Rock Will Never Die is a Michael Schenker Group

Michael Schenker Group

The Michael Schenker Group is a guitar-oriented hard rock band formed in 1979 by former Scorpions and UFO guitarist, Michael Schenker. In 1986, Schenker and vocalist Robin McAuley formed the McAuley Schenker Group, which lasted until 1992. After that, the Michael Schenker Group was reformed.The...

 live album released in 1984 and recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in London, over two nights in October 1983. The concert was also release in VHS

VHS

The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....

 with the same title. This is the last album recorded with Gary Barden before he rejoined the band in 2008. He sounds out of breath and drunk during the breaks between the songs.

The final track "Doctor Doctor

Doctor Doctor (UFO song)

"Doctor Doctor" is a single released by the British hard rock band UFO. It's the band's first hit single in the UK. The song was written by Michael Schenker and Phil Mogg and is included in UFO's third album Phenomenon of 1974. It was released as a single in Europe, but not in the United Kingdom...

", which Schenker originally recorded with UFO

UFO (band)

UFO are an English heavy metal and hard rock band, who were formed in 1969. UFO became a transitional group between early hard rock and heavy metal and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal...

, features a guest appearance by Klaus Meine

Klaus Meine

Klaus Meine is a German singer, best known as the lead vocalist and occasional rhythm guitarist of the heavy metal band Scorpions...

 and Rudolf Schenker

Rudolf Schenker

Rudolf Schenker is a German guitarist and founding member of heavy metal band Scorpions, being the rhythm/lead guitarist and one of the main song-writers of the band...

 of Scorpions

Scorpions (band)

Scorpions are a heavy metal/hard rock band from Hannover, Germany, formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker, who is the band's only constant member. They are known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and many singles, such as "No One Like You", "Send Me an Angel", "Still...

.

Track listing

See 2009 remastered version for songwriting credits.

1. "Captain Nemo" - 3:42
2. "Rock My Nights Away" - 4:05
3. "Are You Ready to Rock" - 4:07
4. "Attack of the Mad Axeman" - 4:10
5. "Into the Arena" - 4:00
6. "Rock Will Never Die" - 5:25
7. "Desert Song" - 6:00
8. "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" - 4:57
9. "Doctor Doctor
   Doctor Doctor (UFO song)
   "Doctor Doctor" is a single released by the British hard rock band UFO. It's the band's first hit single in the UK. The song was written by Michael Schenker and Phil Mogg and is included in UFO's third album Phenomenon of 1974. It was released as a single in Europe, but not in the United Kingdom...
   
   " - 4:50

2009 remastered edition

All songs written by Michael Schenker

Michael Schenker

Michael Schenker is a German rock guitarist, best known for his tenure in UFO, in addition to his solo band. He first rose to fame as a founding member of the Scorpions, then achieved fame in the mid 1970s as the lead guitar player for UFO. Since leaving UFO in 1978, he has been leading the...

 and Gary Barden

Gary Barden

Gary John Barden is an English singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the Michael Schenker Group....

 unless otherwise noted.

1. "Captain Nemo" (Schenker) - 3:42
2. "Rock My Nights Away" (Barden, Andy Nye
   Andy Nye
   Andy Nye is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for being a member of the rock band The Michael Schenker Group at their peak in the 1980s...
   
   ) - 4:05
3. "Are You Ready to Rock" - 4:07
4. "Cry for the Nations" - 5:12
5. "Rock You to the Ground" (Schenker, Graham Bonnet
   Graham Bonnet
   Graham Bonnet is an English rock vocalist, and songwriter. He has recorded and performed as a solo artist, and as a member of several hard rock and heavy metal bands including Rainbow, the Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz, and Impellitteri.-Early days:Bonnet was born in Skegness in 1947...
   
   ) - 5:38
6. "Attack of the Mad Axeman" - 4:10
7. "Into the Arena" (Schenker) - 4:00
8. "Courvoisier Concerto" (Schenker, Paul Raymond
   Paul Raymond (musician)
   Paul Martin Raymond is an English keyboardist/guitarist.Raymond began his musical career as a keyboardist/vocalist for the band, Plastic Penny, in 1967. He left after the band split up in 1968. He replaced Christine Perfect in British blues band Chicken Shack when she left to join Fleetwood Mac...
   
   ) - 2:13
9. "Rock Will Never Die" - 5:25
10. "Desert Song" (Schenker, Bonnet) - 6:00
11. "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" (Schenker, Barden, Andy Nye
    Andy Nye
    Andy Nye is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for being a member of the rock band The Michael Schenker Group at their peak in the 1980s...
    
    ) - 4:57
12. "Red Sky" - 6:02
13. "Looking for Love" - 3:45
14. "Armed and Ready" - 4:46
15. "Doctor Doctor" (Schenker, Phil Mogg
    Phil Mogg
    Phillip John 'Phil' Mogg is a vocalist for the band UFO, which he formed with longtime friends Pete Way and Andy Parker. Mogg wrote the majority of the band's lyrics, with the music being written by Way, Schenker, and later, Raymond, but Schenker left to launch his solo career in 1979...
    
    ) - 4:50

VHS track listing

1. "Captain Nemo" - 3:42
2. "Rock My Nights Away" - 4:05
3. "Are You Ready to Rock" - 4:07
4. "Attack of the Mad Axeman" - 4:10
5. "Into the Arena" - 4:00
6. "Courvoisier Concerto" - 2:13
7. "Dream On (Rock Will Never Die)" - 5:25
8. "Desert Song" - 6:00
9. "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" - 4:57
10. "Armed and Ready" - 4:46
11. "Doctor Doctor" - 4:50

Personnel

• Gary Barden
  Gary Barden
  Gary John Barden is an English singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the Michael Schenker Group....
  
   - lead vocals
• Michael Schenker
  Michael Schenker
  Michael Schenker is a German rock guitarist, best known for his tenure in UFO, in addition to his solo band. He first rose to fame as a founding member of the Scorpions, then achieved fame in the mid 1970s as the lead guitar player for UFO. Since leaving UFO in 1978, he has been leading the...
  
   - lead guitar
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
  
• Derek St. Holmes
  Derek St. Holmes
  Derek St. Holmes is an American musician best known as the vocalist and rhythm guitar player for Ted Nugent's successful early solo career.-Early years:...
  
   - rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar
  Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
  
  , backing vocals, co-lead vocals on "I'm Gonna Make You Mine"
• Andy Nye
  Andy Nye
  Andy Nye is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for being a member of the rock band The Michael Schenker Group at their peak in the 1980s...
  
   - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , backing vocals
• Chris Glen
  Chris Glen
  Christopher 'Chris' Glen is a Scottish bass guitarist who has played in The Jade, Tear Gas, The Party Boys, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and The Michael Schenker Group...
  
   - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Ted McKenna
  Ted McKenna
  Edward 'Ted' McKenna , is a Scottish drummer who has played with the bands Tear Gas, Rory Gallagher, The Party Boys, The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and The Michael Schenker Group. He also toured with Ian Gillan for a short period alongside fellow former SAHB bassist, Chris Glen...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , percussion
  Percussion instrument
  A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
  
  

Additional personnel

• Klaus Meine
  Klaus Meine
  Klaus Meine is a German singer, best known as the lead vocalist and occasional rhythm guitarist of the heavy metal band Scorpions...
  
   - co-lead vocals on "Doctor Doctor"
• Rudolf Schenker
  Rudolf Schenker
  Rudolf Schenker is a German guitarist and founding member of heavy metal band Scorpions, being the rhythm/lead guitarist and one of the main song-writers of the band...
  
  - guitar on "Doctor Doctor"

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak position	Sales	Weeks on Chart
1984	UK	24	-	5
1984	Japan	21	21,000	7
1984	Sweden	32	-	2