McAuley Schenker Group were an American rock band based in Los Angeles featuring core members

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(vocals) and

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(guitar), a successor (and eventual predecessor) to Schenker's earlier band

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. McAuley was initially contacted to replace singer

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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,

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and alongside bassist Rocky Newton in Lionheart. Newton had previously fronted the short-lived late-1970s group

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, which also featured one-time

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drummer

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. Guitarist Mitch Perry had replaced

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in Steeler, played with

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in Talas and recorded an album with Australian hard rockers

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. Drummer Bodo Schopf had credits with among others Eloy and later joined Steve Mann in

. They relocated to Los Angeles, trying to exploit the increasing popularity of hard rock and

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in the US. 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

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"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.

Discography

Studio albums

* '' Perfect Timing'' (1987) * '' Save Yourself'' (1989) * '' M.S.G.'' (1991)

Live albums

*'' "Unplugged" Live'' (1992)

Extended plays

*'' Nightmare: The Acoustic M.S.G.'' (1992)

References

External links

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