Scorpions are a German Hard Rock band formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker, who is the band's only constant member (although Klaus Meine has been lead singer for all their studio albums). They are known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and many singles, such as "No One Like You", "Send Me an Angel", "Still Loving You", and "Wind of Change". The band was ranked No. 46 on VH1's Greatest Artists of Hard Rock program. "Rock You Like a Hurricane" is also No. 18 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. On January 24, 2010, after 45 years of performing, the band announced that they would be retiring after touring in support of their new album Sting in the Tail, although this decision was eventually retracted. The band are one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time, with claims sales of 75 million records.
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Links & Information
Links
- Official homepage at the-scorpions.com
- Youtube at youtube.com/user/ScorpionsOfficial
- Twitter at twitter.com/scorpions
- MySpace at myspace.com/officialscorpions
- Wikipedia article on Scorpions (band)
- IMDb at imdb.com/name/nm1070263
- Last.fm page on Scorpions
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Scorpions
- MusicBrainz entry on Scorpions
Members
- Matthias Jabs,
- Michael Schenker (1969-1973, 1978-1979),
- Hans-Jürgen Rosenthal (1973-1975),
- Wolfgang Dziony (1965-1973),
- Francis Buchholz (1973-1992),
- Rudolf Schenker,
- Barry Sparks (2004),
- Curt Cress (1996),
- Lothar Heimberg (1965-1973),
- Achim Kirschning (1973-1974),
- Paweł Mąciwoda,
- James Kottak,
- Uli Jon Roth (1973-1978),
- Ralph Rieckermann (1993-2002),
- Klaus Meine,
- Rudy Lenners (1975-1977),
- Ken Taylor (2000),
- Ingo Powitzer (2004),
- Herman Rarebell (1977-1996),
- Karl-Heinz Vollmer (1965-1970)
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