Michael Schenker is the greatest constructor of guitar solos that ever walked the face of the earth.

Glad you're back Jeff. The Rock Bottom solo on Strangers still gives me chills every time I hear it.

Glad to have Jeff back on SoT. It’s great to have a guitarist discuss a fellow musician and speak about techniques and styles in depth. Welcome back, Jeff. Counting on you sticking around to provide your insights. The Pete and Jeff show is always worth watching. Thanks, guys, for such a good discussion of this guitar maestro. Looking forward to your next show together.

Thank you so much for returning Jeff! We appreciate what you do!

Thank you for your Favorite Guitar Solos: Michael Schenker (w/Jeff Young).🎤🎸🎵🥁

Wow. I have the impression that the legendary status of Michael Schenker has continually increased over the years.

Only 10?! It's absolutely impossible!! The man is a solos machine, he's a genius composer! Long live Maestro Schenker! 🤘🤘

Love to see Jeff back, probably my favourite guest Pete has on his show, he's like an encyclopedia of music brilliant guitarist as well. Stay strong Jeff all the best to you.

So glad to see Jeff back on the show! The amount of music and playing knowledge is amazing. Great job on the VOD guys!

Love hearing Jeff talk about his favorite solos. Being a guitarist, he gives a cool technical insight into it

So great to see Jeff Young back!

Awesome !!! Thank you Pete and Jeff ! Love Schenker !!! Amazing show and insight ! Great choices guys ! Thank you . Chez

Thank you for your insightful comments, Mr. Young! Wonderful to have you back 😊

Good to see JY again. Good show Pete, thanks.

Great show Pete as always and great to see Mr Young back on board

good to see you back Jeff hope all is doing good in Dayton✌️☮️ 🎸🎸

Mission impossible. Schenker and Frank Marino are my two faves. Every note they play is gold. Great show...welcome back, Jeff...great insights

My Top 10 of Favorite Guitar Solos 1. Solo from "Space Child" (UFO) 2. Solo from "Rock Bottom" (UFO) 3. Solo from ""Mother Mary" (UFO) 4.Solo from "Cherry" (UFO) 5. Solo from "Try me" (UFO) 6. Solo from "Attack of the Mad Axeman" (MSG) 7. Solo from "Bijou Pleasurette" (MSG) 8. Solo from "Captain Nemo" (MSG) 9. Solo from "Into the Arena" (MSG) 10. Solo from Desert Song" (MSG)

You know a Michael Schenker solo i like a lot that you never hear people praise? Im A Loser from Strangers In The Night. Very tasteful and brings the song to a great crescendo. And welcome back Jeff! Speaking of great solos, In My Darkest Hour, 2nd Solo!

Great show, so much love for Michael. Looking forward to the show you're hinting on, to hear what Jeff says about his own work will be interresting.

Great discussion, thanks guys!!

I have to admit Pete, this is my personal favorite segment that you've ever done! Schenker is my #1 guitar player so I got "amped" (pardon the pun) to comment on this. As you and Jeff Young mentioned, it's SO hard to limit a list of favorite Michael Schenker solos to just 10! In 8th grade back in 1981 I first heard "On and On" and have been a fan ever since. There may be better guitarists out there but no player has the melodic feel of Michael Schenker. I was so glad to hear Jeff mention this during the show...Schenker can play a blistering lead and all you'll hear is melody. It's simply awe-inspiring. Here are some of my faves (in no particular order): * I Don't Wanna Lose (from Perfect Timing 1987) - I got a speeding ticket once because I was jamming to this solo *Reasons Love - (from No Heavy Petting....my favorite UFO album) - probably Michael's most blistering solo ever *I Got the Fire (Schenker Pattison Summit - 2004) - he shreds the solo on this Montrose classic *Let It Roll (Force It 1975) - this was probably the 2nd UFO album I ever purchased and the solo in this track blew my mind the way it was orchestrated; truly a song within a song *Armed & Ready (self-titled MSG debut 1980) - though a bit cliche', it's one of the few Schenker solos I can play note for note so its a fave *Looking for Love (MSG 1981) - the middle solo is great but the outro is quite possibly the greatest outro solo ever in my opinion; as you guys mentioned, you don't want many of Schenker's fade out solos to ever end! *Out in the Streets (Force It 75) - honestly it took years for this song to grow on me; now its one of my favorite UFO tracks - the solo demonstrates a great mix of keyboard rhythm under Schenker's orchestrated soloing; always dig how Schenker changes pace in his solos *Lipstick Traces (Phenomenon 74) - beautiful, heartfelt instrumental; this is my mom's favorite Schenker tune! *Lights Out (live Strangers in the Night version) - simply mind-blowing *I'm a Loser (No Heavy Petting 76) - like Jeff Young said, this is such a great unsung UFO album! Love the slide guitar bit in the intro *Rock You to the Ground (Assault Attack 83) - Martin Birch got the best tone out of Schenker on this entire album. This is a classic extended Schenker outro with a dynamic tone that's strangely not very heavy (RIP Martin Birch)

pete thank you and jeff from the rock bottom of my heart this has become my favorite episode about my favorite guitarist.

The solo from looking for love is super underrated

Love the insight into each solo. Great job Jeff and Pete!

Glad your back Jeff.

Definitely one of the best. Great show guys. Cheers

Welcome back Jeff!

Great to have Jeff Young back, hope to see more of him on this channel. Most of my faves have already been named, so I'll add Schenker's acoustic solo on Anytime(from 'Unplugged Live 1993') love his acoustic playing as well as his Heavy Rock shredding🤘

Awesome to have Jeff back

Welcome back Jeff and hope for a speedy recovery

The UFO solo’s are by far the best 5. Love to Love 4. Coast to Coast 3. Rock Bottom 2. Just another Suicide 1. On with the Action

As Jeff said. "When you hear Michael Schenker,all bets are off!" Never boreing,never repetitive,rarely equalled! ♥️ His work ....solos in no order(so hard to pick) Cry For Nations/Rock Bottom/The Mad Axeman/Written In The Sand/Get Up,Get Down/Mother Mary/Love To Love/Forever & More/This Kids/Dancer.

Good show. "Reasons Love" deserves a mention.

Good to see Jeff back! Have a speedy recovery. Great episode/show. 🤘🏻🤘🏻

So glad to see Jeff back!! Was worried we lost you Jeff.

Wow wasn't expecting to find this video!! Saw MSG in 1981 in Reseda CA. Absolutely love Michael Schenker

Let it roll for me, but SO many to choose from. Can’t wait for the remastered rerelease of Strangers in the Night coming out in November!

Yeah my favorite combination, with Jeff onboard. Always super interesting and fun to listen to when Pete and Jeff chat about albums, songs or solos. Second favorite would be the Hudson metal group, although I hardly listen to any metal anymore, this discussion group is great. Well done guys, well done Pete!

the great jeff young back

So many of his solos gave me goosebumps the first time I heard them. Uli Jon Roth, too.

Good to see Jeff "the Chillmaster General" Young back, we missed Ya Jeff !!! As for fave Schenker solos...umm all of them !!

Schenker an Randy Rhoads are the two guitarplayers that plays straight in to my heart. Schenkers tone is amazing. I hade the honor to witness Michael warm up whin we had Michael at our club a couple of years a go.Just stan in an empty venue with only Michael on stage plying in a pretty low volume was one of the best moment for me as a promotor. I just love One More for the Rodeo He plays the shit out of every other guitar player. I must think a little longer to put together a list. Rock On Pete and Jeff, awsome discussion. Love it

Great show, golden stuff!!! Absolitely agree on all your choices, you can't go wrong with Michael Schenker. Just like to add two : "Looking For Love" from MSG 1981 and "Rock You To The Ground" from "Assault Attack", melodic phrasing perfection.

Awesome to see Jeff back, missed him on the show!

Great to see you again with Pete. Always a terrific show when you both talk about your favorites. I learn so much from both of you so I am checking out new songs, bands and musicans

Jeff Young was THE guest for this. I like how he could describe things about the solos that someone like me can not. I also like he gave some love to lesser known Michael Schenker material like his 10th choice and the song from "Sharks" as honorable mention. Michael Schenker has done so many albums that I don't think many heard them all. Many seem to ignore everything post mid or late 80's. I personally think the later albums are more hit or miss since then but plenty good material to be found if you have the time. A personal favorite album is "Adventures of the Imagination".

Although its a later song. I've always love the solo to "Anytime"

I have to admit it, I subscribed to Pete’s channel for his Schenker fandom alone, LOL, just sayin’😂BIG salute to both Pete and JEFF YOUNG-thank you for sharing this along with your knowledge.🙏🏻🤘🔥🔥🔥🤘🎧🎸

Great show. You probably could have done two top 10 solos shows-one from UFO and one from MSG. I enjoyed recalling all these great Schenker solos.

Suggestions for future episodes: Adrian Smith, Doug Aldrich, Chris Impellitteri, David Chastain and Paul Gilbert.

Was looking forward to this episode. Schenker falls at number six on my top ten greatest players. Great picks particularly the “Pack it up and Go” solo very underrated. Jeff touched a little on one the hallmarks of Michael’s style “Vibrato” he has a quick perfectly controlled quarter step vibrato heavily influenced by Leslie West. The difference is Leslie is a little ragged in his application Schenker is almost always perfect. That is Schenker’s style in a nutshell damm near perfect. That’s what puts him near the top of the list.

Rock Buttum! Schenker legend.

This one is so tough- I'm gonna try real hard not to overthink and just pick the first 10 favorites that come to mind, but I'm sure I'm gonna forget a crucial one anyway: 10. Gettin Ready (Lights Out, 1977) 9. Lonely Nights (MSG, 1992) 8. On and On (MSG, 1981) 7. Born to Lose (Obsession, 1978) 6. Queen of the Deep (Phenomenon, 1974) 5. Broken Promises (Assault Attack, 1982) 4. Never Trust a Stranger (MSG, 1981) 3. Rock Bottom (Phenomenon, 1974) 2. Lost Horizons (MSG, 1980) 1. Space Child (Phenomenon, 1974) *Edit: Just as I expected, I forgot "Cry for the Nations", "Save Yourself" and "I'm a Loser"

Welcome back Jeff, looking forward to this greatly.

JEFF/ tremendous your BACK/ your a tremendous Guy/ ! Awesome to see you! PETE/ & You= tremendous show/ fun !!👍💯

Shenker is one of the absolute best! Good discussion and picks! Great to see you back Jeff! Hope you get healed up soon!

A truly impossible mission ... I absolutely agree with Pete regarding Force It being the best overall album, top to bottom (let’s not forget that it contains the most of the Strangers In The Night setlist!) I also second Jeff’s opinion that Schenker’s tone was best on No Heavy Petting ! All your choices are superb, of course... I would also like to point out the solo on Reasons Love (from No Heavy Petting) : strictly speaking about guitar solos, that one could easily rank among Michael’s top 5 best ! And what about the guitar solos on the two Peyronel compositions, Highway Lady and Can You Roll Her (also from No Heavy Petting) ! Talk about BLISTERING !! Thanks for a great show, guys ! Kudos to Mr. Young for his fine insight on the guitar playing in general AND his mention to Dead Man Walking (an absolute gem, although very well hidden) !

I saw the recent "Schenker Fest " tour 5 times, 1 in Seattle, 3 in L.A, and 1 in Vancouver BC, I was front row all 5 in front of Schenker., I'm looking forward to his new album, I just hope it's a little heavier than the last 2. Great review.

Hey Pete, I love your channel and everything you do, I have been spending a lot of time lately on KZfaq watching your stuff and I think it rocks. I could not find an email to reach out to, so I'm sending this as a public comment here on KZfaq. Here is an idea for a show - some songs from classic albums that have not been singles, but deserved to be. I just got the idea listening to Maiden "No prayer for the dying". I know it's not your favorite album, but I feel that track should have been a single from that album as opposed to Tailgunner and Bring your daughter, which were. It's such an anthem with beautiful sing a long melody parts and then it explodes into some great soloing form the guys, to just subside again and return to that very memorable lead line. I think this song perhaps would have been a much bigger hit that the ones afore mentioned, had it been release as a single. So there, just an example, but I think this concept could be a great show, given how knowledgeable you and your guests are in the rock discographies. Hope you like it. Cheers from Belgrade, Serbia. Keep on doing great work.

Omg ! Jeff Young is back - I’m so excited! Jeff young is by far one of my favorite guests on Pete’s show ! I’m so happy he returned. I love Jeff !

I admit I know 0 about Michael Schenker...nevertheless, I watched every second of this because I should know something about him + Pete & Jeff have mucho knowledge & insights. Nice to learn something new today. Thank you, guys! Nice "Roundabout" on 45rpm shoutout; I had friends that owned that version.

I love Michael i seen him in ERIE was absolutely Amazing but also love Jeff's playing on so far so good so what !!

Love to love is my favorite Schenker solo particularly off the live album!

Another great show with Pete and Jeff. Good job guys! Well, with Michael Schenker, he is one guitarist that I actually like in the studio and in concert. You could almost pick ten solos just from Strangers in the Night. I will try to pick some from other albums, too. No particular order: Let It Roll Rock Bottom Love to Love You Cry For the Nations Mother Mary I'm A Loser Let Sleeping Dogs Lie Only You Can Rock Me Shoot Shoot Bijou Pleasurette Armed and Ready And there are plenty more that have great solos. Sometimes I think of his playing as being well-planned because it comes out sounding so right even though he makes it seem so spontaneous.

Excellent show. Subscribed!

The melody combined with the speed, that’s what I think makes him so special

Welcome back Jeff.

Saw Jeff twice in 1988. Beautiful fluid player.

This is what I’m talkin’ about! Glen Tipton Next?!!!!

My favorite is the ending solo of 'Lights Out'from the Strangers in the Night version.It is inhuman!!2nd:'Looking For Love,3rd:Armed And Ready...

1. "Love to Love" live from "Strangers in the night" 2. "Into the arena" live from MSG "One night at Budokan" 3. "Only you can rock me" UFO 4. "Captain Nemo" live from MSG "Rock will never die" 5. "Born to lose" UFO 6. "Attack of the mad axeman" MSG 7. "Try me" UFO 8. "Let it roll" live from "Strangers in the night" 9. "Rock bottom" UFO 10. "Coast to coast" Scorpions

As great as Martin, Chris, and Steve are as guests, Jeff is the best, always learn something while being entertained!

Super !!!! Michael Schenker est mon guitariste préféré.

Great to hear Jeff’s review, thanks both.

Awesome show, and impossible lists!

Cool show!! 👊🏻🤘🏻

Always have loved looking out for number 1

Pete, this was excellent. It would be great if you and Jeff it Martin could do a top ten Frank Marino solos show.

If I had to pick one the studio solo on 'Cry for the nations' always gets me ,so dramatic .Favorite tone he had was the lead on "tales of mystery' so beautiful .

Schenker is one of those few guys where it is not as simple as he has 10 greatest guitar solos. Almost every song from every Scorpions, UFO, Michael Schenker Group, and McAuley Schenker group album has a great solo on it. As it stands, "Love to Love", "Looking Out from Nowhere", "Let It Roll", "Cry for the Nations", "Lost Horizons", "Lovedrive", "Samurai", "Rock Bottom", and "Attack of the Mad Axeman" are some of my favorite Schenker guitar solos. Schenker may have been the greatest soloist of all time.

My fav MS solos are The entire albums of: Strangers in the Night Adventures of the Imagination Dreams and Expressions And many more lol

Does anyone feel that obsession and lights out may be the very best ufo studio albums?

Hard to pick a Schenker solo from his canon, he barely ever played the same one twice! Nice to see Jeff. Thanks both.

Great choices guys. For all round guitar work from start to finish I always had ‘Let it roll’ and ‘ Rock you to the ground’ right up there with his best

Even the solo at the end of Rock you to the ground kicks butt. Rock bottom is still the best. Finally got to hear it live last year. Schenker Rules!!!

Lotsa great solos but if I’m being honest, my top 10 is all classic UFO: I’m A Loser, Rock Bottom, Born to Lose, Pack It Up & Go, Hot & Ready, Lights Out, Out In The Street, Electric Phase, Ain’t No Baby, Love to Love

One of my all time favourite guitarists. My personal favourite solos from the great man are 1 Rock Bottom 2 Attack of The Mad Axeman 3 Lights Out 4 Try Me 5 Let It Roll 6 Hot N Ready 7 Captain Nemo 8 Only You Can Rock Me 9 Love To Love 10 Desert Song.

Yeah Jeff did a good job on that 1 megadeth album

Vinyl and CD I’ve always played these 5 songs off SITN to death for the solos (great songs anyway) Love to Love, Mother Mary & This Kids (don’t care that they are not “live” live), Rock Bottom and my favourite of all time Lights Out (cheating with 2 great solos). Try me and Never Trust a Stranger are kinda similar songs with great solos, Pack it Up and Go, Rock You to the Ground and Let Sleeping Dogs Lie. I smiled when Jeff mentioned turning up the volume as that last song fades out, yes I have done that (and a few Gary Moore songs!) - at least they can’t fade out a live version although I’ve just listened to the Live at Budokan Version and I prefer the studio cut even with the dreaded fade out 🇬🇧

Welcome back, Jeff!! \m/

Dance your life away from force it I feel has so many different tones in the solo. Always loved that one

Thanks for the show - you dont give yourselves an easy task do you? First time I ever heard UFO was on a BBC radio 1 session - since released on CD - with Too Hot to Handle, Lights out and Try Me. After that I was hooked and the Lights Out album (and everything before and since) duly purchased - though for some reason I've always preferred the session version of Try Me. Some excellent choices by both, and as you say very very difficult to choose a top ten. Just re listening to some of the deeper dive choices and yeah they are great - Whiter Shade of Pale, not an obvious but an inspired choice - I'll need to go back to those lesser listened to UFO albums like Sharks and Covenant and love the jazzy mid section of Lonesome Crow bookended with Iommi-esque solos - I've always thought of that album as being a bit Sabbathy. As no doubt everyone else can I could list loads of other songs - but as nothing was mentioned from Built to Destroy I'd put forward Captain Nemo, Rock My Nights Away, Red Skies and Time Waits (For No One). Also while the Contraband album was ok I thought their version of All the Way from Memphis was pretty good.

Awesome episode. Can you please do future episodes with Jeff on Steve Vai, Chris Poland, Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman, Adrian Smith, and Dave Murray?

Very interesting, good show. Bases covered, but I'll add MS's brilliantly melodic, mainstreamed, Teutonic-rock solo on Mcauley Schenker's "Love Is Not A Game."

Red Sky, On and On, Looking for Love, Desert Song

1. Rock Bottom 2. Light's Out 3. Can you Roll Her 4. This Kids/Between the Wall 5. Dance Your Life Away 6. Try Me 7. Pack It Up and Go 8. Only You Can Rock Me 9. On With The Action 10. Queen of the Deep 11. Into The Arena 12. Nightmare 13. Electric Phase 14. Let It Roll 15. Reasons Love 16. I'm A Loser 17. Rock Will Never Die 18. Attack of the Mad Axeman 19. Lost Horizons 20. Shoot Shoot + Coast To Coast, Born to Lose, Just Another Suicide, Lovedrive, Martian Landscape, Bijou, Mother Mary, Self Made Man, Anytime, High Flyer, Natural Thing, Lipstick Traces, Love To Love, Getting Ready etc...

Great concept. How about a show on Robert Fripp's best solos, diving into King Crimson, Bowie, Eno, Sylvian, etc.

Looking for Love (awesome solo. But obviously just one of many I could mention from Schenker).

I Come in Peace, it's actually a great Shotgun Messiah song, but has to be Rockbottom for me.