Guitar legend Michael Schenker is featured in a new interview with Jukebox:Metal discussing the birth of his Temple Of Rock, his bandmates, the Spirit On A Mission album, and touring. An excerpt from the interview is available below.

On maintaining creativity and keeping his music fresh: "By not having listened to music for 43 years, and not copying anybody since I was 17. I always say I'm a 'spirit on a mission' spreading music from a place of pure self-expression. That's my mission, that's what I stick with. That's who I am, that's my part and by doing so, you fearlessly are yourself and you're having fun being that. It does not matter if you fit into the market, or do not fit into the market. You can keep up with the commercial success or not. It doesn't matter. It's all about self-expression and having fun in the moment."

New surprises in store for the upcoming tour: "I had this idea about a double-neck I want to play, so I said to Dean 'Can you please get a double-neck V. I have an idea on how I want to use that, but can you make sure I get it before I start the European tour?' So, It's already on it's way, it's flying to Cologne where we start rehearsing and then I have to figure out how to do what I want to do with it! By the time we come to the UK I want to be well established on it. It's black and white and it's a V. It's a particular idea I've had, I'll tell everyone more about it later!"

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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