MSG (McAuley Schenker Group) - S/t CD

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M.S.G. is the seventh album by M.S.G. and the third and final studio album by Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley's project, the McAuley Schenker Group. It was released in 1991 in Japan and 1992 in Europe.

Bass guitarist Jeff Pilson and drummer James Kottak previously played together in Michael Lee Firkins's backing band and Wild Horses. Drummer James Kottak, who had also previously played in the original line-up of Kingdom Come, later joined Schenker's former band Scorpions.

Track listing

All songs written by Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley except where noted.

"Eve" - 4:52 "Paradise" - 4:07 "When I'm Gone" (Jesse Harms, Robin McAuley) - 4:47 "This Broken Heart" - 4:47 "We Believe in Love" - 5:12 "Crazy" (Rocky Newton, Robin McAuley) - 4:53 "Invincible" - 3:42 "What Happens to Me" - 5:02 "Lonely Nights" - 4:29 "This Night Is Gonna Last Forever" (Rocky Newton, Kenny Stewart) - 4:51 "Never Ending Nightmare" - 6:24

Note that "Paradise" is not the same song as the one McAuley recorded with his old band, Grand Prix.

Personnel

Band members

• Robin McAuley - vocals
• Michael Schenker - guitars, backing vocals
• Jesse Harms - keyboards
• Jeff Pilson - bass guitar
• James Kottak - drums

Additional musicians

• Steve Mann - keyboards on "Never Ending Nightmare"
• Rocky Newton - backing vocals

McAuley Schenker Group were an American band based in Los Angeles featuring core members Robin McAuley (vocals) and Michael Schenker (guitar), a successor (and eventual predecessor) to Schenker's earlier band Michael Schenker Group. McAuley was initially contacted to replace singer Gary 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.

The band consisted of German, Irish, American, and British members and could be considered a supergroup as all members had solid musical careers; for example, guitarist Steve Mann has performed on albums by Tytan, Sweet, Saxon and alongside bassist Rocky Newton in Lionheart. Newton had previously fronted the short-lived late-1970s group The Next Band, which also featured one-time Def Leppard drummer Frank Noon. Guitarist Mitch Perry had replaced Yngwie Malmsteen in Steeler, played with Billy Sheehan in Talas and recorded an album with Australian hard rockers Heaven. Drummer Bodo Schopf had credits with among others Eloy and later joined Steve Mann in Sweet.[citation needed] They relocated to Los Angeles, trying to exploit the increasing popularity of hard rock and glam metal in the US.[3] They released three studio albums, one EP and an acoustic live album before disbanding.

Their first album Perfect 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 the power 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.

After a stint fronting Survivor, McAuley started cooperating with Schenker again, playing 26 shows across the US in February and March 2012.