Ex-Skid Row Vocalist Erik Grönwall To Feature on 'Most Of The Songs' on Michael Schenker's Next MSG Record

German guitarist and living legend Michael Schenker confirmed Erik Grönwall will be singing most of the songs on the next MSG album.

In a recent interview with Noise11, he said the following:

"So I went into the studio in June '23. I wrote all the songs. I mean, of course, the UFO album was already written, but the MSG, Michael Schenker Group album, and the next Michael Schenker album, I wrote the music. The second album was supposed to be an electric, like an instrumental album. And the reason was I wanted to make three albums in one go to let the people know what I've done in the last 50 years. So I did UFO, I did MSG and I did an acoustic or electric album and both instrumental music. So after we finished with 'My Years With UFO', I started putting down my guitars for the MSG album, which is gonna be called Don't Sell Your Soul. And it's with former Skid Row frontman Erik Grönwall singing most of the songs, Robin McAuley singing, and Michael Voss, my co-producer, he's also singing.

And then I did the instrumental album. As I was putting down my guitar, my composition, the instrumental part, Michael Voss kept singing, and I went, like, "Michael, this sounds really good. I think we should turn this into a vocal album," and have, like I used to do with UFO, 'Belladonna' and 'Love To Love', all of these songs used to be instrumental songs. And then they turned into vocal songs. And so we invited Herman Rarebell from the Scorpions, ex-drummer. And so this album is like now one of my favorite albums. It turned into this amazing album.

Somebody had the idea to tune it to a 432 [Hz] instead of 440 [Hz], which is the same tuning as 'Dark Side Of The Moon', Pink Floyd. And we added this, we added that, and it was like building a house. All of a sudden, I was shocked what came out of it. And people will be shocked when they hear this album because they will not believe what they're hearing. And it's called 'Freedom Of Expression'."

Schenker is currently promoting his upcoming album My Years With UFO which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his years with the band. The album is the first of an upcoming trilogy as Schenker has signed a three-album deal with earMUSIC; the other albums are due to follow in 2025 and 2026.

My Years With UFO will feature 11 of UFO's greatest tracks and will include a whole host of special guests, including:

Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses)
Slash (Guns N' Roses)
Kai Hansen (Helloween)
Roger Glover (Deep Purple)
Joey Tempest (Europe)
Biff Byford (Saxon)
Jeff Scott Soto (Yngwie Malmsteen/Journey)
John Norum (Europe)
Dee Snider (Twisted Sister)
Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake)
Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow)
Carmine Appice (Vanilla Fudge/Cactus)
Adrian Vandenberg (Whitesnake)
Michael Voss and Stephen Pearcy (RATT)
Erik Grönwall (Skid Row)

My Years With UFO will be released on September 20th via earMUSIC and is available for pre-order HERE. You can listen to the track 'Mother Mary' featuring Slash and Erik Grönwall at the end of the article.

Track List:

01. Natural Thing (feat. Dee Snider, Joel Hoekstra)
02. Only You Can Rock Me (feat. Joey Tempest, Roger Glover)
03. Doctor, Doctor (feat. Joe Lynn Turner, Carmine Appice)
04. Mother Mary (feat. Slash, Erik Grönwall)
05. This Kids (feat. Biff Byford)
06. Love To Love (feat. Axl Rose)
07. Lights Out (feat. Jeff Scott Soto, John Norum)
08. Rock Bottom (feat. Kai Hansen)
09. Too Hot To Handle (feat. Joe Lynn Turner, Adrian Vandenberg, Carmine Appice)
10. Let It Roll (feat. Michael Voss)
11. Shoot, Shoot (feat. Stephen Pearcy)