The Scorpions Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
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The Scorpions reached the summit of their fame in 1984, with the release of the album Love at First Sting, which included the single "Still Loving You". The Scorpions remained a driving force in rock through the early 1990s with the release of the Crazy World CD and the hit single "Wind of Change", one of their most successful hits, which tells about the changes occurring in Eastern Europe and in the other parts of the world in the end of 1980s.
They were the first western group to play in the former Soviet Union.
On July 21, 1990 they joined many other guests for Roger Waters' massive performance of The Wall in Berlin. They performed both versions of "In The Flesh" from The Wall.
Current band members:
- Klaus Meine (vocals)
- Matthias Jabs (guitars)
- Rudolf Schenker (guitars)
- James Kottak (drums)
- Pawel Maciwoda (bass)
- Michael Schenker (guitars)
- Ulrich Roth (guitars)
- Lothar Heinburg (bass)
- Francis Buchholz (bass)
- Ken Taylor (bass)
- Ralph Rieckermann (bass)
- Wolfgang Dziony (drums)
- Jurgen Rosenthal (drums)
- Rudy Lenners (drums)
- Herman Rarebell (drums)
- Curt Cress (drums)
Discography
Studio albums
- Lonesome Crow (1972)
- Fly to the Rainbow (1974)
- In Trance (1975)
- Virgin Killer (1976)
- Taken by Force (1977)
- Tokyo Tapes (live recording, 1978)
- Lovedrive (1979)
- Animal Magnetism (1980)
- Blackout (1982)
- Love at First Sting (1984)
- World Wide Live (live recording, 1985)
- Savage Amusement (1988)
- Crazy World (1990)
- Face the Heat (1993)
- Live Bites (live recording, 1995)
- Pure Instinct (1996
- Eye II Eye (1999)
- Moment of Glory (With the Berliner Philharmonicer Orchestra, 2000)
- Acoustica (Unplugged, 2001)
- Unbreakable (2004)