#Phil Mogg

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UFO performing at Day on the Green #2 "The British Are Back" on May 1, 1976. Photos by Jim Marshall.

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UFO Live in Vienna 1998 2023 Cleopatra ————————————————— Tracks CD One: 1. Natural Thing 2. Mother Mary 3. A Self Made Man 4. Electric Face 5. This Kids 6. Out in the Street 7. One More Rodeo 8. Venus 9. Pushed to the Limit

Tracks CD Two: 1. Love to Love 2. Too Hot to Handle 3. Only You can Rock Me 4. Light s Out 5. Doctor Doctor 6. Rock Bottom 7. Shoot Shoot —————————————————

Phil Mogg

Paul Raymond

Michael Schenker

Pete Way

Simon Wright

* Long Live Rock Archive

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UFO: Couldn’t Get It Right 7” UK Single (1980)

Side A: Couldn’t Get It Right

Side B: Hot ‘N’ Heavy

Track B: Recorded Live At Reading 1980

Chrysalis Records

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Wednesday, March 15: UFO, “Electric Phase”

R.I.P. Pete Way (1950-2020), Paul Raymond (1945-2019)

Lights Out was only slightly more focused than UFO’s previous two records, but the combination of Ron Nevison’s tight production and streamlined writing on a handful of key tracks, along with the addition of Paul Raymond on keyboards and rhythm guitar was enough to break the band in the US and make some headway in the UK.  As a track, “Electric Phase” wasn’t dramatically different from No Heavy Petting, as it was slightly lurching and vaguely Sabbath with the crunching guitars, but Nevison brought more clarity to the proceedings, and Michael Schenker was getting more confident as a player with each record.  Phil Mogg’s vocals had their usual swagger, but he too hadn’t yet fully developed into the lovable hooligan who frequently punched his way through the late ‘70s. There was a distinct heaviness to the track that stood apart from the band’s most famous material, but “Electric Phase” was full of personality and showed how UFO was building towards their legacy.

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Phil Mogg - Moggs Motel. 06/09/2024

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Moggs Motel - Moggs Motel

Release Date: 6 Sep 2024

Following his health problems and demise of his band, UFO frontman Phil Mogg, one of the most influential rock vocalists worldwide, is back with a new album.

For ‘Moggs Motel’, the British musician with the distinctive voice is joined by Tony Newton, the bassist and keyboard player from the band Voodoo Six (who have previously toured with UFO) and long-standing associate Neil Carter (guitar, keyboards, vocals).

'Moggs Motel' contains twelve timeless songs showing that Phil hasn't lost any of his artistic charisma or his love of unbridled creativity. Joe Lazarus (drums) and Tommy Gentry (guitar) to complete the line-up on the album which was recorded at Iron Maiden’s Steve Harris’s studio in Essex.

The starting point for ‘Moggs Motel’ was a chance meeting of Phil and Tony Newton at the American embassy in London waiting for visas shortly before the lockdown. Phil says, “I mentioned that UFO were going on a farewell tour and I’d be taking a step backwards but didn’t want to retire completely. He said he had some material back home and would send it over and when the opportunity arose, we could maybe put together a few ideas for songs and see if anything interesting would come of it.

"Meanwhile, Neil [Carter] was also starting to send through some tasty tunes. This concept was ultimately the beginning of the new album."

Phil also trawled through his archive, looking for previously unreleased song fragments that hadn’t suited UFO. Neil Carter and Tony Newton also opened their treasure chests and contributed ideas. The result is a haunting rock album of varied compositions that could never be mistaken for UFO.

The compositional freedom applies not only to the music, but also to the lyrics, which see Phil mix autobiographical elements with fictional ones with his typically British sense of humour and tell his stories with his usual unerring powers of observation and disarming plays on words.

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UFO Icon Phil Mogg’s MOGGS MOTEL Release Second Single + Video 'Sunny Side of Heaven'

As anticipation builds for the September 6 release of UFO frontman and founder Phil Mogg’s Moggs Motel, Mogg himself raises expectations even higher with his second single from the album, “Sunny Side of Heaven.” It’s over 50 years since Mogg and co convened the first ever line-up of UFO, but it did not take long at all for them to establishing themselves among the crowned heads of metal,…

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Leo unas declaraciones de Phil Mogg, histórico cantante de UFO, en las que afirma que la banda ha dejado de existir. Conozco sólo a los UFO iniciales, los de sus dos primeros LPs, una mezcla sencilla y efectiva de hard rock y psicodelia. En los dos, además de Mogg, el bajista Pete Way y el batería Andy Parker, el guitarrista fue Mick Bolton. Y a su marcha lo sustituyeron Larry Wallis, primero, y más tarde Bernie Marsden. En junio de 1973 ingresó el guitarrista alemán de 18 años Michael Schenker y con él grabaron "Phenomenon" (1974), el primer LP de una buena racha renovada hasta finales de década que supuso el momento de mayor popularidad del grupo. "Timothy" fue parte de su primer LP "UFO 1" (1970), hard espacial hijo rítmico de "The Train Kept a Rollin´", mezclable con cosas contemporáneas de Taste, Groundhogs, Stray, Black Sabbath, Pink Fairies, y, por supuesto, de Hawkwind. Por otra parte, "The Coming Of Prince Kajuku", de "UFO2 Flying" (1971) se abre un poco al estilo ambiental de los Fleetwood Mac de Peter Green y se va escorando peligrosamente hacia el poderoso relámpago de The Who.

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UFO

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UFO Lights Out Chicago 1980 2023 Cleopatra ————————————————— Tracks: 01. Letting Go 02. Young Blood 03. No Place to Run 04. Cherry 05. Only You Can Rock Me 06. Love to Love 07. Mystery Train 08. Doctor Doctor 09. Too Hot to Handle 10. Lights Out 11. Rock Bottom 12. Shoot Shoot —————————————————

Paul Chapman

Phil Mogg

Andy Parker

Paul Raymond

Pete Way

* Long Live Rock Archive

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Happy birthday Phil Mogg

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JEFF KOLLMAN Gets Ready To Drop New Album '2023 A.D.' Through Deko Entertainment

Jeff Kollman is best known for his heavy, melodic electric guitar playing, fusing elements of Jazz harmony and creating his own brand of Rock with his long running prog fusion trio, Cosmosquad, and as a member of Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats. You can also catch him live with famed producer Alan Parsons (Pink Floyd, Beatles) with The Alan Parsons Live Project and in the studio or on stage with…

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THE PUNK/ROCK CROSSOVER EVENT OF '82.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the late, great Pete Way (bassist for U.F.O., WAYSTED, & FASTWAY) and Micky Geggus (guitarist/co-founder of COCKNEY REJECTS), from the July 24, 1982 issue of "SOUNDS" UK musical publication. Pete Way (1950-2020) notably produced the Rejects' fourth studio album, "The Wild Ones" in 1982. 📸: Ross Halfin.

BONUS PIC: Geggus and Phil Mogg (vocalist of U.F.O.), c. 1982, also taken during "The Wild Ones" era. 📸: ❓

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3248349496432839653 & Facebook (Oi! The Archives).