re: Any fans of UFO?

UFO was one of the best underappreciated hard rock bands ever. The period from the first album to the live album is the first run with the classic line-up which included Michael Schenker. My opinion is that period had the strongest individual songs but was not quite as consistent in overall quality as the subsequent years with Paul Chapman on guitar. I usually don't get much agreement on that, but whatever.

Lights Out is a fantastic album but the real payoff is the live album which to me is easily one of the best live albums ever made. Schenker is just a beast.

My older brother saw UFO open up for some more popular band back in the day when I was too young to start going to concerts yet. We just figured this out a couple years ago. He barely remembered. My mind was blown; I couldn't imaging seeing them live and then forgetting about it. He said "Yeah I remember they had this blonde-haired guy on guitar who was pretty good". No shite, huh? Pretty good?