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Post by sandi on Sept 4, 2006 10:15:45 GMT -5
MICHAEL SCHENKER: 'MSG Is Finished And I Am Not Inspired Anymore'
Legendary guitarist Michael Schenker (MSG, ex-UFO, SCORPIONS) has posted several personal letters on his official web site, including a recent e-mail exchange with MSG's last vocalist, Jari Tiura, whom Schenker previously blamed for the cancellation of the group's U.S. tour. The e-mail exchange reads as follows:
Tiura: "Hi Michael, how are you? This situation is pretty confusing, so do you know what is my role now?"
Schenker: "I have quit playing."
Tiura: "Don't do that, please. Anyway, The Sun Will Shine. New album title? Take care and turn this all into music. Be strong!"
Schenker: "How can I be strong after you decide not to continue with the rest of the tour. I have given you the chance to be on the most important album of MSG. You canceled U.S. after I have put all my money into this project. This is an insult. I am tired of changing musicians and singers. MSG is finished and I am not inspired anymore. The sun will shine? What sun are you talking about? What next album are you talking about? You fucked me and went your way. The sun is not selfish."
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Post by Equinox on Sept 4, 2006 12:03:29 GMT -5
Putting out personal stuff like this on a public forum is just a desperate attempt to gain some PR IMO. They want the fans to start begging for a reunion, etc... If it's not for PR, it's just stupid. They couldn't just call the other and talk about what's going on? They need to e-mail...  |
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Post by caljam on Sept 4, 2006 18:10:45 GMT -5
Surely the word 'Group' does not need to be in the title of this thread. It's been that way for a while.
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Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Sept 4, 2006 22:27:59 GMT -5
Putting out personal stuff like this on a public forum is just a desperate attempt to gain some PR IMO. They want the fans to start begging for a reunion, etc... If it's not for PR, it's just stupid. They couldn't just call the other and talk about what's going on? They need to e-mail... Actually Michael posted on his site and claims that he posts all the private things on there because he "owes his fans the truth".  As for fans begging for a reunion, I don't think anyone would be begging for a reunion of the current lineup of MSG...besides Michael and the singer that's mentioned in this post, how many of the current lineup could anyone name? He puts himself in these kinds of situations constantly...you'd think that after all these years he'd learn |
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Post by Trexx on Sept 5, 2006 16:46:55 GMT -5
 Great. Just great. At least it's not cancer or an inoperable tumor. Wus. 
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Post by duojett71 on Sept 5, 2006 22:03:29 GMT -5
Schenker is a classic example of someone who refuses to take responsibility for his own actions. He can't even take ownership of his own band. So he relies on a manager/s that have been rippiing him off for years. Schenker claims to be honest with his fans yet he contradicts himself all the time. he even initially lied to the fans about why the U.S. tour was going to be cancelled and then the real truth came out in the email exchange between himself and his singer....which he posted!....what an idiot. The guy is nuts and needs help. This behavior manifested in him as early on(as far as we know) as the old UFO days.
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Post by IRON BALLS on Sept 5, 2006 22:56:57 GMT -5
It was ok when Michael quit UFO in the middle of their U.S. tour, what goes around comes around.  How many times since has he left UFO just when they thought he'd stay? Posting this crap is only making him look bad, nobody else, because nobody knows the others involved in his little feuds, nor do they care. Most are guilty of just trying to get away from the whinning child that Michael is. |
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Post by Amanda Blue on Sept 6, 2006 9:27:03 GMT -5
Of course the sun is selfish....it is the center of our universe and everything revolves around it As a fan, I don't want to know this much sad details as someone implodes their career |
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Post by HARD ROCK UNIVERSE on Sept 6, 2006 9:46:43 GMT -5
Michael implodes his career on a constant basis. It's his standard operating procedure and is why he's only known these days to die hard music fans. This is an ordinary day for him...don't fret, he'll be back to thrill us with his wild and whacky antics that we've come to love soon I'm sure  |
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Post by cozyal on Sept 20, 2006 6:39:54 GMT -5
Just been going back through old posts & found that Sandi had started this all back here around the beginning of the month. I'd been away to the UK on vacation with family when I came back (13th Sept.) & started doing my usual websites runaround to see who's doing what & when & that was when I stumbled on his site with the MSG logo upside. I then happen to see Dave Ling's (UK's Classic Rock mag.) site notice where he had basically posted what you had here Sandi, in so much as Schenker said he was giving up playing as he's now uninspired to continue ..... I sent the Ling stuff to Andrew @ www.Melodicrock.com & he of course then posted it there. MS really should get his shit together, stop acting the idiot & work with people at a normal level, if such a thing could ever exist for His Highness! He should think himself lucky people have tolerated him this far .... As I said in my posting elsewhere here, perhaps the break is what he needs. He's posted so much crap - Being honest with fans? .... - at his site about so much personal stuff, his email communication between his ex-missus / manager & another person he was involved with, who he was saying about her ripping him off etc & that he had to cancel the US tour before because he was scared to enter the US for fear of being arrested! I couldn't the guy was that unstable, I mean that is really ....., out there. Sad days in the rock world when top muso's start acting like that .... Sad days indeed! Cozy Al |
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Post by Trexx on Sept 21, 2006 13:08:19 GMT -5
Sometimes I think I'm just dreaming that Michael is an a-hole and in reality he's cranking out albums and touring with joyous resolve. -poof- THEN I WAKE UP.
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Post by mak on Sept 23, 2006 14:33:46 GMT -5
in the words of Mr.Zappa-Just shuddup and play yer Guitar
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As for fans begging for a reunion, I don't think anyone would be begging for a reunion of the current lineup of MSG...besides Michael and the singer that's mentioned in this post, how many of the current lineup could anyone name?
Great. Just great.
