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UFO Pictorial Family Tree
START to 1980 | 1980 to 1989 | 1990 to 2002 | 2003 to present
This wil be continually updated. Anyone who has any information to add or if you have any photos
please e-mail me to help make this the definitive UFO Web Family Tree. Thanks Tristan
UFO #13
August 1980 - June 1982
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John Sloman leaves and later joins the following groups: Gary Moore, Paul Young, Todd Rundgren, Praying Mantis
Neil Carter (ex-Wild Horses) joins in time to appear at Readings Rock Festival on 23rd August 1980 as the Headline act.
According to
a Misty Green and Blue interview with Neil Carter (Iss.2, 1994), John Sloman (went on to join Uriah Heep) had already recorded the keyboard parts
on The Wild, The Willing and The Innocent, although he was never credited
on the album.
UK's Top Of The Pops TV appearance - 1981
Left to right: Pete Way - Phil Mogg - Andy Parker - Paul Chapman - Neil Carter
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| The Wild, The Willing and The Innocent Album - January 1981 |
Album - Feb 1982 |
Left to right: Pete Way - Neil Carter - Phil Mogg - Andy Parker - Paul Chapman
Left to right: Phil Mogg - Pete Way - Paul Chapman - Neil Carter - Andy Parker
1982 - On stage
Pete Way | Phil MOGG | Paul Chapman
UFO 1982 - photo copyright Korina B
Neil Carter | Phil MOGG | Pete Way
UFO 1982 - photo copyright Korina B
Pete Way | Phil MOGG | Paul Chapman
UFO 1982 - photo copyright Korina B
Pete Way | Phil MOGG | Paul Chapman
UFO 1982 - photo copyright Korina B
Neil Carter | Pete Way | Phil MOGG
UFO 1982 - photo copyright Korina B
UFO - 1982 - Top six photos taken by Korina B - Thanks Korina
UFO #14
July 1982 - December 1982
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Pete Way leaves to form FASTWAY with Motorheads 'Fast Eddie Clarke'. Pete gets a call from Ozzy Osbourne to tour and
then forms his own band, WAYSTED on return.
UFO record the album, MAKING CONTACT
UFO #15
January 1983 - February 1983
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Billy Sheeham (ex-TALAS) joins UFO for the European tours in Poland and Greece
Left to right: Phil Mogg - Paul Chapman - Andy Parker - Neil Carter- Billy Sheehan
Billy Sheehan's
Vox bass that was given to Billy by the members of UFO on the 1983 Europe
tour.
Billy also used this bass on some promotional shows for the UFO Tour.
Phil Mogg and Billy Sheehan
UFO #16
February 1983 - April 1983
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Billy Sheeham leaves to tour with his own band TALAS
Paul Gray (ex-EDDIE and THE HOT RODS, ex-DAMNED) steps in on bass for the UK tour.
Side 4 (vinyl) of the HEADSTONE album - Recorded LIVE at Hammersmith Odeon, London in April 1983
May 1983 - Announcement that UFO take a well earned break
Paul Chapman goes to Florida, USA to form a new band DOA. Later to join Pete Way in WAYSTED
Neil CARTER joins GARY MOORE BAND
Andy PARKER goes to LA, USA to join SCARLETT and later to join Pete Way and Paul Chapman in WASTED
Paul Gray goined Steve Breeze in the band SING SING
Phil MOGG flies to LA in September - Auditions Yngwie Malmsteen and George Lynch (Dokken)
Mike Varney introduces Phil to a relatively unheard Amercian guitarist Tommy McClendon
UFO #17
January 1984 - November 1984
In December 1983, Paul Gray's band, SING SING secure a headling gig at The Marquee. Who should be in the audience?
Phil Mogg and so impressed with some of the songs performed, contacted Paul a few days afterwards asking if he
had anymore songs. Paul invites Phil down to his home in Cardiff and early 1984, Phil starts writing with Paul Gray.
Excellent detailed information from Paul Gray's website - Summary as follows:
Phil and Paul secured new management - Simstar Limited, Birmingham and Los Angeles
New Band name was considered as "The Great Outdoors" and had now based themselves in Birmingam, UK
Left to right: Paul Gray - Phil Mogg - Tommy McClendon - Robbie France the above picture was taken in November 1984 and was an EXCLUSIVE for KERRANG! magazine - © photo by Robert Ellis |
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Phil finally decided on Amercian guitarist Tommy McClendon (ex-Boy Wonder, ex-Thunderwing)
Robbie France was chosen for drum duties - joins from DIAMOND HEAD
The band entered 10CC's Strawberry Studios to start demo'ing with all of the summer spent rehearsing,
filming a promo video at Birmingham Odeon, meeting record companies and recording more demos.
Keyboard rehearsals were conducted with Barbara Schenker, Michael Schenker's sister but didn't quite work out.
November 1984 - The band go out as UFO - In UK's music magazine, KERRANG! have a UFO exclusive.
The band photo appears (as above) with thenews of a December tour but at this time there was still no
keyboard player announcement but "it will surprise a lot of people"
Finally the Official line-up is set on December 1984
UFO #18
December 1984 - April 1985
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In December 1984, Paul Raymond returns to the fold having left WAYSTED
13 date UK tour, supported by TOBRUK begins on December 8th 1984
April 1985 - sign to Chrysalis Records
UFO #19
May 1985 - July 18th 1986
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Jim Simpson (joins from MAGNUM) replaces Robbie France
22nd June 1985 - UFO at The Knebworth Fayre
November 1985 - MISDEMEANOR released in UK
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March 1986 - MISDEMEANOR released in US
March 1986 - Misdeameanor TOUR released on VHS VIDEO
March 6 1986 - European tour begins - Germany supporting heavy metallers Accept, with Dokken as first act.
UFO go on to Switzerland, Austria and Hungary - Budapest headlining in a 10,000 seat arena - MORE DETAILS
Onto Stockholm and teamed up with Twisted Sister for more gigs
Then continuing their exhaustive tour to Holland, Austria and Germany
6th May 1986 - Start of a 10 week US tour in New York
1986 - North American Tour 26/5 Spring Valley. NY PAUL RAYMOND DEPARTS UFO on the afternoon of the 19th July see rest of the tour dates below: |
UFO #20
July 19th 1986 - August 1986
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Paul Raymond quit UFO during the last stages of the US tour (Pheonix, Arazona) - later joins glam rock band ANGEL
Paul Gray filled in on keyboards for the July 19th gig and David 'Jake' Jacobsen (ex-ERIC MARTIN BAND) completed the tour for the band
19/7 Pheonix, Az. Rockers - Paul Gray performs Keyboards and Bass for the evening
20/7 Pheonix, Az - Jake Jacobson flies out from California and takes over keyboard duties
21/7 Las Vegas, Nv. Krackers
22/7 Las Vegas
23/7 San Diego, Ca. Bacchanal
24/7 Long Beach, Ca. Fenders Ballroom
25/7 LA, Country Club
26/7 LA, Country Club
27/7 Santa Cruz, Auditorium
29/7 San Jose, Cabaret
30/7 Fresno, Rock Palace
31/7 Reno, Nv. Grande Ballroom
1/ 8 San Francisco, Keystone
2/8 Oakland, Ca. Omni
3/8 Valejo, Ca. Talk of the Town
4/8 Stockton, Ca
5/8 Stockton, Fox Theater
UFO #21
September 1986 - October 1987
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Left to right: Tommy McClendon - Jim Simpson - Paul Gray - Phil Mogg |
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Ain't Misbehavin' is a mini-album (EP) recorded in 1986 after the band's USA tour
UFO #22
November 1987 - December 1987
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Myke Gray (ex-Dorian Gray and Jagged Edge) joins to replace Tommy McClendon on guitars
Tommy later joins 'Kathy Vincent Band' before moving onto 'Soul Motor'
Dec 23rd 1987 - First gig with
the above line-up was at the UK's 'Metal Hammer Christmas Party' at London's Astoria.
UFO, SHY and Tigertailz, raising money for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
UFO #23
January 1988 - May 1988
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Pete Way re-joins UFO, having dissolved WAYSTED
Paul Gray leaves and joins HEAVY LOAD briefly and then re-joined EDDIE and THE HOT RODS and then the DAMNED
Jim Simpson joins BUDGIE
(Paul Gray
and Jim Simpson later hook up once more by joining THE DAMMED
and then some years later form their own band, MISCHIEF)
6 Track EP vinyl - AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (by band line-up: Mogg, McClendon, Paul Gray, Simpson) released early in 1988 in the USA
(Album was promoted by playing a Hollywood showcase in Feb 1988 with Myke Gray on guitars)
Phil, Pete and Myke started to write new songs together:Interview with Myke that appeared in Kerrang! magazine in January 1990
(although the interview was conducted late 1989):
"At the beginning of last year, I was doing some work with Phil Mogg and Pete Way, writing some songs for their album.
While we were waiting for Andy Parker to come over from L.A., we needed a drummer to work on some of our songs, and a
girl called Tracey from the management company, said she knew one."
The drummer was Italian born Fabio Del Rio.FABIO
DEL RIO joins on Drums
Fabio leaves his home country for london in 1984 and after four years, in 1988, hears that UFO were seeking a drummer for the new line-up. Fabio audions and signs the contract to become the official drummer. Fabio: with. For me it was a group like many others. I was then told later by my manager: they thought I was crazy, but being in the same vein that they themselves played in my favour" They found another mad person to play with. |
June 1988 - Autumn 1988
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Myke Gray (who always retained the JAGGED EDGE name) leaves UFO - his management, Sanctuary Music secure
a support slot to Ozzy Osbourne's UK club tour (Ozzy now with Zak Wylde and Geezer Butler) through June and July 1988
with Myke getting a new members to the re-formed JAGGED
EDGE. Myke then played and wrote with Bruce Dickinson
(Formed 'Taste' as Jagged Edge split in Dec. 1991 and 'Taste' later changed name 'Obsession' before settling with
the name SKIN in 1992). (SKIN video exerpt)
Rik Sanford (ex-electric Warrior) leaves 'STARFIGHTERS' and joins UFO on Guitars as replacement for Myke
July 1988 - METAL FORCES magazine run an interview with UFO and its clear that Rik Sanford continues to write and
lay down the guitar parts for a planned forthcoming album.
UFO #25
Winter 1988 - December 1988
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Unsure as to why Tony Glidewell replaces Rik Sanford on Guitars, especially as UFO seemed happy with their choice of
guitarist a few months earlier as reported in the METAL FORCES interview
Tony now plays with Thin Lizzy Tribute band, Dizzy Lizzy
UFO play Londons 'ASTORIA' on December 28th 1988 FABIO DEL RIO then leaves to join Myke Gray in the re-formed JAGGED EDGE
Fabio: "After some months of records and lives with UFOs, is coupled by the manager of the legendary band Iron Maiden (Sanctuary Music), who offers him a place to launch a new group with Myke Gray. Fabio agrees and starts his experience with Jagged Edge. Signed with Polydor and would spend the next three years (1989 to 1991) Fabio was also the drummer for Bruce Dickinson's solo album "Tattoed Millionaire" (1990-EMI), which attracted considerable critical acclaim and audiences worldwide. |
JAGGED EDGE - Melodic Guitar work from Myke and drumming from Fabio - FULL VERSION HERE
