Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose has loaned his pipes to a cover of a UFO classic.
Rose’s appearance on UFO guitarist Michael Schenker’s cover of “Love to Love” marks his first non-GN’R collaboration in 17 years. The singer’s inclusion on Schenker’s My Years with UFO comes after he was initially tapped to perform three songs on the album, Schenker explains. “Axl ended up singing ‘Too Hot to Handle,’ ‘Only You Can Rock Me’ and ‘Love to Love,’” he says. “I guess it was too many songs, because they were in the middle of a tour and he preferred to just focus on ‘Love to Love.’ And he is a perfectionist, I have noticed.”
Rose is among several singers who appear on the album, joining Dee Snider, Stephen Pearcy and Eric Gronwall, among others. My Years with UFO dropped on Friday.