
by Nathan Spencer
Uli Jon Roth, the German guitarist, was born on the 18th of December 1954. He has made an immense contribution to the field of neo-classical metal music. Roth, along with some other members, and towards the beginning of the 1970s, had formed a band entitled Dawn Road. In 1973 the Scorpions disbanded owing to Michael Schenker who had left it to join the UFO. Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker , the other existing members of Scorpions, joined together with the members of Dawn Road to form a very strong group. The name of this group was changed to Scorpions since is had become quite popular during those years. Thus Uli Jon Roth became the Scorpions guitarist.
During the years 1974 and 1977 the Scorpions released four albums in which Roth played the role of main songwriter, occasional lead singer and of course the lead guitarist. Tokyo Tapes, was recorded in 1978, in Japan and it was one of the best selling live albums of the Scorpions. Roth had however left the band before the release of the album. Electric Sun, Roth’s very own band, Electric Sun was formed and three albums were released. The first album was released in the year 1979. Dedicated to Jimi Hendrix, the album was entitled Earthquake. Fire Wind, released in 1981, and Beyond the Astral Skies in 1985 were the other albums. They were dedicated to Anwar el-Sadat and Martin Luther King respectively.
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