Michael Schenker Group

The band was born in 1979, following the breakup of Michael Schenker from UFO, in an attempt to have a band that better suited his needs. He therefore decided to move to London; a few weeks after his arrival in the British capital, he joins Gary Barden, vocalist of Fraser Nash, who, with bassist Billy Sheehan and drummer Denny Carmassi founded a new band, simply called Michael Schenker Group.[3]

The following year they recorded their second album, MSG, which came in 14th on the UK chart.3 During their promotional tour they played at Tokyo's Nippon Budokan in Japan, which was chosen to record their first live album called One Night at Budokan, which was released in 1982 with great success in UK, It was certified silver disc after exceeding 60,000 copies sold in that country.

In October 1983 they released Built to Destroy, the first with keyboardist Andy Nye and which also featured Derek St. Holmes, known at the time as Ted Nugent's vocalist. To promote it, they gave several concerts in the UK and later went on tour to other European countries as the opening band of Iron Maiden. Their farewell concert was held on December 18, 1983 at the Dortmund festival, after which the band disbanded, and the guitarist founded the McAuley Schenker Group.[4]

After deciding to wrap up the McAuley Schenker Group project, Michael decided to re-found the band in 1996 with Leif Sundin on vocals, Barry Sparks on bass and Shane Gaalaas on drums with whom he recorded Written in the Sand. Two years later they released The Unforgiven, with Kelly Keeling replacing Sundin and with John Onder replacing Sparks who received a good review from the trade press, which the AllMusic site also regarded as a musical return to their old albums.

• The Michael Schenker Group (1980) #8 UK
• MSG (1981)
• Assault Attack (1982)
• Built to Destroy (1983)
• Written in the Sand (1996) #22 Japan
• The Unforgiven (1999)
• Be Aware of Scorpions (2001)
• Arachnophobiac (2003)
• Tales of Rock'n'Roll (2006)
• In the Midst of Beauty (2008)
• Immortal (2021)[5]
• Universal (2022)

• Perfect Timing (1987)
• Save Yourself (1989)
• M.S.G. (1991)
• Nightmare: The Acoustic M.S.G. (1992)

Schenker Barden Acoustic Project

• Gipsy Lady (2009)

• Temple of Rock (2011)
• Bridge the Gap (2013)
• Spirit on a Mission (2015)

• Resurrection (2018)
• Revelation (2019)[6]

• Heavy Hitters (2005)
  • Doctor Doctor: The Kulick Sessions (2007 re-release)
  • By Invitation Only (2011 re-release)

Michael Schenker Group

• One Night at Budokan (1982) (UK Silver)
• Rock Will Never Die (1984)
• BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert (1993)
• The Michael Schenker Story Live (1997)
• The Unforgiven World Tour (1999)
• The Mad Axeman Live (2007)
• Walk the Stage: The Official Bootleg Box Set (2009)
• The 30th Anniversary Concert: Live in Tokyo (2010)

• "Unplugged" Live (1992)

• On a Mission - Live in Europe (2012)
• On a Mission - Live in Madrid (2016)

• Live Tokyo International Forum Hall A (2017)

• Michael Schenker – lead guitar (1979–present)
• Steve Mann – keyboards, rhythm guitar (1986–1987, 1988–1991, 2016–present)
• Bodo Schopf – drums (1987–1990, 2019–present)
• Ronnie Romero – lead vocals (2021–present)
• Barend Courbois – bass guitar (2021-present)

Lead vocals:

• Ray Kennedy (1984 touring member) (died 2014)
• Leif Sundin (1995–1997, 2007–2008)
• David VanLanding (1997–1999, 2011, 2012 touring member only) (died 2015)
• Kelly Keeling (1999–2000)
• Keith Slack (1999 touring member)
• Chris Logan (2001–2004, 2006)
• Jari Tiura (2006–2007)
• Michael Voss – also rhythm guitar (2011–2012)
• Doogie White – lead vocals (2012–2020, special guest occasionally)
• Robin McAuley – lead vocals (1987–1992, 2012, 2016–2020, special guest occasionally)
• Graham Bonnet – lead vocals (February–August 1982, 2016–2020, special guest occasionally)
• Gary Barden – lead vocals (1979–1981, 1982–1984, 2008–2010, 2016–2021, special guest occasionally)

Keyboards:

• Don Airey (session 1980, 2008, 2011)
• Paul Raymond – also rhythm guitar (1980–1981, 2011) (died 2019)
• Tommy Eyre (session 1982) (died 2001)
• Andy Nye (1982–1984)
• Jesse Harms (session 1991)
• Claude Gaudette (session 1996)
• Seth Bernstein – also rhythm guitar & backing vocals (1997–1999)
• Wayne Findlay – also rhythm guitar & backing vocals (1999–2016)

Rhythm guitar:

• Derek St. Holmes – also vocals (1983)
• Mitch Perry (1987)
• Spencer Secombe (touring member 1991–1992)

Bass:

• Billy Sheehan (session 1979)
• Mo Foster (session 1980)
• Chris Glen – bass (1980–1983, 2008–2009, 2016–2020)
• Dennis Feldman (1984 touring member)
• Rocky Newton (1987–1990)
• Jeff Pilson (1991)
• Jeff Kollman (1998 touring member)
• John Onder (session 1999)
• Rev Jones (2001–2002, 2004–2006, 2009)
• Stuart Hamm (2003)
• Pete Way (2006, 2011) (died 2020)
• Neil Murray (2008, 2010)
• Elliott "Dean" Rubinson (2010–2011, 2012 touring member)
• Francis Buchholz (2012–2016)
• Barry Sparks – bass guitar (1996–1998, 1999–2000, 2020)

Drums:

• Denny Carmassi (session 1979)
• Simon Phillips (1980, 2008, 2010, 2011)
• Cozy Powell (1981–1982) (died 1998)
• Ted McKenna (1982–1984, 2008, 2016–2019; his death)
• James Kottak (1991)
• Shane Gaalaas (1996–1997,1999-2000)
• Aynsley Dunbar (session 1999)
• Jeff Martin (2001, 2006)
• Jeremy Colson (2003)
• Pete Holmes (2004–2006)
• Chris Slade (touring member 2008–2009, 2010–2011)
• Carmine Appice (touring member 2010, session 2011)
• Brian Tichy (session 2011)
• Herman Rarebell (2010, 2011–2016)