Awards and recognition
* Placed on Guitar World magazine’s 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists.
* In 2010 Schenker was given the Marshall “11” award.
* Schenker accepted his “Rock Guitar Legend” award at the Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music Awards 2012.
* On 16 June 2014, Schenker was honored the Golden God Icon Award at the Metal Hammer Golden God Awards at the IndiO2 in London.
On Nov.10th 2010 Michael Schenker was honored with an Award in London along other Rock Legends including Ron Wood and Slash.The Award was presented to Michael by Alice Cooper. It seemed as if most of the Essence of Rock was present from Legends such as Jimmy Page to Toni Iommi to John Paul Johns and many others.
The Marshall “11” award—given to those artists and musicians who represent rock ’n’ roll excess and livin’ on the edge – went to German rock guitarist Michael Schenker, whose fame as a founding member of The Scorpions and later the lead guitar player for UFO has given him universal recognition as one of the most legendary figures in metal guitar. (Classic Rock Magazine)
Michael was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the editors of the German magazine VIDEO for his outstanding achievements as an international rock artist and in particular for the numerous successful releases on DVD and Blu-ray
