# Michael Schenker

> Michael Schenker is a German guitarist. He played in the rock band UFO and leads the Michael Schenker Group (MSG). He was an early member of the hard rock band Scorpions, a band co-founded by his elder brother Rudolf Schenker. In the mid-1970s, Schenker joined UFO, playing lead and rhythm guitar. He left the band in 1978 to briefly rejoin Scorpions for the recording of Lovedrive, and then to form MSG. He rejoined UFO three times, producing an album each time. Schenker continues to perform and record. He is regarded as one of the most influential guitarists of the 1970s, and has been called "a legendary figure in the history of metal guitar".

*German guitarist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/michael-schenker

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1955-01-10
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.8 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 25.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 75.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 85.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2424286/ (@nm2424286)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0W36oDVidsOqEIAKUJV4dY (@0W36oDVidsOqEIAKUJV4dY)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.michaelschenkerhimself.com

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/267366)
- [مايكل ستشينكير](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1)
- [مایکل شنکر](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B1)
- [Майкъл Шенкер](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%BB_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80)
- [Michael Schenker](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [Michael Schenker](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [Michael Schenker](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [Μίκαελ Σένκερ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B5%CE%BB_%CE%A3%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%BA%CE%B5%CF%81)
- [Michael Schenker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [Michael Schenker](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [مایکل شنکر](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B1)
- [Michael Schenker](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [Michael Schenker](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [Michael Schenker](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [Michael Schenker](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [Michael Schenker](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [マイケル・シェンカー](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC)
- [მიხაელ შენკერი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98)
- [미하엘 쉥커](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%ED%95%98%EC%97%98_%EC%89%A5%EC%BB%A4)
- [Michael Schenker](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [Michael Schenker](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [Michael Schenker](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [Michael Schenker](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [Шенкер, Михаэль](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C)
- [Michael Schenker](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schenker)
- [มิชชาเอล เช็งเคอร์](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A5_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C)
- [Wikiquote](https://uk.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2bc078c7-bf5c-4d01-b255-6588f82f2ccf)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57642)
- [Michael Schenker](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/213460)

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