The Plot - Schenker Way: 2-Disc Special Edition

In between their regular millennial break-ups, UFO bassist Pete Way and guitarist Michael Schenker conspired to record a 12-song set of rawk’n’roll. While Way gives it Lydon-esque (as he was then) treatment on the likes of the uptempo You & Me, and Kicked Out sounds like sometime tour mates The Quireboys, Take Another Shot could have been from the worst Rolling Stones tribute band going, and Shake Down should have been. The feisty Senorita stands out, but then it would do among quasi-punk tosh such as Just My Luck, while only the closer Might As Well Go Drinking harbours the right sentiment. A five-song CD bonus disc, Live 2002, recorded in Cleveland with ex-Racer X’s Jeff Martin, really isn’t that much of a bonus. The tracklisting is wrong and, other than a take on UFO’s Too Hot To Handle, only the SAHB-esque Born Again stands out before a 2006 interview with Pete Way.