Michael Schenker began his career with his brother Rudolph and the Scorpions and shortly thereafter was spotted by English group UFO and was asked to join them for their first Chrysalis record, Phenomenon. Schenker was quickly heralded as "the new guitar hero." His initial stint with UFO spawned 6 albums and related tours, culminating in 1979 with the world renowned live record, "Strangers in The Night" which catapulted Schenker to international guitar superstar status and yielded offers for a solo career.

Leaving UFO, Schenker appeared with the Scorpions on their "Lovedrive" album before going solo and completing the album "MSG" in 1980, Schenker continued to tour and build a reputation and "MSG," the Michael Schenker Group, became a revolving door for singers and players centered on Michael's creative direction that ran five years and produced five successful records.

At this juncture of his career, Schenker took a little bit of time off and returned with Singer/instrumentalist Robin McAuley with whom he recorded several more mainstream hardrock records under the name "McAuley-Schenker Group" through the remainder of the 80's and into the 90's.

Michael reunited with UFO in the 90's and delivered the critically acclaimed record, "Walk On Water" in 1995.

From the end of the 90's through the present, Michael has stayed productive with a variety of solo projects and MSG records/tours and has just released "Arachnophobiac." "Arachnophobiac" has been heralded by the critics as an MSG record containing the perfect combination of hard-riffing, melodic Schenker songwriting and stellar guitar work.