UFO - Rock Bottom (REACTION!) 

UFO's live album "Strangers In The Night" is widely considered one of the greatest live albums of all time. That entire album is worth a reaction.

Michael Schenker…the most influential guitarist you’ve never heard of.

You always know Iron Maiden is about to hit the stage when "Doctor, Doctor" starts playing through the PA.

UFO are a great band, worthy of anyone's time.

"Mike Shnickers" lol I WAS DYING

One of the greatest solos ever in the studio! He was 17 years old guys. NO ONE plays or sounds like Michael Schenker!!!

Tight bands always come off as “boring”, UFO was a tight band. Always flew under the radar, they were a fan’s band rather than a radio band. They won’t overwhelm you, but they are always solid. Live, they absolutely killed it.

Michael was just 17 years old when this was recorded. Widely considered as the best guitarist in the world pre Van Halen.

"Mediocre, repetitive" Existing fans: Wait for it ..... "Way to shut us up!" This is why I love LIV!

I cannot express enough just how much the bass in this song hits

You guys will LOVE "Lights Out" from U.F.O. The underlying bass line is AWESOME 👍👍

UFO - Lights Out Budgie - Breadfan Nazareth - Hair of the Dog Uriah Heep - Easy Livin' Steely Dan - Aja

....Exactly how respectful was Ryan when he gave respect to the rest of the band during the solo? What is it, like 900%???? The thing about Lost In Vegas is that they sooooo 'get it' and know MUSIC. What really makes this channel great is their HUMANITY. They could do these videos without the respect and politeness, but they add it in anyway and the channel is that much better for it.

I remember sitting in the car with my dad driving through north London when I was about 7 years old and him blasting this song out. I remember it vividly. And now I'm still listening to UFO 21 years later

UFO - Lights Out is another gem as well as Love to Love...

Michael Shenker was 17 when he co wrote this song with Phil Mogg. Classic

This song was a huge inspiration to Gn'R - you can hear it in "Sweet Child O' Mine". Structurally, a lot of the songs are similar: begins as "verse chorus verse" with a huge breakdown (where do we go) and a full on jam. A lot of that was UFO.

This songs all about the solo. I've seen the Michael schenker group perform this song several times over the last 10 years and the solo is always worth the price of admission. Michael's influence on '80s hard rock and thrash guitar is profound. Lights out would be a good UFO song to check out. Or check out samurai and desert song from Michael shenkers solo work.

“Lights Out” off of Strangers in the Night. Michael losses his mind!

Doctor doctor is a great song to do next from UFO. Iron Maiden opened up every date in the states on their 2019 tour with that playing over the speakers

You guys need to do Lights Out by UFO, specifically off the Strangers in the Night live album. Best version of one of their best songs.

Michael Schenker was one of the founding members of the Scorpions. I believe their first album (Lonesome Crow) was recorded when he was sixteen.

You need to listen to Strangers In The Night. Greatest live album of all time.

In your own time, listen to the live version of this from the Strangers In The Night album. It takes it to an even higher level. Strangers... is simply one of the greatest live albums ever and I'm not really a U.F.O. fan, but I have that live album which I absolutely adore. Michael Schenker was in the early line up of The Scorpions with his brother Rudolf.

More Schenker please from both UFO and MSG his solo group. Shortlist of songs for the Schenker marathon: Love to love, Doctor doctor, Let it roll, Lights out, Only you can rock me, Rock you to the ground, Assault attack, Cry for the nations, Lost horizons

The live version off of “Strangers in the Night” is SO much better.

“Too Hot to Handle” probably got more airplay in the States than any other UFO song. Phil Mogg was unique among hard rock vocalists, mainly because he sang more than screamed or shouted. Very melodic.

This version is good but the live version from strangers in the night is AMAZING. if you play Dr. Dr. Or Lights Out please play the versions from Strangers in the night one of the best 70s live albums period

Whenever I get an alert like this about LiV reacting to a classic joint my first reaction is OOHHH SHIT, ABOUT TIME HELL YEAH. Then I remember the amount of curve-ball reactions these guys have thrown, this is why I'm subscribed. There are hundreds of reaction channels out there who act 100% amazed at every song they hear...

Can't go wrong with early UFO, Scorpions or Rainbow. Great reaction as always, gents.

Michael Schenker brother of Rudolf Schenker of the Scorpions was I believe in his late teens around this time.

You guys have an excellent way of analyzing music and your appreciation for music is very much respected by me. Keep it up!!

I remember in Seattle at the Paramount theater they used to have $2 concerts. UFO played at one of those concerts and they were out of this world!v they were called rising Star concerts.... You were talking about penny candy and haven't seen that in a long time, I haven't seen a concert for $2 in a long time

Wow, good to see some UFO. One of the best Rock bands of all time. No Heavy Petting and Lights Out are two of my favorite rock albums ever. Michael Schenker is a legendary guitarists guitarist. Influenced so many epic riff makers that followed. Crazy thing is he was a teenager on this recording and as a German he wrote and performed with this band and couldn't evens speak english at the time. Yeah, i've listened to this so many times i can't even hear this song without already expecting the next one to come after it >D

This is one of the most legendary Rock Guitar Hero songs of all time .... fans go bonkers when Micheal Schenker plays this live in concert.. His solo at the end is in another world and has influenced generations of guitarists. Check it out from his live performances for full impact.

nice review, guys. Check out Thin Lizzy for a group with similar influences. Jailbreak is a great song to be introduced to them. I hope you consider it.

Thank you for doing this! And spreading out the word about ONE of the BEST and UNDERATED bands of ALL TIME! UFO are in my top five bands of ALL TIME! They NEVER got the RESPECT that they should get. KUDOS!

Was very surprised after that middle part. Might add it to my playlist after a relisten.

One of the most gorgeous guitar solos of all time, period. Schenker f'n rules.

it has been a while since i checked in with you Gentlemen, glad i did. You always give me a fresh perspective of tunes that i have known forever. Love seeing you both rock out. Freethinkers Unite.

Michael Schenker is a guitar god! You can also hear him in the band, MSG. His brother Rudolph was a long-time guitarist for the Scorpions. You really need to check out URIAH HEEP!

Oh yes. The other half of the formula that would form thrash metal in the bay scene of the early eighties that no one ever talks about. Combine ufo with Motörhead, and you definitely get Metallica

I can’t believe that you guys are reacting to this song! One of my faves! Thank you!

Another underrated guitarist (and lead vocalist) to check out is Rik Emmet with the band Triumph. “Blinding light show” is like their anthem, but “Lay it on the line” and “Fight the good fight” are their most popular songs.

"Strangers In The Night" is my favourite live album of all time. Check out the live version of "Rock Bottom" along with "Love To Love", "This Kids", "Natural Thing", "Mother Mary", indeed every other track on the album is killer with guitar god Michael Schenker at his very best!!!

I would suggest "Too Hot To Handle" and "Lights Out"

Please do "Lights Out" from the live album, "Strangers in the Night"! Michael's playing is unreal on every track of that album...well, pretty much any album that he's ever played on, but especially that one!

I love your reaction to this. Michael is one of the greatest. And its cool you get to appreciate something recorded so long ago.

Oh shit one of my favourite songs. Nice. The solo in this song blew my mind when I first heard it

Michael Schenker was actually in the early part of The Scorpions and left them to join UFO

Michael Schenker is a legendary lead guitarist. If you are a guitar player he is a legend. He went on to a very successful solo career and is still going today. The best version of Rock Bottom is still the 12 min. live version off of Strangers in the Night. That song and that solo made me pick up a guitar. Thanks for finally getting to UFO and this song. In 74 Michael was only 19 when this came out. UFO is more in the Judas Priest, AC/DC conversation.

Michael Schenker of UFO and MSG is the brother of Rudolf Schenker the Guitar player of "The Scorpions."

Hands down my favorite guitarist ever. Michael Schenker. The Mad Axe Man. He’s your guitar hero’s hero. Check out Strangers In The Night. Widely considered the greatest live rock album of all time.

Check out his work in Michael Schenker group and his connection to the Scorpions as well. Quality band and legendary guitarist. Don't forget Phil Mogg.

I have been waiting for this for so long

You were ON POINT in this video dudes, I love this journey together with you! UFO is new to me! i wonder what the future of music is gonna be if we feast on these ancient diamonds like you said. its gonna be DIFFERENT!

You wanna check into Michael's background if I'm not mistaken he was the Scorpions lead guitar player when he was about 16 years old

Mikael SCHNICKER hahahahah i died just like Ryan

Sometimes i go back and re-watch your old vids, the sound is so much better now, you guys really got your sht together. Ps, ive been subbed since before Megadeath.

FINALLY!!! This is one of my favorite songs ever! Michael Schenker not only beasts out, but that bass and drum keeping the smooth flow going is incredible! 70s bands were on another level, no doubt!

You guys should give Focus - Hocus Pocus a try.

One of the greatest voices in rock, period.

Love you guys, keep it up!

Great song!! And Fire review fellas.

You guys going deep old school. I dig it.

I recently asked my dad what bands he listened to from the 70s/80s that weren't really well remembered or well known in the mainstream, whether I'd heard them when I was a kid with him and forgotten, or never heard them because he listened to them before I was really around. I just wanted to hear the real shit the hardcores listened to. I always listened to fringe offshoot genres & punk rock, alternative stuff after the grunge era, lesser known nu metal bands, etc., growing up. This was the first band he thought of. I remember them from being a kid, but mostly from him having the cassettes. They're really pretty good for an era I'm not real big on in rock - 70s to mid 80s, and like a lot of more modern music, I really wonder why they weren't one of the super huge bands of the time. They were known, but not huge. They were definitely creative for the time. Listening to them definitely feels like discovering (or kind of rediscovering in my case, as I was so young when he used to play them) the vibe of the era for real. You can feel the weight of the moment in rock & roll in one of it's most expansive & influential periods. You can feel it taking you into a new era, but we have the foresight now of seeing where it was going to take us, which makes it kind of cooler. You can hear the building blocks toward the iconic artists & songs of the mid 70's through early 90's. Not really a big live album person, but that live album everyone always mentions, "Strangers In The Night", is pretty electric. Michael Schenker definitely goes off.

One of your very best reactions, guys!

Breath taking when you consider Michael Shenker was 18 or so at time of recording - the lad must have been born clutching a flying V guitar - & let's have some love for Pete Way on the bass holding it all together.

Definitely recommend “Love to Love” if you revisit UFO. Has a lot of great dynamic changes and an absolute killer hook.

You react to songs off Strangers In The Night, their live album. It's generally regarded as one of the best live albums (the sound production is much better than what you just listened to) and Shenkers guitar playing on it is legendary. The solo on Rock Bottom is one of the most highly regarded and influential and the solos on Lights Out, Too Hot To Handle and Love To Love are also legendary among guitarists.

This is hands down my favorite UFO song .. the riffs the extended solo the super dry production …with Mother Mary and Natural Thing close behind …

Seeing this pop up in my Patreon alerts made me SO HAPPY. Michael Schenker is a beast. Y’all should really check out Love to Love by UFO. It’s probably their magnum opus. Just make sure you listen to the 2008 remaster as the mix is considerably more clear and even.

Don't remember this song, but I liked it. Had me thinking of *"Rock Candy"* or *"Bad Motor Scooter"* by *Montrose,* or some older *April Wine* songs like *"Roller",* *"I Like To Rock"* or *"Could Have Been A Lady"*

That really picked up in the second half. For another long, memorable solo try 'Sometime World' by Wishbone Ash.

This is fire!!! Destroyed that solo!!! Shout out to Lost In Vegas, you guys are always putting me onto new and different stuff and genres!!! Appreciate you guys! True music lovers!!!

I been waiting for this

If you want to continue down this old school vein try... Budgie - Breadfan Riot - Thunder Steel

Nice! You guys need more Deep Purple and Grand Funk in your ears!!!

What you are witnessing here is a 17 year old German kid, who joined a British Rock band who failed with their first 3 albums, when he joined and helped to write the songs on this album, his talent as a guitarist is profound, it is there for you all to hear. The guitar solo in Rock Bottom is astonishing. Michael Schenker is a genius guitarist at that age.

Wooooow. I’ve been asking for that reaction since 2018! UFO is one of the most underrated bands ever. “Lights Out” would be amazing as well!

Gotta do sabbath bloody sabbath next sabathonnnn !

You guys should listen to "Love to Love", a rock ballad with a killer guitar solo ending.

This is my favourite song ever,& these are the first band I ever saw live (in February’81) Can you tell I’m excited?😉

My dad used to sell tickets for a dude on the side in Chicago. He saw over 500 shows for free, including Zeppelin 3 times. Long story short, UFO was one of the best shows he ever saw. Said they blew the pants off of any other band

Dude, never thought I'd see y'all get to UFO! Do yourselves a favor and check out SPACE CHILD by UFO off the same album, their best song, very Pink Floyd/Robin Trower-esque.

After listening to this, you guys really need to listen to some more Scorpions. Michael Schenkers brother, Rudolf, Is their guitarist. You guys will love songs like Wind Of Change and Still Loving You.

Love the aesthetic, love the willingness, love the energy and I love the RUSH vids

Can’t believe you’ve finally done this! My favourite guitar solo ever!

UFO is one of those bands that actually sound better live. "Strangers In The Night" is one of them best live albums. A must listen.

I'm actually digging that 70s rock sound these guys have.

Saw them out here in Vegas a few years ago with my dad. Flew him out from the east coaste to see a band he hadn't seen as long as I've been alive xD Great show

Damn... you found them. So under appreciated and so talented

Y'all should check out Mountain, Leslie West was one of the most underrated players ever.

Dave just released his album, you should check out one of the songs called - In The Fire. Definitely should listen to the full album also even if it isn’t an reaction.

And this is why I love you guys.

Thanks for react to this song. My favorite. Greetings from Peru.

Schenker's soloing was on another level on the light out live album. Sooo much better than the studio track.

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The transition of the solo (13:15 in your video) always sends chills down my spine. Even if it’s the fifth time that day I’ve heard it. Possibly one of the greatest solos on a studio record ever made

This is the first time I've seen a reaction vid to the mighty UFO, Rock Bottom poss my favorite rock tune of them all , seen UFO a few times, been listening to this over 40 years, magnificent.