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Scorpions (band)
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| Origin | Hanover, West Germany |
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| Discography | Scorpions discography |
| Years active | 1965–present |
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| Spinoff of | Dawn Road[2] |
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| Website | the-scorpions |
Scorpions are a German hard rock band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker.[3] The longest-running and most successful line-up of the band included Schenker, Klaus Meine (vocals), Matthias Jabs (lead guitar), Francis Buchholz (bass), and Herman Rarebell (drums), and lasted from 1978 to 1992. The band's only continuous member has been Schenker, although Meine has been with the band continuously since their first album Lonesome Crow (1972). Jabs has been a consistent member since 1978, while bassist Paweł Mąciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee have been in the band since 2003 and 2016, respectively.
Lonesome Crow featured Schenker's younger brother Michael on lead guitar, before he departed to join UFO. He was replaced by Uli Jon Roth, who was with the band for their next four studio albums, Fly to the Rainbow (1974), In Trance (1975), Virgin Killer (1976) and Taken by Force (1977), and their first live album Tokyo Tapes (1978). Following Roth's departure, the band recruited Matthias Jabs and began moving towards a more melodic rock style on their sixth studio album Lovedrive (1979), which also saw Scorpions reunite with Michael Schenker before he left again to pursue a solo career. Over the next decade, the band achieved influence, approval from music critics, and significant commercial success with the albums Animal Magnetism (1980), Blackout (1982), Love at First Sting (1984), the live album World Wide Live (1985), Savage Amusement (1988), the compilation album Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads (1989), and Crazy World (1990), all of which are certified platinum or multi-platinum in the United States.[4][5] The band has released thirteen consecutive studio albums that were in the top 10 in Germany, one of which reached No. 1, as well as three consecutive albums that were in the top 10 in the Billboard 200 in the United States. Their latest studio album, Rock Believer, was released in February 2022.
Scorpions are estimated to have sold over 100 million records around the world, making them one of the best-selling hard rock and heavy metal bands.[6] One of their most recognized hits is "Wind of Change" (from Crazy World), a symbolic anthem of the political changes in Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the fall of the Berlin Wall, and it remains as one of the best-selling singles in the world with over 14 million copies.[7][8] Two songs from their ninth studio album Love at First Sting, "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and "Still Loving You", are regarded as some of the most influential and popular works, both in heavy metal music and among rock ballads, defined as "rock anthem"[9] and "a true hymn of love", respectively.[10]
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- ^ History of the group from the cover of the original edition Hurricane Rock (1990) on Connoisseur Collection. "...Scorpions climb to headline status all over the world during the '80s, with albums like 'Animal Magnetism', 'Blackout', 'Love at First Sting' reaffirming their huge appeal... With the release of the aptly-titled live album 'World Wide Live' in '85 and the studio opus 'Savage Amusement' in '88, Scorpions continued to underline their reputation as one of the world's top hard rock acts." Mark Putterford (October 1990). No. 5 015773 911809
- ^ "Gold & Platinum – RIAA". RIAA.com. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Scorpions – höchstpersönlich!". Radio Bremen im Ersten. 5 November 2009. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
- ^ "Die Scorpions kommen zum letzten Mal nach Berlin". www.morgenpost.de. 24 January 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ "Sie kamen mit Gitarren, nicht mit Panzern. Wie die Band Scorpions die Hymne zum Mauerfall schrieb". www.abendblatt.de. 2 October 2009. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
- ^ Weber, Barry. "Artist Biography by Barry Weber". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
Known best for their 1984 anthem Rock You Like a Hurricane and the 1990 ballad Wind of Change, German rockers Scorpions have sold over 22 million records, making them one of the most successful rock bands to ever come out of Continental Europe.
- ^ Pavez, Cristián. "SCORPIONS Love At First Sting". Home rock > CDAXIS CLASICOS > S > SCORPIONS (in Spanish). rockaxis.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
Unas simples notas, unas melodías inspiradas, una voz maravillosa de Meine y otro solo que deja sin aliento de Schenker hacen de esta canción un auténtico himno al amor; que rockero(a) no ha hecho el amor con ella, es casi imposible negarse a ese mágico ambiente que provoca, incluso cuando se está solo y los recuerdos del corazón poblan la mente.
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