Award-winning, legendary rock guitarist Michael Schenker will issue a new double A-side single, “Rock City” b/w “Good Times”, on Monday, January 11th, to celebrate his nationwide UK tour that starts at Bilston Robin 2 on Wednesday, January 20th.

Schenker recently spoke to Adam Kennedy of National Rock Review about the single release; an excerpt follows:

Schenker: “'Good Times' is a very unusual song for this band, but it’s kind of interesting how Doogie (White, vocalist) approached it and what came out of it. I really like it, but it’s not something that I would have picked as a first single as it’s more on the softer side. It’s about the past, Doogie is singing about the past, the good times you know. I actually witnessed that many people like that song a lot, but of course you know I prefer the metal approach.

The reason why I like 'Good Times' is because it’s a song which sings about I guess Doogie’s career (laughing) because he does the lyrics and so he kind of sums it all up and is asking where have the good times gone. I’m still having good times because we all have still. Obviously, many people may ask themselves wow what have we been doing all these years and look what great fun we had and this and that, so people reflect on their past and so this song does exactly something like that, it brings people back you know.”

To read the interview in its entirety, click here.

Catch Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock live in concert:

January
20 - Robin 2 - Bilston, England
21 - Holmfirth Picturedome - Holmfirth, England
22 - Queens Hall - Edinburgh, Scotland
23 - The Ironworks - Inverness, Scotland
25 - The Sage - Gateshead, England
26 - 02 Academy - Liverpool, England
28 - Academy 2 - Manchester, England
29 - Rock City - Nottingham, England
30 - Islington Assembly Hall - London, England
31 - Giants Of Rock - Minehead, England

February
2 - Musichall - Worpswede, Germany
3 - Anger Bio - Copenhagen, Denmark
4 - Debaser Medis - Stockholm, Sweden
5 - KB - Malmo, Sweden
6 - Union Scene - Drammen, Norway
20 to 24 - Axes and Anchors Cruise - Miami, FL