🎵 2022-04-06 21:35:26 – Paris/France.
Michael Schenkerthe German guitar virtuoso who made his recording debut aged 16 on the SCORPIONS' "Lone Raven" album and rose to fame as the guitarist of the English hard rock band OVNI, spoke to The Metal Voice of Canada about how he was able to influence an entire generation of guitarists who would define 1980s heavy metal. When the interviewer Jimmy Kay mentioned the fact that several members of IRON MAIDEN publicly acknowledged the inspiration they drew from his early recordings, Schenker answered (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Yeah, it’s all true. [MAIDEN bassist] Steve Harris is a suit Pete Way [late UFO bassist] fan. He even dresses like him. It is the same KK Downing From JUDAS PRIEST; [he] dresses like me. I went to Whiskey [A Go Go in West Hollywood, California] when I was 18, when I was on my first US tour, and there was JUDAS PRIEST playing. And my girlfriend and I wanted to see, because we heard about it. And there was KK Downingthe guitarist of JUDAS PRIESThaving my perm and playing a Flying V [guitar] in an almost identical outfit. I mean, I looked at my girlfriend; she looked at me. It was like deja vu; it was, like, 'What is this?' It was me again. I couldn't believe it; it was amazing. »
After Kay noted that it is "incredible" how "everyone [was] copying" Schenkerhis look and his guitar playing, Michael says, "Yeah, at least that was in the 80s. That's what happens." They either copied me or Eddie Van Halenor they copied themselves from the 80s scene, just to be part of a trend. »
During the last years, Schenker repeatedly accused his brother, SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenkerof "completely deforming" Michael's' personality like an icon using the Flying V itself. " Occasionally Rodolphe come up to me and proudly tell me who tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Hey, MichaelHow's it going?' slash et Joe Perryfor example, " Michael told guitar world in a 2020 interview. "While I wasn't watching, he managed for years to distort the image of the Schenker brothers. People don't know who is who anymore. It's amazing how he managed to twist everything. Rodolphe make a deal with Gibson for black and white guitars. He asked me if I mind if he played a black and white Flying V. I wondered why he wanted to be me, but I just said, “Go ahead. Then he pushed this far trying to make the black and white image his own. He doesn't know who he is. Then he had the nerve to make a deal with Gibson for a Flying V signature.”
Last year, Downing told Sound Perspectives that he was inspired to play a Flying V guitar at an early age. “It goes back to my childhood,” he said. “I saw the Flying V in the store and couldn't afford it. And I used to watch it. I was that Oliver Twist kind of kid – [I] didn't have the money, but somehow I knew it was the guitar for what I wanted to do. And now, of course, the Flying V is synonymous with metal and heavy rock. For me, there was never a question. »
Few years ago, Schenker told classic rock magazine that he doesn't listen to other people's music. “I just do what I love,” he said. “I could never have a conversation about guitars, because I don't know the technical terms. I can't even have a conversation about music, because I don't communicate at that level. I just play.
"I know that every person is unique, so there's a lot inside of every person that no one knows," he continued. “If you decide to share some of that, you add something to the world that didn't exist before. That's what I did with the music. Right from the start, when I was 17. I stopped listening to music, I stopped copying people. I just released new colors. No music. No radio. Nothing. It's pure self-expression. »
"Universal"the new studio album by Schenkerit is MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUPwill be released on May 27 via Atomic fire records.
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