List of Scorpions members

Last updated December 31, 2024

(left to right) Paweł Mąciwoda, Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Klaus Meine and James Kottak

(left to right) Mikkey Dee, Matthias Jabs, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker and Pawel Maciwoda.

Two lineups of Scorpions in 2010 (top) and 2016 (bottom).

Scorpions are a German rock band from Hanover, formed in 1965. The band went through numerous changes in personnel in its early years. Founding by rhythm/lead guitarist Rudolf Schenker and drummer Wolfgang Dziony; both at that point shared lead vocals. In addition to them, the band also included lead/rhythm guitarist Karl-Heinz Vollmer and bassist Achim Kirchhoff.

History

1960s

By 1967, Schenker, realizing that he could not sing and play the guitar at the same time, invited the 15-year-old Werner Hoyer to take the place of the vocalist.^[1]

At the end of that year, Hoyer and Vollmer left, and their places were soon taken by Bernd Hegner and Ulrich Worobiec.

In the spring of 1968, bass guitarist Achim Kirchhoff was replaced by Lothar Heimberg.

In late, 1969 Hegner and Worobiec also left. After that, the group settled on a lineup which included lead vocalist Klaus Meine, lead guitarist Michael Schenker (Rudolf's younger brother), bass-guitarist Lothar Heimberg and drummer Wolfgang Dziony. It is in this composition that they recorded their debut album Lonesome Crow , released in 1972.^[2]^[3]

1970s and 1980s

Dziony left after the album's release, and was briefly replaced by Werner Löhr. In late 1972 the drummer was Israeli born American Joe Wyman and when he left in December, Dziony came back to complete a tour. For the January 1973 tour with Rory Gallagher they had Helmut Eisenhut on drums.^[4] When Eisenhut died and Heimberg left in the summer of 1973, they briefly played with the rhythm section Ewi (bass) and Hal Fingerhood (drums).

When Michael Schenker left to join UFO in July 1973,^[5] Rudolf Schenker and Meine briefly disbanded the group and joined Dawn Road, featuring guitarist Uli Jon Roth (who had already replaced Schenker at a festival show in June with Eisenhut back on drums^[6]), bass-guitarist Francis Buchholz, drummer Jürgen Rosenthal (later in Eloy) and keyboardist Achim Kirschning; the six-piece later opted to adopt the Scorpions moniker, and in 1974 released Fly to the Rainbow .^[7]

Rosenthal left after the recording of Fly to the Rainbow, being replaced first by Jürgen Fechter and later by Rudy Lenners, who performed on In Trance and Virgin Killer .^[8]^[9] In 1977, Lenners was replaced by Herman Rarebell, whose first recording with the band was Taken by Force .^[10] Roth left Scorpions the following year,^[11] which he has since explained was because he "began getting dissatisfied with the direction of the music" the band were making.^[12] Michael Schenker briefly returned to the band after being fired from UFO in late 1978, performing on four tracks for the album Lovedrive , although he was replaced the following year by Matthias Jabs who had joined around the same time.^[13] The Scorpions lineup of Meine, Rudolf Schenker, Jabs, Buchholz and Rarebell remained constant from 1978 and through the 1980s.^[2]

1980s

After 19 years with the band, bassist Francis Buchholz left Scorpions in 1992. He was replaced by Ralph Rieckermann later in the year.^[14] Drummer Rarebell also left four years later, claiming that he was unsatisfied with the band's changing musical direction, and the lack of songwriting input he was able to have in the band.^[15] He was replaced in 1996 by James Kottak,^[16] after Curt Cress performed on Pure Instinct .^[17]

21st century

Rieckermann left Scorpions in 2003, with Paweł Mąciwoda taking his place early the following year.^[18] Former Motörhead drummer Mikkey Dee replaced Kottak in the band in September 2016.^[19]

Members

Current

Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
Rudolf Schenker	1965–present	rhythm, lead and slide guitars backing vocals lead vocals (1965–1967 and occasionally after)	all Scorpions releases
Klaus Meine	1969–present	lead and backing vocals live rhythm guitar and tambourine	all Scorpions releases
Matthias Jabs	1978–present	lead and rhythm guitars backing vocals	all Scorpions releases from Lovedrive (1979) onwards
Paweł Mąciwoda	2004–present	bass backing vocals	all Scorpions releases from Unbreakable (2004) onwards
Mikkey Dee	2016–present	drums	Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads (2017) – three new tracks Rock Believer (2022)

Former

Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
Wolfgang Dziony	1965–1972 1972	drums backing vocals lead vocals (1965–1967)	Lonesome Crow (1972)
Achim Kirchhoff	1965–1968 (died 1977)	bass	none
Karl-Heinz Vollmer	1965–1967	lead and rhythm guitar
Werner Hoyer	1967	lead vocals
Bernd Hegner	1967–1969	lead vocals
Gerd Andre^[20]		lead vocals
Ulrich Worobiec		lead and slide guitar
Lothar Heimberg	1968–1973	bass backing vocals	Lonesome Crow (1972)
Michael Schenker	1969–1973 1978–1979 (session) 2006 (guest)	lead and slide guitar backing vocals	Lonesome Crow (1972) Lovedrive (1979) Live at Wacken Open Air 2006 (2007)
Werner Löhr	1972	drums	none
Joe Wyman	1972
Helmut Eisenhut	1973 (until his death)
Hal Fingerhood	1973 Fill in drummer	drums
"Ewi"	1973	bass	From Dortmund, full name not known
Francis Buchholz	1973–1992	bass backing vocals keyboards (1983-1984)	all Scorpions releases from Fly to the Rainbow (1974) to Crazy World Tour Live... Berlin 1991 (1991) Live Bites (1995)
Uli Jon Roth	1973–1978 2006 (guest)	lead and slide guitar backing and lead vocals	all Scorpions releases from Fly to the Rainbow (1974) to Tokyo Tapes (1978) Live at Wacken Open Air 2006 (2007)
Achim Kirschning	1973–1977 (session/touring)	keyboards synthesizers Mellotron	Fly to the Rainbow (1974) In Trance (1975) Virgin Killer (1976)
Jürgen Rosenthal	1973–1974	drums	Fly to the Rainbow (1974)
Jürgen Fechter	1974–1975		none
Rudy Lenners	1975–1977		In Trance (1975) Virgin Killer (1976)
Herman Rarebell	1977–1996 2006 (guest)	drums percussion backing vocals keyboards (1991)	all Scorpions releases from Taken by Force (1977) to Live Bites (1995) Live at Wacken Open Air 2006 (2007)
Ralph Rieckermann	1993–2003	bass backing vocals	all Scorpions releases from Face the Heat (1993) to Bad for Good (2002) – two new tracks
James Kottak	1996–2016 (died 2024)	drums backing vocals	all Scorpions releases from Eye II Eye (1999) to Forever and a Day (2016)

Session

Name	Years active	Instruments	Release contributions
Allan Macmillan	1979–1980	strings and horns arrangements conductor	Animal Magnetism (1980)
Adele Arman		violins
Victoria Richard		violins
Paul Arman		viola
Richard Arman		cello
Charles Elliot		double bass
Melvin Berman	1979–1980 (died 2008)	oboe
George Stimpson	1979–1980	French horns
Brad Wamaar	1979–1980	French horns
Don Dokken	1981–1982	backing vocals	Blackout (1982)
Lee Aaron	1987–1988	backing vocals	Savage Amusement (1988)
Peter Baltes	1987–1988	vocals	Savage Amusement (1988)
Koen van Baal	1990 1996	keyboards arrangements	Crazy World (1990) Pure Instinct (1996) Unbreakable (2004)
Jim Vallance	1990	keyboards	Crazy World (1990)
Roy Tesse		"gang" vocals
Dries van der Schuyt
Ria Makker
Gerard v.d. Pot
Louis Spillman
Wolfgang Praetz
Inka Esser
Claudia Frohling
Cliff Roles
Peter Angmeer
Tony Ioannoua
Jim Lewis
Erwin Musper		"gang" vocals "bang" vocals
Keith Olsen		"gang" vocals "bang" vocals
Marcel Gelderblom		"bang" vocals
Mirjam Erftemeijer
Henk Horden
Patrick Ulenberg
John Webster	1993	keyboards	Face the Heat (1993)
Luke Herzog		keyboards arrangements
Helen Donath		opera voice
Rhian Gittins		girl's voice
Paul Laine		backing vocals
Mark LaFrance
Bruce Fairbairn	1993 (died 1999)
Mark Hudson	1993
Curt Cress	1996	drums percussion	Pure Instinct (1996)
Pitti Hecht		percussion
Luke Herzog		keyboards
David Foster
Claude Gaudette
Peter Wolf	1998–1999	keyboards and piano	Eye II Eye (1999)
Mick Jones		acoustic guitar
Michelle Wolf		backing vocals
Siedah Garrett
Lynn Davis
James Ingram	1998–1999 (died 2019)
Phil Perry	1998–1999
Kevin Dorsey	1998–1999
Lyn Liechty	2000	vocals	Moment of Glory (2000)
Ray Wilson
Zucchero
Guenther Becker		sitar
Stefan Schrupp		drum and computer programming
Gumpoldtskirchener Spatzen, Vienna		children's choir
Vince Pirillo		choir
Kai Petersen
Michael Perfler
Susie Webb		backing vocals
Zoë Nicholas
Rita Campbell
Melanie Marshall
Ken Taylor		bass
Barry Sparks	2003–2004		Unbreakable (2004)
Ingo Powitzer
Ralph de Jongh		backing vocals
Joss Mennen
Alex Jansen
Jody's Kids Choir		additional vocals
Billy Corgan	2006–2017	vocals	Humanity: Hour I (2007)
Eric Bazilian		guitar
John 5		guitar
Russ Irwin		piano
Harry Sommerdahl		programming
Jason Paige		backing vocals
Jeanette Olsson
Desmond Child
James Michael
Angela Whittaker		voice-overs
Roman Shaw Child		voice-overs
David Campbell		orchestra conductor
Tarja Turunen	2009	vocals	Sting in the Tail (2010)
Mikael Nord Andersson	2009	gang vocals	Sting in the Tail (2010)
Ingo Powitzer	2020–2021	additional guitars and bass guitar solo additional background vocals claps guitar arrangements	Rock Believer (2022)
Jakob Himmelein		additional background vocals claps
Alex Malek
Hans-Martin Buff
Pitti Hecht		percussion

Timeline

Lineups

Period	Members	Releases
1965 – 1967	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm, lead and slide guitars, vocals Wolfgang Dziony – drums, vocals Achim Kirchhoff – bass Karl-Heinz Vollmer – lead and rhythm guitars	none
1967	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm, lead and slide guitars, vocals Wolfgang Dziony – drums, backing vocals Achim Kirchhoff – bass Karl-Heinz Vollmer – lead and rhythm guitars Werner Hoyer – vocals
1967 – March 1968	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Wolfgang Dziony – drums, backing vocals Achim Kirchhoff – bass Ulrich Worobiec – lead and slide guitar Bernd Hegner – vocals
April 1968 – November 1969	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Wolfgang Dziony – drums, backing vocals Ulrich Worobiec – lead and slide guitar Bernd Hegner – vocals Lothar Heimberg – bass, backing vocals
December 1969 – May 1972	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Wolfgang Dziony – drums, backing vocals Lothar Heimberg – bass, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Michael Schenker – lead and slide guitar	Lonesome Crow (1972)
May – July 1972	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Lothar Heimberg – bass, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Michael Schenker – lead and slide guitar Werner Löhr – drums	none
July – October 1972, December 1972	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Lothar Heimberg – bass, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Michael Schenker – lead and slide guitar Wolfgang Dziony – drums, backing vocals
November – December 1972	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Lothar Heimberg – bass, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Michael Schenker – lead and slide guitar Joe Wyman – drums
January – April 1973	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Lothar Heimberg – bass, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Michael Schenker – lead and slide guitar Helmut Eisenhut – drums
May - June 1973	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals "Evi" – bass, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Michael Schenker – lead and slide guitar Helmut Eisenhut – drums
July 1973 – May 1974	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Francis Buchholz – bass Ulrich Roth – lead and slide guitar, vocals Jürgen Rosenthal – drums Achim Kirschning – keyboards, synthesizers (session and touring)	Fly to the Rainbow (1974)
June 1974 - January 1975	Rudolf Schenker - rhythm guitar, backing vocals Klaus Meine - vocals Francis Buchholz - bass Ulrich Roth - lead and slide guitar, vocals Jurgen "Doobie" Fechter - drums^[21]	none
February 1975 – May 1977	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Francis Buchholz – bass Ulrich Roth – lead and slide guitar, vocals Rudy Lenners – drums Achim Kirschning – keyboards, synthesizers (session and touring)	In Trance (1975) Virgin Killer (1976)
May 1977 – April 1978	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Francis Buchholz – bass Ulrich Roth – lead and slide guitar, vocals Herman Rarebell – drums	Taken by Force (1977) Tokyo Tapes (1978)
August 1978 – December 1978	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm and slide guitar, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Francis Buchholz – bass Herman Rarebell – drums Matthias Jabs – lead guitar	Lovedrive (1979)
February 1979 – April 1979	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm, lead and slide guitars, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Francis Buchholz – bass Herman Rarebell – drums Michael Schenker – lead and slide guitar	Lovedrive (1979)
April 1979 – October 1992	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm, lead and slide guitars, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Francis Buchholz – bass, backing vocals Herman Rarebell – drums, backing vocals Matthias Jabs – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals	Animal Magnetism (1980) Blackout (1982) Love at First Sting (1984) World Wide Live (1985) Savage Amusement (1988) Crazy World (1990) Crazy World Tour Live... Berlin 1991 (1991)
November 1992 – January 1996	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm, lead and slide guitars, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Herman Rarebell – drums Matthias Jabs – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals	Face the Heat (1993) Live Bites (1995)
January 1996 – August 1996	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm, lead and slide guitars, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Matthias Jabs – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals Curt Cress – drums (session)	Pure Instinct (1996)
August 1996 – December 2003	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm, lead and slide guitars, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Matthias Jabs – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals James Kottak – drums, backing vocals	Eye II Eye (1999) Moment of Glory (2000) Moment of Glory Live (2000) Acoustica (2001) Bad for Good (2002) – two new tracks
January 2004 – September 2016	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm, lead and slide guitars, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Matthias Jabs – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals James Kottak – drums, backing vocals Paweł Mąciwoda – bass, backing vocals	Unbreakable (2004) Unbreakable: One Night in Vienna (2004) Humanity: Hour I (2007) Live at Wacken Open Air 2006 (2007) Amazonia: Live in the Jungle (2009) Sting in the Tail (2010) Live 2011: Get Your Sting & Blackout (2011) Comeblack (2011) MTV Unplugged in Athens (2013) Return to Forever (2015) Forever and a Day (2016)
September 2016 – present	Rudolf Schenker – rhythm, lead and slide guitars, backing vocals Klaus Meine – vocals Matthias Jabs – lead and rhythm guitars, backing vocals Paweł Mąciwoda – bass, backing vocals Mikkey Dee – drums	Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads (2017) – three new tracks Rock Believer (2022)

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Rudolf Schenker Klaus Meine Matthias Jabs Paweł Mąciwoda Mikkey Dee Ralph Rieckermann Herman Rarebell Francis Buchholz Uli Jon Roth Michael Schenker Rudy Lenners Jürgen Rosenthal Wolfgang Dziony Lothar Heimberg James Kottak
Studio albums	Lonesome Crow Fly to the Rainbow In Trance Virgin Killer Taken by Force Lovedrive Animal Magnetism Blackout Love at First Sting Savage Amusement Crazy World Face the Heat Pure Instinct Eye II Eye Unbreakable Humanity: Hour I Sting in the Tail Return to Forever Rock Believer
Live albums	Tokyo Tapes World Wide Live Live Bites Acoustica
Cover albums	Moment of Glory Comeblack
Compilations	Best of Scorpions Best of Scorpions Vol. 2 Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads Still Loving You Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years Big City Nights Classic Bites Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions Box of Scorpions The Platinum Collection Gold Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads
Singles	"The Zoo" "No One Like You" "Rock You Like a Hurricane" "Still Loving You" "Big City Nights" "Rhythm of Love" "Passion Rules the Game" "I Can't Explain" "Wind of Change" "Send Me an Angel" "White Dove" "You and I" "Here in My Heart" "You Are the Champion" "Humanity" "Raised on Rock"
Videos	World Wide Live Crazy World Tour Live... Berlin 1991 Moment of Glory Acoustica Live at Wacken Open Air 2006
Tours	50th Anniversary World Tour Crazy World Tour
Related articles	Discography Members The Wall – Live in Berlin