Axe hero Michael Schenker has launched a visualiser for his new model of the 1977 UFO basic Love To Love. The epic monitor, which is taken from Schenker’s latest My Years With UFO assortment, encompasses a uncommon new studio vocal from Weapons N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose.
Throughout periods for the album recorded in Frankfurt in 2023, Rose agreed to check out three UFO songs to see how they labored out. He picked Too Sizzling To Deal with and Love To Love from the Lights Out album, and Solely You Can Rock Me from the next 12 months’s Obsession.
“Axl is a perfectionist,” Schenker advised Traditional Rock earlier this 12 months. “He places the whole lot underneath the microscope. He was not completely happy together with his efficiency on Too Sizzling To Deal with and Solely You Can Rock Me, however he did such an ideal model of Love To Love.”
“He would return into the studio and do one thing else: ‘It’s not proper but, it’s not proper but!’ We waited and waited, and ultimately he bought it. It’s a very good track for Axl to sing.”
My Years With UFO was produced by Schenker and Michael Voss, with the band line-up accomplished by Derek Sherinian on keyboards, Barry Sparks on bass, and Brian Tichy on drums. Different musicians guesting on the album embody Rose’s GN’R bandmate Slash, former Twisted Sister frontman Dee Snider, Joe Lynn Turner, Saxon’s Biff Byford and ex-H.e.a.t./Skid Row frontman Erik Grönwall.
Schenker’s My Years With UFO tour kicks off in Zoetermeer within the Netherlands on April 9. Full dates under – extra will probably be introduced.
Michael Schenker: My Years With UFO tour
Apr 09: Zoetermeer Poppodium Boerderij, Netherlands
Apr 10: Hamburg Fabrik, Germany
Apr 11: Coesfeld Fabrik, Germany
Apr 12: Neuruppin Kulturhaus Stadtgarten, Germany
Apr 14: Jena F-Haus Jena , Germany
Apr 16: Krakow Klub Kwadrat, Poland
Apr 17: Vienna Simm Metropolis , Austria
Apr 19: Mannheim Capitol, Germany
Apr 21: Augsburg Spectrum Membership, Germany
Apr 22: Nuremberg Der Hirsch, Germany
Apr 24: Vaureal Le Discussion board, France
Apr 25: Maastricht Muziekgieterij, Netherlands
Apr 26: UdenDe Pul, Netherlands
Apr 27: Herford Kulturwerk, Germany
Apr 28: Bochum Zeche, Germany
Apr 30: Pratteln Konzertfabrik Z7, Switzerland
Might 01: Milan Alcatraz , Italy
Might 02: Mozac L’Arlequin , France
