Gary Barden

Gary John Barden (born 27 August 1955 in Royal Tunbridge Wells, England) is an English singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the Michael Schenker Group.

Barden was discovered by Schenker upon the guitarist's hearing a demo of Barden's previous band, Fraser Nash. Barden proceeded to appear on The Michael Schenker Group , MSG and One Night at Budokan albums. He was asked to leave the group and was replaced by former Rainbow frontman Graham Bonnet. In the interim, Barden worked with Gary Moore.

Barden returned to the MSG in 1983 for the album Built to Destroy , followed by the live album Rock Will Never Die . After his stint in MSG he went on to form Statetrooper with brothers Steve and Paul Johnson. Gary Barden is currently fronting Silver and Statetrooper and maintaining a solo career. Gary Barden recorded a new album with Michael Schenker Group called In the Midst of Beauty which was released in April 2008, followed by a world tour.

Discography

with The Michael Schenker Group

• The Michael Schenker Group 1980
• MSG 1981
• One Night at Budokan 1982
• Built to Destroy 1983
• Rock Will Never Die 1984
• Heavy Hitters 2005
• Tales of Rock'n'Roll 2006
• In the Midst of Beauty 2008

with Schenker Barden Acoustic Project

• Gipsy Lady 2009

with Praying Mantis

• To the Power if Ten 1995
• Captured Alive in Tokyo City 1996

with Statetrooper

• Statetrooper 1986 (re issued with extra tracks in 2002)
• The Calling 2004

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