Tag Archives: Steve Mann

Album review: MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP – Don’t Sell Your Soul

Posted on September 30, 2025 by david.wilson

earMUSIC [Release date 03.10.25] The announcement for this album came as a bit of a surprise to many. Michael had been out touring his UFO live set around the globe, so where he found the time to fit in the … Continue reading →

Gig review: MICHAEL SCHENKER – The Garage, Glasgow, 13 May 2025

Posted on May 19, 2025 by david.wilson

Herr Schenker is at a point in his career where anniversaries are coming along as regularly as Glasgow buses. Having been in the business this long, the milestones keep on coming and his year it is Michael’s time in UFO … Continue reading →

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Album review: WEAPON – New Clear Power

Posted on May 21, 2023 by jason

Pride & Joy Music [Release date 19.05.23] There have been a few changes in the Weapon camp since their 2019 album ‘Ghosts Of War’, with original guitarist Jeff Summers leaving the band in 2021, and they can now revert to … Continue reading →

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Album review: OUSEY MANN – Is Anybody Listening

Posted on July 25, 2022 by andynathan

Escape Music (Release date 24.06.22) Both Chris Ousey and Steve Mann have been on the UK rock scene as long as I can remember –the former singing with Virginia Wolf, Heartland and Snakecharmer among others, the latter the loyal sideman … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 31 October 2021

Posted on November 3, 2021 by andynathan

For many years it seems I was fated never to experience one of my teenage guitar heroes Michael Schenker, at his finest. My only experiences of him in the last millennium were the McAuley Schenker Group’s short support slot to … Continue reading →

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Album review: LIONHEART – The Reality Of Miracles

Posted on August 10, 2020 by jason

Metalville Records [Release date 31.07.20] Lionheart’s second album since returning in 2016 and big expectations from this reviewer as their 2017 release ‘Second Nature’ was a classy piece of melodic hard rock. Lionheart have done it again, quite possibly pipping … Continue reading →

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Album review: LIAR – Sunset Plaza Drive

Posted on March 29, 2020 by jason

Escape Music [Release date 20.03.20] Liar originally formed in 1975 and recorded two albums prior to this one, with extensive UK and European tours. Now after 42 years, the long-lost Liar album from 1978 finally gets its debut appearance on … Continue reading →

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Gig review: SWEET – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 18 December 2019

Posted on December 23, 2019 by andynathan

After many years as strangers in their home country, Sweet have become a fixture since their well-received support slot to Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow at 2017’s Stone Free Festival. This is the third year running they have played a London show … Continue reading →

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Album review: MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST – Resurrection

Posted on March 5, 2018 by david.wilson

Nuclear Blast Records [Release date 02.03.18] Most people will now be aware of the Schenker Fest project which has toured extensively over the last 18 months. The premise was to reunite his former MSG bandmates and gather the three vocalists … Continue reading →

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Gig review: LIONHEART/AIRRACE- Camden Underworld, London, 2 December 2017

Posted on December 8, 2017 by andynathan

Lionheart - Camden Underworld, London, 2 December 2017

Picture a brief point of time in the early to mid-eighties. With the New Wave of British Heavy Metal running out of steam, many of its more enlightened musicians turned their ears westwards to the more AOR sounds that then … Continue reading →

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Gig review: MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST– O2 Ritz, Manchester, 4 November 2017

Posted on November 6, 2017 by david.wilson

Around this time of year there are cries around the country of ‘Christmas gets earlier every year’ as the first decorations are spotted and every TV ad features snowy scenes and perfectly wrapped presents. Manchester took this a step further … Continue reading →

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Album review: LIONHEART – Second Nature

Posted on July 8, 2017 by jason

AOR Heaven [25.08.17] Blimey, it has been a few years since Lionheart last released an album – over thirty to be precise! Their sole studio album to date was 1984′s ‘Hot Tonight’, rightly revered among many rock fans. They split-up in 1986 with Dennis … Continue reading →

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Album review: MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST – Live Tokyo International Forum Hall A

Posted on February 6, 2017 by GRTR! HQ

Inakustik [Release date 24.03.17] Surely, not another Michael Schenker live album and Bluray? The propensity of live releases – including a focus on Japan where he remains popular - is really a testament to Schenker’s great revival in recent years. … Continue reading →