jeffreyjoemusic

I think its possible that Michael Schenker is a little frustrated with the level of fame that the Scorpions achieved. And in some ways, rightfully so.  Yes, Ulrich Roth, Matthias Jabs, and Paul Raymond are/were all fantastic guitarists in their own ways. But MS stood apart from the entire pack of Metal/Hard Rock players from then and now. Hes still more fluid, more energetic, more melodic, more rhythmic, more intense, more powerful than most. Yes the others have their strengths and magic as well. Its just that Michaels magic went unnoticed compared to the Scorpions (Michaels brothers band) and the remaining metal/ hard rock field.  I dont agree with Michael when he says that the Scorpions career was largely based off of what he was doing. Anyone can see the influence he had on Love Drive. But the Scorpions sound also changed immediately once Uli left or when Matthias joined up. I think a big part of what propelled the Scorpions (regardless of what Michael says about his in...

I knew Rusty Zinn through a family member and saw many of his live shows as a result. I always marveled at Rustys ability to pretty much never play the same lick twice during a live performance. His mental musical library must be like some sort of Manhattan high-rise office building. Wtf is that?  I consider myself to be a reasonable writer and have noticed that I am good at choosing interesting, cool words and can build many different-styled sentence structures. Furthermore, I can carry through interesting viewpoints and ideas in any given note I write. However, I am NOT the Rusty Zinn of writing: Rusty is a powerhouse. I thought about this recently and realized that Rusty Zinn is rather magical on guitar. His brain is truly organized in a superior way where he is able to put together complicated and delightful strings of colorful musical phrases, ones that seem to have no end. And while hes playing the Blues, everything that he comes up with is steeped in tradition, like hes neve...