Blue Moon Blog

Having seen UFO in concert ten days back, I’ve been listening to their music, old and new and am in a real UFO/Michael Schenker phase. Reading again my recent post about seeing them live, I realize I can’t truly call my interest in the group and Schenker an obsession, not when compared to how attentive and devoted my brothers’ have been as fans and with their tribute band they’ve had going now over a decade. An MST article at their site is worth a read, from a few years ago now, covering the distinction between a “cover band” and a “tribute band.”

This interest all started over thirty years ago when my older brother, Karl, the guitarist brought UFO and Schenker into the house. We were such Schenker fans, I drew up two different tee shirts. We printed plenty and sold them at our high school. I recall spending some hours drawing up the art for the shirts, up in my bedroom, listening to their live album, Strangers in the Night over and over again ’til the art was done. I worked in pencil, making sure the lines were dark and clean so it’d print and be screen printed onto the tees nicely.

I was about 15 years old when I drew these shirts. I couldn’t find the original shirt, in which Schenker was depicted with scraggly hair covering his face, but I prefer this second shirt where he’s sporting a new haircut and lotsa leather. This shirt doesn’t fit me anymore.  = – )