Scorpions are a hard rock/heavy metal band from Hannover, Germany, best known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and their singles "Wind of Change", "No One Like You", "Still Loving You", and "Send Me an Angel". The band has sold over 100 million records worldwide.[1]

Contrary to common usage, the band's name is "Scorpions" and not "The Scorpions."

Rudolf Schenker, the band's rhythm guitarist, set out to find a band in 1965. At first, the band was school-kind with beat influences and Schenker himself on vocals. Things began to come together in 1969 when Schenker's younger brother Michael and vocalist Klaus Meine joined the band. In 1972 the group recorded and released their debut album Lonesome Crow with Lothar Heimberg on bass and Wolfgang Dziony on drums. During the Lonesome Crow tour, Scorpions opened for upcoming British band UFO. At the end of the tour the members of UFO offered guitarist Michael Schenker the lead guitar job; an offer which he soon accepted. Uli Roth was then called in temporarily to finish off the tour.

The departure of Michael Schenker led to the break up of the Scorpions. In 1973, guitarist Uli Roth, a friend of the Schenker brothers, was in a band called Dawn Road. He had been offered the role as lead guitarist in Scorpions after Michael Schenker's departure but turned the band down. Rudolf decided

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Albums

• Lonesome Crow 1972

• Fly to the Rainbow 1974

• In Trance 1975

• Virgin Killer 1976

• Taken by Force 1977

• Lovedrive 1979

• Animal Magnetism 1980

• Blackout 1982

• Love at First Sting 1984

• Savage Amusement 1988

• Crazy World 1990

• Face the Heat 1993

• Pure Instinct 1996

• Eye II Eye 1999

• Unbreakable 2004

• Humanity - Hour I 2007

Pictures

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