Scorpions are a German rock band formed in 1965 in Hanover by Rudolf Schenker. Since the band's inception,its musical style has ranged from hard rock,heavy metal,glam metal,and soft rock. The lineup from 1978 to 1992 was the most successful incarnation of the group,and included Klaus Meine (vocals),Rudolf Schenker,Matthias Jabs,Francis Buchholz (bass),and Herman Rarebell (drums). The band's only continuous member has been Schenker,although Meine has appeared on all of Scorpions' studio albums,while Jabs has been a consistent member since 1978,and bassist PawełMąciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee have been in the band since 2003 and 2016 respectively.
Love at First Sting is the ninth studio album by German heavy metal band Scorpions. It was released on 27 March 1984 on Harvest/EMI in Europe and Mercury in the US. The album contains "Rock You Like a Hurricane","Still Loving You",and "Big City Nights",three of the band's most famous songs.
Savage Amusement is the tenth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions,released in 1988. It peaked at No. 5 in the US and was certified platinum by the RIAA on June 20,1988. It was the last Scorpions record to be produced by Dieter Dierks.
Lovedrive is the sixth studio album by German band Scorpions,released in 1979. Considered by some critics to be the pinnacle of their career,Lovedrive was a major evolution of the band's sound,exhibiting their "classic style" that would be later developed over their next few albums. Lovedrive cemented the "Scorpions formula" of hard rock songs combined with melodic ballads.
Still Loving You is a compilation album by the German hard rock band Scorpions.
Francis Buchholz is a German musician best known as the bass guitarist of German rock band Scorpions from 1973 until 1992. Since leaving Scorpions he has been a member of Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock.
Crazy World is the eleventh studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions,released on 6 November 1990. The album peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard 200 chart for albums in 1991. That same year,the song "Wind of Change" reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "Send Me an Angel" reached No. 44 on the same chart. It also has the only Scorpions track to credit bassist Francis Buchholz as a writer,"Kicks After Six". This album was the band's first album in a decade and a half to not be produced by Dieter Dierks.
Acoustica is an unplugged live album by German hard rock band Scorpions. It was released in 2001 on East West Records.
World Wide Live is a live album by German rock band Scorpions released in 1985. The original audio recording was produced by Dieter Dierks. A VHS was released at the same time with footage of Scorpions' world tour.
Herman Rarebell is a German musician,best known as the drummer for the band Scorpions from 1977 to 1995,during which time he played on eight studio albums. Aside from playing drums,Rarebell wrote or co-wrote several songs for the group such as "Another Piece of Meat","Falling in Love" and "Passion Rules the Game". He composed the lyrics for some of the band's most well known songs such as "Rock You Like a Hurricane","Make It Real","Dynamite","Blackout","Arizona","Bad Boys Running Wild","Don't Stop at the Top",and "Tease Me Please Me".
"No One Like You" is a song by German rock band Scorpions. It was written by band members Rudolf Schenker (guitar) and Klaus Meine (vocals) and released as the lead single from the band's eighth studio album Blackout (1982). It was produced by Dieter Dierks was recorded at Dierks' studio.
"Still Loving You" is a power ballad by the German heavy metal band Scorpions. It was released in July 1984 as the second single from their ninth studio album,Love at First Sting (1984). The song reached number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Big City Nights is a compilation album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions,released in 1998.
The following is a comprehensive discography of Scorpions,a German rock band. The band have released 19 studio albums,six live albums,13 video albums,29 compilation albums,15 cover albums,92 singles and 43 music videos. They have sold between 75 and 100 million records worldwide.
Live at Wacken Open Air 2006 is a live DVD released by the German heavy metal band Scorpions. It was supposed to be released on December 18,2007 but was delayed till February 12,2008 for reasons undisclosed to the public.
The Platinum Collection is a compilation album by German hard rock band Scorpions,released in 2005.
Sting in the Tail is the seventeenth studio album by German hard rock band Scorpions. It was released on 19 March 2010 in Europe and on 23 March in North America. At the time it was a farewell album,released prior to their farewell tour.
Comeblack is a compilation of songs recorded by German hard rock band Scorpions;and is intended as a comeback album,following their farewell tour. Released after the successful 2010's Sting in the Tail,half of the album features re-recorded versions of their own classic songs and the other half cover versions of 1960s and early 1970s popular rock songs. It was announced on 3 October 2011,with a planned global release date of 4 November and a US release on 24 January 2012. Comeblack was also released for streaming online by AOL Music on 23 January 2012. The album was released by Sony Music Entertainment and available in both CD and vinyl formats.
Return to Forever is the eighteenth studio album by German rock band Scorpions. It was released in Europe on 20 February 2015. The album marks the final release of the band to feature the Unbreakable-era lineup with longtime drummer James Kottak leaving the band in September 2016,who was replaced by former Motörhead drummer Mikkey Dee.
The Crazy World Tour was a concert tour by German rock band Scorpions,which started on June 6,2017 in Montbéliard,France,and concluded on March 4,2020 in Kallang,Singapore. It is not to be confused with the similarly-titled 1990–1991 tour in support of the band's eleventh studio album Crazy World.
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