January 10 in the history of rock and metal music

Michael Schenker

January 10 in the history of rock and metal music

Born in 1955 in Germany. Younger brother of Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker. Actually, Michael himself was in Scorpions, but not for long, his main group was UFO.

He also received offers from many bands to become their guitarist, but declined all offers and in 1980 founded his own band Michael Schenker Group. In 1998, together with Joe Satriani and Uli John Roth, he participated in the G3 project. In 2009, Michael was included in the list of the greatest guitarists of all time compiled by the British magazine Classic Rock.

Brent Smith

January 10 in the history of rock and metal music

Born in the USA in 1978. One of the founders and vocalist of the band Shinedown.

Petri Lindroos

January 10 in the history of rock and metal music

Born in Finland in 1980. Vocalist and guitarist of the Finnish folk Viking metal band Ensiferum. Prior to that, he also founded the band Norther and was its frontman until 2009.