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Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock, Gig Review. O2 Academy, Liverpool.

Doogie White from Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock at the o2 Academy, Liverpool. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Doogie White from Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock at the o2 Academy, Liverpool. Photograph by Ian D. Hall.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

As the sweat of a many a Liverpool rock fan glistened in the neon lights of the Academy, as the thunder of the well timed clap echoed round the room and the hint of the monumental started to take place in the minds of those in attendance, the smile of a master beamed down across the floor of the venue and the guitar, slung low, howled with joy at the response; if 2016 has been a kick in the teeth for music so far, if the feeling of loss has been verging on the unbearable, then Michael Schenker’s Temple of Rock was the antidote for the evening and a more magnificent display of raw musical prestige could a crowd ask for in such mesmerising light.

Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock, Communion / Saviour Machine. Single Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The union that exists between self-respecting Rock lover, the perpetual admirer of all things loud and proud, is one built upon mutual trust and quality of performance. The master class offered by the gigantic gig, the album which sends out streams of pleasure and which can be felt shaking the street as the temperatures rise at the same rate as the volume switch, all these offer much compared to the single, the small dip into a vast ocean and one that feels the waves come baring down too quickly to move out of the way; it never feels like Rock when it is a single or double A Side and yet despite the arguments against it and perhaps only due to the presence of a maestro, does Communion and Saviour Machine come with reverence and esteem built in.

Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock, Spirit On A Mission. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10

Consistency is the hardest of all endeavours. The near creative peak is one that at times can be insurmountable, overwhelmingly impossible to try and surpass and for which even Hannibal on a good day, with elephants and gallons of vinegar in which to destroy a few thousand boulders blocking his way, might think twice before giving up and going home for a plate of cheese and grapes. For the Spirit on a Mission to entertain and thrill still looms large in one of Europe’s greatest Rock God-like figures.