Michael Schenker - The Michael Schenker Group [Bonus Tracks]

The concept may seem patently absurd, but guitarists were held in such high regard during the late '70s and early '80s that many elite players were given to tantrums and notions of self-worship usually reserved only for singers and divas. And maybe no one better exemplified this six-string megalomania than German guitarist Michael Schenker, whose turbulent flights of emotional fancy had already earned him the "Mad Michael" nickname during his mercurial tenure with Brit rockers Ufo. Of course this behavior simply went into overdrive when the guitar legend launched The Michael Schenker Group with a 1980 self-titled album, which was at times as unstable as the man himself. Read More