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ULI JON ROTH

Born in Duesseldorf, Germany, Dec. 1954

1973-1978 Lead-guitarist and one of the main songwriters for German No. 1 rock band THE SCORPIONS - 5 albums, including several gold ones - TOKYO TAPES, which sold nearly 1 million copies.

1978-1985 - formed his own band ELECTRIC SUN - 3 Albums : 1978 - EARTHQUAKE 1980 - FIRE WIND 1984 - BEYOND THE ASTRAL SKIES Tours in Europe and the US.

Since then U.J.R. has written 4 symphonies, 2 concertos and numerous songs.

1987/88 - SKY CONCERTO

1991 - AQUILA SUITE (for piano solo)

1991 - MD for JIMI HENDRIX TV show German TV - Rockpalast

1992 - EUROPA EX FAVILLA - Symphony

1993 - SYMPHONIC ROCK FOR EUROPE - mastermind & M.D.

1994 - HIROSHIMA DE PROFUNDIS - Symphony

1995 - SKY OF AVALON - SYMPHONIC LEGENDS Appearance on Jose Carreras TV Charity

1996/97/98 - REQUIEM FOR AN ANGEL dedicated to the memory of his deceased girl-friend and artist Monika Dannemann.

1998 - G3 Concert Tour in Europe with Joe Satriani and Michael Schenker

1999 - TRANSCENDENTAL SKY GUITAR VOL. I & II

2000 - Performance of VIVALDI’s FOUR SEASONS & Detmold Chamber Orchestra

2001 - Japan Tour, European Tour HISTORICAL PERFORMANCES DVD THE ELECTRIC SUN YEARS VOL I & II LEGENDS OF ROCK at Castle Donington initiator and M.D.

2002 - LEGENDS OF ROCK UK Tour

2003 - METAMORPHOSIS

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	MF left COMBO COLOSSALE and, together with hanovarian musicians ZENO ROTH and ULE W., he recorded a legendary demo-tape which in the end was leading to one of the biggest record deals for a newcomer-band during the last 30 years.
	During formentioned demo-session ULI JON ROTH, former leadguitarrist in SCORPIONS, became aware of MF.
	In 2001 MF participated on the ULI JON ROTH Europian tour, due to separate obligations only in Germany, Berlin, Bochum, Hannover, Detmold.

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	ULI JON ROTH is renowned for his soaring, singing melodies performed with a rich and expressive range of tones.
	Uli would be the first to point out 'Earthquake's shortcomings - particularly the vocals - but due to the nature of the whole Electric Sun ethos - the freedom of the three-piece format - it would have been nigh on impossible to just slot in a vocalist and expect it to work.
	Uli chose to write the guitar parts with ruthless disregard to the technical limitations of the instrument...with only one small problem: half-way through the writing of the Concerto, it began to dawn on Uli that even the Sky Guitar would not be able to cope with the enormous technical demands of this music.

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