The Scorpions
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Review by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 10 March 1979
NOW THAT the new wave has been institutionalised and tamed by the Establishment, heavy metal is once more basking in a glorious and celebrated comeback, ...
Scorpions: Stateless and Fighting Back
Report and Interview by Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 14 April 1979
German heavy metallurgists Scorpion, fronted by ex-UFO lead guitarist Michael Schenker, are set to conquer the world the English-speaking one, that is. HARRY DOHERTY talked ...
Monsters Of Rock (Polydor PD-1-6311); Motorhead: Ace of Spades (Mercury SRM-1-4011)
Review by Jim Green, Trouser Press, February 1981
HEAVY METAL at its stalest has few rivals in the all-time tedium stakes. Monsters of Rock, recorded live at Castle Donington in Britain, is not ...
The Scorpions: Lord of the Stings
Interview by Phil Bell, Sounds, 5 December 1981
PHILIP BELL makes buddies with Scorpions' skinsbeater HERMAN RAREBELL ...
The Scorpions: Boom! Boom! Out Go The Lights
Report and Interview by Pete Makowski, Sounds, 27 March 1982
HERE WE are in Spain – San Sebastian to be precise. Poli de Portivo is the name of the venue and the Scorpions have just ...
The Scorpions: Manchester Apollo
Live Review by Phil Bell, Sounds, 24 April 1982
APOLLO was clearly the operative term as German blitzkreig '82 style blasted off. ...
Scorpions: Stinging Scorchers Or Virgin Killers?
Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Creem, August 1984
IF, AS JAH ROTH says, there's a little bit of Van Halen in everyone on a Saturday night, there's likely a whole lot of Scorpions ...
Deep Purple, The Scorpions, Meat Loaf et al: Knebworth Fayre, Knebworth, Hertfordshire
Live Review by Steffan Chirazi, Sounds, 29 June 1985
THIS IS the second Dark Age. It's gotta be. Either that or it's a farmyard. Either that or it's a British festival. Oh oh, it's ...
The Scorpions: From Europe To Video Domination
Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, Circus, 31 August 1985
AFTER SPENDING virtually all of 1984 on the road, rocking fans on four continents, you'd think Scorpions needed a break. So they did, and they ...
Sex and Schnapps and Rock 'n' Roll: Scorpions Shock Horror
Interview by Annene Kaye, Creem, October 1985
My Mind Told Me It Was Fate...My Editor Told Me It Was Due Friday! ...
Interview by Jeff Tamarkin, Circus, 30 November 1985
IT TOOK THE Scorpions more than a dozen years to do it, but there now remains no doubt that the Hannover, West Germany-based rockers have ...
Interview by Howard Johnson, Kerrang!, 7 August 1986
THE SOUND remains the same! The clipped Teutonic tones winging their way across the wire from Germany herald the return of Germany's biggest, the Scorpions, ...
Scorpions: Savage Amusement (Mercury); Living Colour: Vivid (Epic)
Review by J.D. Considine, Musician, July 1988
ADMIT IT — most of you would no sooner listen to metal than volunteer for root canal work. Metal is nasty, noisy, brutish, the kind ...
The Scorpions' Rudolf Schenker: An Interview
Report and Interview by Joe Matera, Powerplay, 2002
One of metal's most enduring and successful bands, The Scorpions have been taking their German bred metal to the masses for over 35 years now. ...
The Scorpions: Can a power ballad change the world?
Retrospective and Interview by Ian Winwood, Daily Telegraph, 20 May 2020
A hit podcast investigates the theory that the German rockers' global smash was written by the CIA. But the truth is even more incredible. ...
see also UFO
see also Michael Schenker
see also Electric Sun
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