Editing UFO (band) (section)

===Post-Schenker era and breaks (1978–1990)===
Tensions grew between Mogg and Schenker in the late 1970s, possibly owing to Schenker often leaving before or during shows. Soon after UFO's show at the [[Keystone_(Berkeley,_California)|Keystone Palo Alto]], on 29 October 1978, Schenker left the band.<ref name="LarkinHM"/> "Obviously we were disappointed," recalled Pete Way. "It's not easy to promote an album without a guitarist. We were starting to draw a lot of people and [[Obsession (UFO album)|the album]] was selling. But he'd also disappeared on the ''[[Lights Out (UFO album)|Lights Out]]'' tour, so nothing surprised us."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Ling|title=Flying high again|magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]|date=June 2006|issue=93|page=86}}</ref>

Schenker briefly returned to the [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]] before forming his own [[Michael Schenker Group]].<ref name="Music Legends">{{cite web |last=Saulnier |first=Jason |title=Michael Schenker Interview |url=http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/michael-schenker-interview/ |publisher=Music Legends |date=23 January 2009 |access-date=6 May 2013}}</ref>

After Schenker's exit, UFO rehired guitarist Paul Chapman,<ref name="LarkinHM"/> who brought unused track ideas from Lone Star's drummer Dixie Lee. The band's next LP – ''[[No Place to Run (album)|No Place to Run]]'', released in January 1980 – was produced by former [[Beatles]] producer [[George Martin]]. It failed to match the success of its predecessors,<ref name="LarkinHM"/> though it fractionally missed the UK Top 10.

Paul Raymond left at the end of the ''No Place To Run'' tour. He was replaced by [[John Sloman]] from [[Lone Star (band)|Lone Star]] on keyboards for a couple of months, then by former [[Wild Horses (British band)|Wild Horses]] guitarist and keyboardist [[Neil Carter (musician)|Neil Carter]], who helped fill the void in the songwriting left by Schenker's departure.<ref name="LarkinHM"/> Carter debuted with UFO on stage at the three-day [[Reading and Leeds Festivals|Reading Festival]] on 23 August 1980, when the band played as the Saturday night headliner.<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years">{{cite book |last=Tobler |first=John |title=NME Rock 'N' Roll Years |publisher=Reed International Books Ltd |location=London |edition=1st |year=1992 |page=345 |id=CN 5585}}</ref> 

At the beginning of the following year, UFO released the self-produced ''[[The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent]]'', which had a lighter, contemporary [[pop rock]] sound. The album achieved mild success in the UK, reaching the UK Top 20, and the single "Lonely Heart" was released.

In February 1982, the band released ''[[Mechanix (album)|Mechanix]]''. It was successful in the UK, where it reached No. 8, the band's highest ever placing. Later that year, founding member Pete Way left the band to form [[Fastway (band)|Fastway]] with [[Motörhead]] guitarist "Fast" [[Eddie Clarke (musician)|Eddie Clarke]] and then his own band, [[Waysted]]. He was replaced by Talas bassist [[Billy Sheehan]]. UFO released ''[[Making Contact (album)|Making Contact]]'' in 1983, but the album was a critical and commercial failure.<ref name="LarkinHM"/> Thus, that March, UFO decided to disband.<ref name="NME Rock 'N' Roll Years 2">{{cite book |last=Tobler |first=John |title=NME Rock 'N' Roll Years |publisher=Reed International Books Ltd |year=1992 |page=378 |id=CN 5585}}</ref> The band played a UK farewell tour with [[Paul Gray (English musician)|Paul Gray]] (former bassist with [[Eddie and the Hot Rods]] and [[The Damned (band)|the Damned]]). However, there was a hint that this might not be permanent when UFO released a [[compilation album]] featuring songs by UFO (as well as other groups featuring ex-members of UFO) entitled ''Headstone'', the [[Record sleeve|sleeve]] of which showed a headstone, denoting UFO with their formation date but an incomplete end date.

This proved to be a short break; just short of two years later, in late 1984, Mogg assembled a new UFO line-up, featuring Paul Gray on bass again, ex-[[Diamond Head (English band)|Diamond Head]] drummer [[Robbie France]] (replaced in 1985 by former [[Magnum (band)|Magnum]] drummer Jim Simpson), and [[Tommy McClendon|Atomik Tommy M]] (Tommy McClendon), a former roadie who also wrote lyrics for [[Loudness (band)|Loudness]], on guitar, with Paul Raymond rejoining shortly afterward,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beatsworking.tv/UFO/family80to89.html |title=UFO – Family Tree – 1980 to 1990 |website=Beatsworking.tv |access-date=28 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016005501/http://www.beatsworking.tv/UFO/family80to89.html |archive-date=16 October 2012}}</ref> and released ''[[Misdemeanor (UFO album)|Misdemeanor]]''. Raymond left again in 1986 and was replaced by David Jacobson, who along with Gray would leave in 1987, and Pete Way rejoined on bass. Before Gray's departure, the band recorded the [[Extended play|EP]] ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (UFO album)|Ain't Misbehavin]]'' which was released in 1988. Despite the renewed activity of the band, neither release was financially successful and they officially disbanded again in 1989 after a string of guitarists replacing McClendon: Myke Gray of [[Jagged Edge (rock band)|Jagged Edge]] in late 1987,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.beatsworking.tv/UFO/articles_dec_87.html |title=UFO – Press Articles – 1987 |website=Beatsworking.tv |access-date=28 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524093403/http://www.beatsworking.tv/UFO/articles_dec_87.html |archive-date=24 May 2016  }}</ref> former [[Starfighters (band)|Starfighters]] guitarist Rik Sandford and Tony Glidewell  in 1988, and finally in 1989 future [[Marc Ferrari|Cold Sweat]] guitarist Erik Gamans.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soniclibrarian.com/about|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415010434/http://www.soniclibrarian.net/about.html|url-status=dead|title=About|archive-date=15 April 2013|website=Soniclibrarian.com}}</ref>