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McAuley Schenker Group | |
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 McAuley Schenker Group in 1989 | |
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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1986–1993, 2012 |
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| Spinoff of | Michael Schenker Group |
| Past members | Robin McAuley Michael Schenker Mitch Perry Rocky Newton Bodo Schopf Steve Mann Jesse Harms Jeff Pilson James Kottak Spencer Sercombe |
McAuley Schenker Group (commonly abbreviated to asMSG) was a multi-national rock band based inLos Angeles featuring core membersRobin McAuley (vocals) andMichael Schenker (guitar), a successor (and eventual predecessor) to Schenker's earlier bandMichael Schenker Group.[1] McAuley was initially contacted to replace singerGary Barden in MSG. However, the strong partnership immediately formed between McAuley and Schenker led to the change of the name from Michael Schenker Group to McAuley Schenker Group, retaining the same initials of the previous band MSG.[2]
The band consisted ofGerman,Irish,American, andBritish members. It could be considered asupergroup, as all members had solid musical careers; for example, guitaristSteve Mann had performed on albums byTytan,Sweet,Saxon and alongside bassist Rocky Newton inLionheart. Newton had previously fronted the short-lived late-1970s groupThe Next Band, which also featured one-timeDef Leppard drummerFrank Noon. GuitaristMitch Perry had replacedYngwie Malmsteen inSteeler, played withBilly Sheehan inTalas and recorded an album with Australian hard rockersHeaven. Drummer Bodo Schopf had credits withEloy, among others, and later joinedSteve Mann inSweet. They relocated to Los Angeles, trying to exploit the increasing popularity ofhard rock andglam metal in the US.[3] They released three studio albums, one EP and an acoustic live album before disbanding.
Their first albumPerfect Timing was released in 1987, and included their first hit "Gimme Your Love". Two years later,Save Yourself was released, giving this incarnation of MSG its biggest hit with thepower ballad "Anytime".M.S.G. followed in 1992 and"Unplugged" Live came out in 1993.
After the 1992 tour with a strictly acoustic set and the release of the unplugged live, in 1993 McAuley and Schenker went their separate ways, the first getting married and retiring from the music scene for a few years, the latter working on his first solo album and eventually reforming the Michael Schenker Group in 1996.[2]
After a stint frontingSurvivor, McAuley started cooperating with Schenker again, playing 26 shows across the US in February and March 2012.
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