Phil Mogg
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Phillip John 'Phil' Mogg (born 15 April 1948, in Wood Green, North London) is a vocalist for the band UFO, which he formed with longtime friends Pete Way and Andy Parker. They recruited guitarist Mick Bolton but later Mogg had a run-in with Bolton which ended up in Bolton being fired. UFO had been touring with such bands as Scorpions. When Mogg and UFO needed a guitarist they got Michael Schenker at the ripe old age of 19 to join UFO. Mogg wrote the majority of the band's lyrics, with the music being written by Way, Schenker, and later, Raymond, but Schenker left to launch his solo career in 1979. In 1997 Mogg and Way put out a solo album called Mogg/Way. With UFO on hiatus, Phil formed the side project $ign of 4. In late 2003, having regained the rights to the UFO name from Schenker, Mogg spoke with Pete Way and Paul Raymond, and ended up having a reunion tour which later brought the band back for good. The band then released several new albums : Showtime, The Monkey Puzzle, You Are Here.
Mogg is the only member of UFO to appear on all of the band's albums.
Phil Mogg is the uncle of Nigel Mogg, bassist with The Quireboys.
Discography
UFO
Studio
- UFO 1 (1970) Uncharted
- Flying (1971) Uncharted
- Live (1972) Uncharted
- Phenomenon (1974) Uncharted
- Force It (1975) Chart Position 71 (US)
- No Heavy Petting (1976) Chart Position 167 (US)
- Lights Out (1977) Chart Position 51 (UK), 23 (US)
- Obsession (1978) Chart Position 26 (UK), 41 (US)
- No Place to Run (1980) Chart Position 11 (UK), 51 (US)
- The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent (1981) Chart Position 19 (UK), 77 (US)
- Mechanix (1982) Chart Position 8 (UK), 82 (US)
- Making Contact (1983) Chart Position 32 (UK), 153 (US)
- Misdemeanor (1985) Chart Position 74 (UK), 106 (US)
- Ain't Misbehavin' (EP) (1988) Uncharted
- High Stakes & Dangerous Men (1992) Uncharted
- Walk On Water (1995) Uncharted
- Covenant (2000) Uncharted
- Sharks (2002) Uncharted
- You Are Here (2004) Uncharted
- The Monkey Puzzle (2006)
- The Visitor (2009)
Live
- Live In Concert (1974)
- Strangers In The Night (1979) Chart Position 42 (US), 8 (UK)
- Lights Out In Tokyo (1992)
- Live In Japan (1992)
- T.N.T. (1993)
- Heaven's Gate (1995)
- Showtime (2005)
Other
- On With The Action (1998)
- Live In Texas (2000)
- Regenerator - Live 1982 (2001)
- Space Metal (1976)
- Anthology (1986)
- The Essential UFO (1992)
- Best Of UFO: Gold Collection (1996)
- X-Factor: Out There & Back (1997)
- Flying : The Early Years 1970-1973 (2004)
- An Introduction To UFO CD (2006)
- The Best Of The Rest (1988)
MOGG/WAY
- Edge of the World (1997)
- Chocolate Box (1999)
$ign of 4
- Dancing With St. Peter (2002)