Michael was innate within Sarstedt, Germany. He began swimming inside his early teens once his brother Rudolph brought page the Flying V guitar, which captured Michaels' imagination. His swimming style is unusual in this he seems does'nt to apply conventionally good guitar scales however seems instead to improvise.

Schenker joined UFO under unusual circumstances. A band left a UK to play a select few dates around Germany. Their guitar player at a instance; Bernie Marsden, forgot his passport and was unable to produce a number one gig. At a venue UFO spotted Michael swimming a soundcheck using the Scorpions & managed to persuade him into swimming that evening's indicate. Despite a language barrier; he spoke there are there is no English & it spoke no German, something clearly "clicked" & Schenker brought a ellusive Ten factor to the b& and took the two to a second level musically.

Schenker has experienced a turbulent career sustaining UFO, typically walking out mid song & stimulating the tour to become cancelled. He is patently when temperamental when he is gifted. Schenker says his swimming by owning UFO is prefer chocolate: todays awhile however when professional people've experienced sufficiency....

Inspirational & clearly a musical prodigy, Schenker is one of the Seventies virtually all inspirational guitar player, influencing late musicians like Kirk Hammett from the band Metallica.

Inside 1979, he founded the Michael Schenker Group (M.S.G).

Career with UFO
1973 - Michael Schenker's first gig using UFO 1974 - Phenomenon is released. 1975 - Force It is released. 1976 - No Heavy Petting is released. 1977 - Lights Out is released. 1978 - Obsession is released. 1979 - A survive album Strangers in the Night is released when "Only You Can Rock Me" was a 2nd individual from either either spring from a album Obsession. 1995 - Walk on Water is released. 2000 - Covenant is released. 2002 - Sharks is released.

Career with the Scorpions
1972 - Lonesome Crow is released. 1979 - Lovedrive is released.

Discography
UFO time period (1973-1979): Phenomenon (1974) Force It (1975) No Heavy Petting (1976) Lights Out (1977) Obsession (1978) Strangers in the Night (1979)

Scorpions time (Seventies): Lonesome Crow (1972) Lovedrive (1979)

Solo Cycle (1979-present): The Michael Schenker Group (1980) M.S.G. II (1981) One Night at Budokan (1981) Assult Attack (1982) Built to Destroy (1983) Rock Will Never Die (1984) Save Yourself (known as MacCauley-Schenker-Class action) (1990) M.S.G. (with Robin McAuley on vocals) (1992) M.S.G. Unplugged (199?) M.S.G. The Unforgiven (1999) M.S.G. Arachnophobiac (2003)

UFO time (1993-2003): Walk on Water (1995) Covenant (2000) Sharks (2002)