List of UFO members

UFO were an English hard rock band from London. Formed in 1968 under the name The Boyfriends, the group originally consisted guitarist Mick Bolton, bassist Pete Way and drummer Tick Torrazo.^[1] Torrazo was replaced by Colin Turner and was renamed The Ugly. Also lead vocalist Phil Mogg was joined.^[1] Turner was replaced by Andy Parker in August 1969 and the group became known as Hocus Pocus, and by October it was renamed UFO.

The final lineup of the band included original members Mogg and Parker, plus lead guitarist Vinnie Moore (since 2003), bassist Rob De Luca (since 2008), and keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Neil Carter (from 1980 to 1983 and since 2019).

The band was formed in 1968 as The Boyfriends by guitarist Mick Bolton, bassist Pete Way and drummer Tick Torrazo.^[1]

The latter was replaced by Colin Turner and the group was renamed The Ugly. Lead vocalist Phil Mogg joined.^[1]

In August, Turner was replaced by 17 year-old Andy Parker and the group became known as Hocus Pocus. Two months later the band was renamed UFO.^[2]

Bolton left on 31 January 1972, shortly after the release of the band's first live album Live.^[3]

He was briefly replaced by Larry Wallis, who was fired by Mogg and in October 1972 and replaced by Bernie Marsden in November.^[4]

On 13 July 1973, Scorpions guitarist Michael Schenker substituted for Marsden on a German tour, and later joined as a full member.^[5]

Paul Chapman was added as a second guitarist following the release of Phenomenon on 10 May 1974, although he would leave the following 30 December after failing to turn up for a show.^[6]

Danny Peyronel was added as the band's first keyboardist in August 1975, featuring on their fifth album No Heavy Petting.^[7][8]

In August 1976, Peyronel was replaced by Savoy Brown's Paul Raymond, who also contributed rhythm guitar to the band.^[9]

Due to increased problems stemming from his alcohol abuse, Schenker quit UFO after a show on 29 October 1978, with Chapman returning to take his place shortly after.^[10]

Raymond left two years later and was briefly replaced by John Sloman, before Neil Carter took his place midway through the recording of The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent.^[11] Way left UFO after the release of 1982's Mechanix,^[12] with Chapman and Carter recording bass guitar for Making Contact.^[13] Billy Sheehan was brought in to perform on a European tour between January–February 1983,^[12] with Paul Gray taking over from late February until the end of the tour on 15 April.^[14] Upon the conclusion of the tour, UFO decided to disband.^[15]

Mogg reformed UFO in late 1984 with returning bassist Gray, new guitarist "Atomik" Tommy McClendon and new drummer Robbie France.^[16][17] By early 1985, France had been replaced by Jim Simpson and former keyboardist Paul Raymond had returned to the band, with the five-piece releasing Misdemeanor later in the year.^[18] Raymond left the band in July 1986 and was replaced by David Jacobson for the rest of the year's touring cycle.^[19] McClendon was replaced by Myke Gray in late 1987,^[20] and in early 1988 original members Pete Way and Andy Parker returned to the group.^[21] A new lineup of the band including guitarist Rik Sanford and drummer Fabio Del Rio began working on a new album later in the year,^[22] and after brief stints with Tony Glidewell and Erik Gamans on guitar, UFO broke up for a second time in 1989.^[23][24]

UFO returned for a third time in 1991, with Mogg and Way joined by guitarist Laurence Archer, drummer Clive Edwards and, later, keyboardist Jem Davis.^[25] In 1993, Schenker, Parker and Raymond returned to reunite the 'classic' lineup of the band, releasing the album Walk on Water in 1995.^[26] Simon Wright replaced Parker in 1995.^[27] Schenker left to promote his debut solo album Thank You in 1995, returning in 1997 to support the European release of Walk on Water.^[28] The guitarist quit suddenly after a show on April 24, 1998, with Wright and Raymond following soon after; due to an agreement signed by the band members, Mogg and Way were unable to use the name UFO without Schenker, and briefly considered renaming the group Lights Out.^[29] However, the pair continued collaborating under the moniker Mogg/Way.^[2]

After a two-year hiatus, UFO returned again in 2000 with Schenker returning and Aynsley Dunbar added on drums, releasing Covenant in July.^[30] For the album's promotional tour, Luis Maldonado (keyboards, rhythm guitar) and Jeff Martin (drums) were added to the band's lineup.^[31] Dunbar returned in 2002 to perform on Sharks,^[32] which was the band's last album to feature Schenker who quit in January 2003, relinquishing his part-ownership of the name in order that UFO could continue.^[33] In July, it was announced that Vinnie Moore would replace Schenker, Jason Bonham would replace Dunbar, and Paul Raymond would return to the band.^[34] Bonham remained in UFO until 2005, when Parker returned to the group,^[35] and in 2008 Rob De Luca joined in place of Way, after filling in for him on an initially temporary basis.^[36]

On 13 April 2019, Paul Raymond died of a heart attack just a few days after the end of a tour.^[37] Two weeks later, it was announced that Neil Carter had rejoined the band to take Raymond's place on tour.^[38] In September 2022, it was announced that Phil Mogg had suffered a heart attack and remaining dates of the farewell tour were cancelled, save for occasional shows afterwards.^[39] UFO's third disbandment was officially confirmed by Mogg in April 2024.^[40]

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Phil Mogg	1968–1983 1984–1989 1991–1998 2000 2002–2003 2003–2024 [2][15][16][17][40]	lead vocals	all UFO releases
	Andy Parker	1969–1983 1988 1993–1995 2005–2024 [2][15][21][26][27][35][40]	drums occasional backing vocals[41]	all UFO releases from UFO 1 (1970) to Making Contact (1983) BBC Radio 1: Live in Concert (1992) Walk on Water (1995) On with the Action (1996) Regenerator: Live 1982 (2001) Live on Earth (2003) all UFO releases from The Monkey Puzzle (2006) onwards, except The Misdemeanor Tour: Live from Oxford (2013)
	Neil Carter	1980–1983 2019–2024 [11][15][40]	keyboards rhythm guitar saxophone (1981) bass guitar (1982)[13] backing vocals	The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent (1981)[a] Mechanix (1982) Making Contact (1983) Regenerator: Live 1982 (2001) Headstone: Live at Hammersmith 1983 (2009)
	Vinnie Moore	2003–2024[34][40]	lead guitar	all UFO releases from You Are Here (2004) onwards, except Headstone: Live at Hammersmith 1983 (2009) and The Misdemeanor Tour: Live from Oxford (2013)
	Rob De Luca	2008–2024[36][40]	bass guitar backing vocals[42]	A Conspiracy of Stars (2015) The Salentino Cuts (2017)

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Pete Way	1968–1982 1988–1989 1991–1998 2000 2002–2003 2003–2008 (died 2020) [2][43][21][36]	bass guitar	all UFO releases from UFO 1 (1970) to Mechanix (1982), and from High Stakes & Dangerous Men (1992) to The Monkey Puzzle (2006), except Heaven's Gate (Live) (1993)
	Mick Bolton	1968–1972[2][3]	guitar	UFO 1 (1970) UFO 2: Flying (1971) Live (1971)
	Tick Torrazo	1968	drums	none
	Colin Turner	1968–1969
	Larry Wallis	1972 (died 2019)[4]	guitar
	Bernie Marsden	1972–1973 (died 2023)[4][5]		Phenomenon (1974) (two 2007 bonus tracks only)[44]
	Michael Schenker	1973–1978 1993–1995 1997–1998 2000 2002–2003 [5][10][26][28][29][30][33]	lead guitar rhythm guitar (1973–1976, 2000–2002, 2002–2003)	all UFO releases from Phenomenon (1974) to Strangers in the Night (1979) BBC Radio 1: Live in Concert (1992) Walk on Water (1995) On with the Action (1996) Werewolves of London (1998) Covenant (2000) Sharks (2002) Live on Earth (2003)
	Paul Chapman	1974 1978–1983 (died 2020) [6][10][15]	lead guitar rhythm guitar (1974, 1980) bass guitar (1982)[13]	No Place to Run (1980) The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent (1981) Mechanix (1982) Making Contact (1983) Regenerator: Live 1982 (2001) Headstone: Live at Hammersmith 1983 (2009)
	Danny Peyronel	1975–1976[7][8]	keyboards backing vocals	No Heavy Petting (1976)
	Paul Raymond	1976–1980 1984–1986 1993–1998 2003–2019 (until his death) [9][11][18][19][26][29][34][37]	keyboards (except 1995–1997) rhythm guitar lead guitar (1995–1997) backing vocals	all UFO releases from Lights Out (1977) to No Place to Run (1980) Misdemeanor (1985) BBC Radio 1: Live in Concert (1992) Walk on Water (1995) Werewolves of London (1998) Live USA (2000) all UFO releases from Live on Earth (2003) onwards, except Headstone: Live at Hammersmith 1983 (2009)
	Paul Gray	1983 1984–1988 [14][15][21]	bass guitar	Misdemeanor (1985) Ain't Misbehavin' (1988) Heaven's Gate (Live) (1993) Headstone: Live at Hammersmith 1983 (2009) The Misdemeanor Tour: Live from Oxford (2013)
	Atomik Tommy M	1984–1987[16][20]	lead guitar rhythm guitar (1984, 1986–1987) backing vocals	Misdemeanor (1985) Ain't Misbehavin' (1988) Heaven's Gate (Live) (1993) The Misdemeanor Tour: Live from Oxford (2013)
	Robbie France	1984–1985 (died 2012)[16][18]	drums	none
	Jim Simpson	1985–1988[18][21]	drums backing vocals	Misdemeanor (1985) Ain't Misbehavin' (1988) Heaven's Gate (Live) (1993) The Misdemeanor Tour: Live from Oxford (2013)
	Myke Gray	1987–1988[20]	guitar	none
	Fabio Del Rio	1988–1989[22]	drums
	Rik Sandford[22]	1988	guitar
	Tony Glidewell[23][24]
	Erik Gamans[23][24]	1989
	Laurence Archer	1991–1993[25]	guitar backing vocals	High Stakes & Dangerous Men (1992) Lights Out in Tokyo: Live (1992)
	Clive Edwards		drums
	Jem Davis		keyboards	Lights Out in Tokyo: Live (1992)
	Simon Wright	1995–1996 1997–1998 [27][29]	drums	Werewolves of London (1998) Live USA (2000)
	Aynsley Dunbar	2000 2002–2003 [30][32]		Covenant (2000) Sharks (2002)
	Jason Bonham	2003–2005[34][35]	drums backing vocals	You Are Here (2004) Showtime (2005)

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Notes
	Billy Sheehan	1983	bass guitar	Sheehan performed with UFO on a European tour between January–February 1983 after the departure of Pete Way.[12]
	David Jacobson	1986	keyboards backing vocals	Jacobson toured with UFO in 1986 after the departure of Paul Raymond earlier in the year.[19]
	Luis Maldonado	2000	keyboards rhythm and lead guitars backing vocals	Maldonaldo and Martin were added to UFO's touring lineup following the release of Covenant in 2000.[31] Luis contributed backing vocals to Covenant (2000)[45] and Sharks (2002)[46]
	Jeff Martin		drums backing vocals
	Barry Sparks	2004	bass guitar	Sparks performed with UFO on a United States tour between September—October 2004.[47]
	Jeff Kollman	2005		Kollman substituted for regular bassist Pete Way in UFO on a United States tour in July 2005.[48]

Image	Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
	Chick Churchill	1975	keyboards	Force It (1975)
	John Sloman[11]	1980		The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent (1981)
	Paul Buckmaster		orchestral arrangements orchestra conductor
	Don Airey	1991	keyboards	High Stakes & Dangerous Men (1992)
	Terry Reid		backing vocals
	Stevie Lange
	Mark Philips	1995		Walk on Water (1995)
	Jesse Bradman	2000 2002		Covenant (2000) Sharks (2002)
	Kevin Carlson		keyboards
	Mike Varney	2002	guitar fills & outro guitar solo	Sharks (2002)
	Peter Pichl	2009	bass guitar	The Visitor (2009)
	Martina Frank		backing vocals
	Melanie Newton
	Olaf Senkbeil
	Alexa Wild	2011		Seven Deadly (2012)
	Marino Carlini
	Lars Lehmann		bass guitar
	Marc Hothan		harp

Role	Lead vocals	Lead guitar	Rhythm guitar	Keyboards	Bass guitar	Drums	Backing vocals
UFO 1 (1970)[49]	Phil Mogg	Mick Bolton		none	Pete Way	Andy Parker	none
UFO 2: Flying (1971)[50]
Phenomenon (1974)[51]		Michael Schenker	Michael Schenker
Force It (1975)[52]				Chick Churchill(guest)
No Heavy Petting (1976)[53]				Danny Peyronel			Danny Peyronel
Lights Out (1977)[54]			Paul Raymond				Paul Raymond
Obsession (1978)[55]
No Place to Run (1980)[56]		Paul Chapman
The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent (1981)[57][58][59]			Paul Chapman	John Sloman (guest)			none
Mechanix (1982)[60]			Neil Carter				Neil Carter
Making Contact (1983)[61]					Paul Champan/ Neil Carter/Paul Gray (bonus tracks only)
Misdemeanor (1985)[62]		Atomik Tommy M	Paul Raymond		Paul Gray	Jim Simpson	Atomik Tommy M, Jim Simpson
High Stakes & Dangerous Men (1992)[63]		Laurence Archer		Don Airey (session)	Pete Way	Clive Edwards	Laurence Archer, Terry Reid, Stevie Lange
Walk on Water (1995)[64]		Michael Schenker	Paul Raymond			Andy Parker	Mark Phillips
Covenant (2000)[45]			Michael Schenker	Kevin Carlson (session)		Aynsley Dunbar	Jesse Bredman, Luis Maldonado
Sharks (2002)[46]
You Are Here (2004)[65]		Vinnie Moore	Vinnie Moore	Paul Raymond		Jason Bonham	Paul Raymond, Jason Bonham
The Monkey Puzzle (2006)[66]						Andy Parker	Paul Raymond
The Visitor (2009)[67]			Paul Raymond		Peter Pichl (session)
Seven Deadly (2012)[68]					Lars Lehmann (session)
A Conspiracy of Stars (2015)[69]			Vinnie Moore		Rob De Luca
The Salentino Cuts (2017)[70]

Period	Members	Releases
1968 (as The Boyfriends)	Mick Bolton – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Tick Torrazo – drums	none
1968 – August 1969 (as Hocus Pocus)	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Mick Bolton – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Colin Turner – drums
August 1969 – January 1972 (as The Ugly until October 1969)	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Mick Bolton – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Andy Parker – drums	UFO 1 (1970) UFO 2: Flying (1971) Live (1971)
February – October 1972	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Larry Wallis – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Andy Parker – drums	Live Sightings (2015) Early Flight 1972 (2024)
November 1972 – July 1973	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Bernie Marsden – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Andy Parker – drums	Phenomenon (bonus tracks on 2007 reissue) Live in Germany 1973 (except tracks 9–12)
July 1973 – May 1974	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Michael Schenker – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Andy Parker – drums	Phenomenon (1974)
May – December 1974	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Michael Schenker – guitar Paul Chapman – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Andy Parker – drums	Live at the Marquee 1974
January – February 1975	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Michael Schenker – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Andy Parker – drums	none
Spring 1975	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Michael Schenker – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Chick Churchill — keyboards (session) Andy Parker – drums	Force It (1975)
June — July 1975	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Michael Schenker – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Andy Parker – drums	none
August 1975 – July 1976	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Michael Schenker – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Danny Peyronel – keyboards, backing vocals Andy Parker – drums	No Heavy Petting (1976) On with the Action (1996)
August 1976 – October 1978	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Michael Schenker – lead guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Paul Raymond – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Andy Parker – drums	Lights Out (1977) Obsession (1978) Strangers in the Night (1979)
October 1978 – May 1980	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Paul Chapman – lead guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Paul Raymond – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Andy Parker – drums	No Place to Run (1980)
Summer 1980	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Paul Chapman – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar John Sloman – keyboards (session) Andy Parker – drums	The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent (1981) (Sloman is uncredited on the album)
August 1980 – June 1982	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Paul Chapman – lead guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Neil Carter – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Andy Parker – drums	The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent (1981)[a] Mechanix (1982) Regenerator – Live 1982 (2001)
August – November 1982	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Paul Chapman – lead and bass guitar Neil Carter – keyboards, rhythm and bass guitar, backing vocals Andy Parker – drums	Making Contact (1983)
January – February 1983	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Paul Chapman – lead guitar Neil Carter – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Billy Sheehan – bass guitar (touring) Andy Parker – drums	none
February – April 1983	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Paul Chapman – lead guitar Neil Carter – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Paul Gray – bass guitar (touring) Andy Parker – drums	Making Contact (1983) (2009 reissue bonus tracks)
Band inactive April 1983 – October 1984
October – November 1984	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Atomik Tommy M – guitar, backing vocals Paul Gray – bass guitar Barbara Schenker — keyboards Robbie France – drums	none
November 1984 – February 1985	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Atomik Tommy M – lead guitar, backing vocals Paul Gray – bass guitar Paul Raymond – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Robbie France – drums
April 1985 – July 1986	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Atomik Tommy M – lead guitar, backing vocals Paul Gray – bass guitar Paul Raymond – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Jim Simpson – drums, backing vocals	Misdemeanor (1985) Misdemeanor Tour (1986) Heaven's Gate (1993)
July – August 1986	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Atomik Tommy M – guitar, backing vocals Paul Gray – bass guitar David Jacobson – keyboards (touring) Jim Simpson – drums, backing vocals	none
September 1986 – December 1987	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Atomik Tommy M – guitar, backing vocals Paul Gray – bass guitar Jim Simpson – drums, backing vocals	Ain't Misbehavin' (1988)
December 1987 – March 1988	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Myke Gray – guitar Paul Gray – bass guitar Jim Simpson – drums, backing vocals	none
May — June 1988	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Myke Gray – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Andy Parker – drums
July — October 1988	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Rik Sandford – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Fabio Del Rio – drums
October — December 1988	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Tony Glidewell – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Fabio Del Rio – drums
January — April 1989	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Erik Gamans – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Fabio Del Rio – drums
Band inactive April 1989 – 1991
1991	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Laurence Archer – guitar, backing vocals Pete Way – bass guitar Clive Edwards – drums	none
August – November 1991	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Laurence Archer – guitar, backing vocals Pete Way – bass guitar Don Airey – keyboards (session) Clive Edwards – drums Terry Reid – backing vocals (session) Stevie Lange – backing vocals (session)	High Stakes & Dangerous Men (1992)
1992 – June 1993	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Laurence Archer – guitar, backing vocals Pete Way – bass guitar Jem Davis – keyboards Clive Edwards – drums	Lights Out in Tokyo: Live (1992)
June 1993 – October 1995	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Michael Schenker – lead guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Paul Raymond – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Andy Parker – drums	Walk on Water (1995)
November 1995 – June 1997	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Paul Raymond – guitar, backing vocals Pete Way – bass guitar Simon Wright – drums	none
June 1997 – April 1998	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Michael Schenker – lead guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Paul Raymond – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Simon Wright – drums	Werewolves of London (1998) Live USA (2000)[71] Live on Earth (2003)
Band inactive April 1998 – January 2000
January — September 2000	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Michael Schenker – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Aynsley Dunbar – drums	Covenant (2000)
October — December 2000	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Michael Schenker – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Luis Maldonado – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals (touring) Jeff Martin – drums, backing vocals (touring)}	none
Band inactive December 2000 – January 2002
January 2002 – January 2003	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Michael Schenker – guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Aynsley Dunbar – drums	Sharks (2002)
Band inactive January – July 2003
July 2003 – September 2005	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Vinnie Moore – lead guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Paul Raymond – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Jason Bonham – drums, backing vocals	You Are Here (2004)
September 2005 – March 2008	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Vinnie Moore – lead guitar Pete Way – bass guitar Paul Raymond – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Andy Parker – drums	The Monkey Puzzle (2006)
March 2008 – April 2019	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Vinnie Moore – lead guitar Rob De Luca – bass guitar, backing vocals Paul Raymond – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Andy Parker – drums	The Visitor (2009) Seven Deadly (2012) A Conspiracy of Stars (2015) The Salentino Cuts (2017)
April 2019 – April 2024	Phil Mogg – lead vocals Vinnie Moore – lead guitar Rob De Luca – bass guitar, backing vocals Neil Carter – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals Andy Parker – drums	none

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