Paul 'Tonka' Chapman, the guitar player who had the unenviable task of replacing Michael Schenker in UFO has passed away at age 66.

Paul's biggest crime was NOT being Michael Schenker, something that led to him being overlooked or dismissed out of hand by many fans. The truth was he was a very good player and a top notch songwriter.

This has been a brutal last week and a half or so for fans of Classic Hard Rock.

For me, this is the biggest loss of all of them. I've been a big Tonka fan for decades.