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Uli Jon Roth (born 18 December 1954 as Ulrich Roth) is a German guitarist, who 
became famous as Scorpions lead guitarist, and is one of the earliest contributors 
to the neo-classical metal genre. He is also the founder of Sky Academy and inventor 
of the Sky Guitar. He is the older brother of fellow guitarist and artist Zeno Roth.
In 1978, the Scorpions released the live album Tokyo Tapes, which was recorded in 
Japan and sold nearly one million copies and went gold in several countries. However, 
Roth had left the band before the album’s release.

Roth formed his own band named Electric Sun which released three albums. The first, 
Earthquake (1979), was dedicated to the spirit of Jimi Hendrix. A second album released 
two years later, Fire Wind (1981), was dedicated to Anwar Sadat (the assassinated 
President of Egypt who had tried to make peace in the Middle East), and featured a 
song called "Enola Gay" about the atomic bombing of Japan. In 1985, Roth released 
his third and final Electric Sun album, Beyond the Astral Skies, dedicated to 
Martin Luther King and to Roth's fans.

1979 - Earthquake
1981 - Fire Wind
1985 - Beyond The Astral Skies