After leaving Scorpions in which he played on the 1979 album "Lovedrive", Michael Schenker, of earlier UFO-fame, formed his own band and named it after himself. He left Scorpions after a tour to promote the album due to alcohol-related problems. He could not perform well on stage anymore. After this he actually auditioned for both The Rolling Stones and Aerosmith since their guitarrists had left their bands.

In MSG he continued more in the UFO-vein rather than Scorpions, laying some heavy trademark riffing to the very strong songs and adding Gary Barden's needle-sharp whiskey-vocals which suits the music perfectly. Gary Barden was discovered by Michael Schenker himself and was asked to sing on MSG's debutalbum.

I reall like this album since it has some superb songs, riffing out of this world and I really like the vocals and the mix of heaviness and melody. An album that is a must have for any hard rock-fan worth it's name!

1)Armed and ready (8,0) Full frontal riff-attack!

2)Cry for the nations (8,5)

3)Victim of illusion (7,5) Typical heavy and powerful Schenker-riffing but a little strange song.

4)Bijou pleasurette (8,0) Very nice melodic acoustic and electric guitarplaying in medieval style but only 2 minutes long.

5)Feels like a good thing (7,5) Heavy riffing and melodic refrain.

6)Into the arena (7,5) A good instrumental.

7)Looking out from nowhere (9,0) Superb song with a blistering guitarsolo!

8)Tales of mystery (8,0) Very melodic and good acoustic/electric ballad.

9)Lost horizons (6,5) First okey but then it gets too messy.

Score: 7,83

Gary Barden-vocals (b.1955)

Michael Schenker-guitars (b.1955)

Mo Foster-bass

Simon Phillips-drums (b.1957)

Don Airey-keyboards (b.1948)

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