's voice and guitar solos. I didn't know that was MS❣🤣
Great documentary! What a twisty story about how Michael got to the band. I can imagine how they were improvising that night! It is realy unusual improvising songs like this on spot! In other documentary Michael said that he was upset that for live record Stranger in the night company didn't consult with the band which songs would they choose for record....
Well, everyone got his treshold ....
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But at least the choice of stuff made for Strangers live album, with or without having consulted MS, proved phenomenal and winning. I can't think about better heavy rock live album, Lizzy's Dangerous coming close second (Unleashed, Hammersmith, Made In Japan and If You Want Blood also among the top ones).
Saw this band 3 times (one time when they opened for Cheap Trick around 1981)....great show every time. Love the Deluxe "Stangers in The Night" box set........Schenker-fest deluxe...
UFO rocked my childhood and still rocks me in decade#6! BTW, notice how you don't see any pedals on the stage? Schenker didn't need all that shit...just a Gibson, a Marshall and a wah-wah from time to time :)
Michael didn't use the Wah pedal in the way one would expect. Most of the time he had the pedal dialed to a certain position permanently, so it would filter the guitar sound with a strong Mids bell, therefore making his guitar sound cut through the mix better, genius in a lot of aspects. Later he'd also use a delay and a volume pedal, in his Monitor leads (the sound of those never went to the P.A.) so he could control the volume of his fold back speakers himself and the delay allegedly helped him to find the next harmonizing notes to play.
Michael Schenker is the best guitar player ever. If radio would have given UFO more air time there would be so many more fans. MSG the same.
MICHALE AND RANDY RHODES .BEST EVER!!
Phil 'Colon' describing Michael Schenker's technique and ability as 100% ordinary is pretty f'n funny. Michael is a living legend. Phil is a nice guy and good player in an unusually popular power pop band that licks UFO's ass in terms of rock n roll heaviness. His band is the Justin Bieber of British metal compared to UFO, Judas Priest and Iron Maiden for example. The Leps are a girly band compared to these iconic British bands.
As a fellow Chicago person, "Lights Out, Lights Out Chicago" That live album was quite popular in high school in 78, and is still on my iPod!!!
Love this band, so underated
TOTALLY AGREE.
that's awesome, i saw them one night on Don Kirshners rock concert on TV, and went out and bought Strangers...what an album...mid 80's i saw them at a club in Boston, and got there early and watched soundcheck
Can't wait to see these again in Holmfirth in Feb.Phil Mogg is the best singer of all time.Badass!!
Thats just Wonderful, wunderbar .....
Phil Mogg's stage presence and vocals were so "Right On" !! If it wasn't Real, it would appear he was a master thespian !
I was a Kiss fan back in the day.....so were these other kids in my HS class back in 75........and they said.......Man...Kiss 's badest song was ....to them at the time....Rock Bottom.......then I said ....I know a killer better.........UFOs Rock Bottom.....after that....it was just.......WOW......Geeze.....my brain hurts after that.........blown away
If they were on a bigger label with a larger promotion budget like Atlantic (Zeppelin) or Warner Bothers (Black Sabbath), I have no doubt they would have been just as big as those 2 bands
UFO Where my world 1978 ..Underrated class act !!!
The best rock band of all time in all configurations !
Saw them in Duluth, Mn. in the summer of 76'. They played with Head East and Foreigner. Great show, though there were no seats, lol.
Best original heavy metal band bar none. Everybody else was a cheap commercial imitation and boring. Senior year of high school (1979) saw them in Chicago's amphitheater. Unforgettable night. Thanks for the video.
I was there too!
Their Lights Out tour was just incredible to experience. perfection
Fantastic band.....Michael Schenker (and Tony Iommi) is why I started playing guitar