Schenker told Metal Discovery that Hammett laid down his part at a studio in Hawaii with producer Michael Voss.

 

"Kirk, you know, he's a Michael Schenker fan all the way, and he has become a friend, and he plays in the biggest band on this planet," Schenker said. " So I asked him if he wanted to do this, and he was more than happy. And so Michael Voss flew over there and recorded him."

 

According to Schenker, the MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST album, which was recorded in four different locations over a five-month period, will feature Hammett "doing a guitar part with me," along with contributions from three original M.S.G. (MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP) singers — Gary Barden, Graham Bonnet and Robin McAuley — plus Doogie White, who plays with Michael in MICHAEL SCHENKER'S TEMPLE OF ROCK.

 

Hammett and Schenker first traded licks during the taping of VH1 Classic's 'That Metal Show' in April 2015 at Metropolis Studios in New York City. Less than a month later, Kirk joined Michael on stage at the RockBar in San Jose, California to perform a couple of songs: UFO's 'Natural Thing' and SCORPIONS' 'Blackout'.

 

In an interview with Guitar World magazine, Hammett spoke about how his life was changed when he first heard UFO's 1975 album 'Force It', which featured Schenker on guitar.

 

The MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST album will be released in early 2018 via Nuclear Blast.