After achieving fame as one of heavy metal's most innovative guitarists, thanks to stints in UFO and Scorpions, this German shredder put together the long-running Michael Schenker Group. Their sound—a mix of high-decibel swagger and progressive rock chops—ultimately serves as a showcase for Schenker's extraordinary fretwork. Rocking an iconic black-and-white Flying V, Schenker unleashes an arsenal of razor-sharp riffs and screaming leads shaped by his genius-level balance between precision, classical melodicism and (of course) sheer violent force. He is known as The Mad Axeman, after all.