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Scorpions

German rock band

Formed in 1965

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The Scorpions are a German hard rock/heavy metal band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker. 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 Scorpions' only remaining original member has been Schenker, although Meine has been with the band continuously since 1969, while Jabs has been a consistent member since 1978 and bassist Paweł Mąciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee have been members since 2003 and 2016, respectively.

The band's debut album, Lonesome Crow (1972), featured Schenker's younger brother Michael on lead guitar, before he departed to join UFO. He was replaced by Uli Jon Roth, who played with the band on 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 the Scorpions reunite briefly with Michael Schenker before he left again to begin 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 at least platinum in the United States. 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.

The Scorpions are estimated to have sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling hard rock and heavy metal bands of all time. 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. 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" and "a true hymn of love", respectively.

They became the first heavy metal band from a non-English-speaking country to achieve international success.

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Also in Français

Scorpions est un groupe allemand de hard rock, originaire de Hanovre. Son premier album voit le jour en 1972. Le groupe connaît un prestige planétaire surtout à partir des années 1980 grâce à des titres de hard rock tels que Rock You Like a Hurricane et Big City Nights en 1984 ou No One Like You en 1982 et des ballades à l'instar de Still Loving You (1984) ou Wind of Change et Send Me an Angel (1990), des chansons à grand succès commercial.

Le déclin médiatique survient à partir des années 1990, lorsque les protagonistes se sont tournés vers de nouvelles expériences, avec notamment l'album Moment of Glory (avec l'Orchestre philharmonique de Berlin), Acoustica (album en concert acoustique) mais reviennent à leurs recettes traditionnelles en 2010 avec Sting in the Tail ou encore leur dernier album studio en date Rock Believer en 2022.

Le groupe a à son actif d'autres grands classiques comme The Zoo, Blackout, Bad Boys Running Wild, Tease Me Please Me, Make It Real, Holiday...

En 2010, Scorpions compte plus de cent millions d'albums vendus à travers le monde. Le 23 janvier 2010, les membres annoncent sur le site officiel qu'après la tournée mondiale prévue après la sortie du nouvel album, ils mettront un terme à leur carrière. Ils reviennent sur leur décision fin 2012, en décidant cependant de ne plus faire de grandes tournées pour accompagner leurs futurs albums studios.

Le groupe donne le 5 juillet 2025 un concert anniversaire dans sa ville d'origine, Hanovre, pour fêter ses soixante ans d'existence avec Judas Priest, Alice Cooper ainsi que d'autres invités. Un album live intitulé Coming Home Live enregistré lors de ce concert sort le 5 décembre 2025.

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