Ep252: The Immortal Michael Schenker
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Few guitar players have made the level of impact to music that Michael Schenker has. Today Michael and I discuss his incredible career, music listening habits, the bands that have requested his guitar services, recording his new LP "Immortal" during the Covid-19 lockdowns and more.
If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related.
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| 1:34.6 | All right, so let's get to the meat of this week's episode. This week we are speaking with |
| 1:40.5 | guitar hero and heavy and hard rock legend, Mr. Michael Shanker. Now, Michael, as you know, |
| 1:47.4 | is a guitar legend and outspoken on many issues. And today, he not only talks about his |
| 1:53.4 | phenomenal new album, Immortal, but he also shares about a lot of other things, too, including |
| 1:58.4 | recording this album during the COVID lockdowns |
| 2:01.7 | and the amount of time he had to spend in quarantine to make it the way he wanted. He also |
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