Although he’s known for his two stints — 1987-92 and currently — fronting the bands of legendary guitarist Michael Schenker, vocalist Robin McAuley has shown he’s not a one-trick pony. Even while he enjoys wearing a cowboy hat.

McAuley spent several years singing in Survivor and has played hundreds of shows with the Las Vegas All-Star covers band Raiding The Rock Vault. His latest venture may be McAuley’s most ambitious.

Today marks the release of Shake the World, the debut album of supergroup Black Swan on Frontiers Music. The band features McAuley’s vocals plus guitarist Reb Beach of Winger, Whitesnake and formerly of Dokken, longtime Dokken and Foreigner bassist Jeff Pilson and drummer Matt Starr. The album includes nine hard-hitting tunes such as the first two videos for the title track and “Big Disaster” (watch both below), a power ballad and a closer that’s a little of both.

McAuley spoke with Alamo True Metal as a member of Michael Schenker’s Temple Of Rock in March 2012 (watch here and here) and the Michael Schenker Fest in March 2018 (watch here). But our phone chat 48 hours before Black Swan’s release demonstrated that McAuley also has a slew of humorous personal-experience stories to share in and out of the musical realm.

Click the sound widget below to hear our entire conversation from Wednesday. And to learn why “there’s no B.S. in Black Swan.”

Shake the World track listing:

Shake the World

Big Disaster

Johnny Came Marching

Immortal Souls

Make It There

She's On To Us

The Rock That Rolled Away

Long Road To Nowhere

Sacred Place

Unless We Change

Divided/United

The renowned vocalist goes "Into the Pit" with me for the 3rd time, this time to discuss his new supergroup Black Swan 48 hours before they drop their debut album "Shake the World." We also discuss the Michael Schenker Fest/MSG portion of his career, and he has some great stories to tell about other artists and experiences (ATM photo March 2018).

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