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Scorpions

BAND PROFILE est. 1965

Scorpions

Germany

Hard RockHeavy Metal Music

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BIOGRAPHY

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, Francis Buchholz (bass), and Herman Rarebell (drums), and lasted from 1978 to 1992. The band's 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 in the band since 2003 and 2016, respectively.

Biography summary from English Wikipedia, photograph via Wikimedia Commons.

MEMBERS
1996 James Kottak — left 2016 PAST MEMBER
1965 Rudolf Schenker CURRENT MEMBER
1969 Klaus Meine CURRENT MEMBER
1978 Matthias Jabs CURRENT MEMBER
2016 Mikkey Dee CURRENT MEMBER
2003 Paweł Mąciwoda CURRENT MEMBER
1969 Michael Schenker — left 1973 PAST MEMBER
1978 Michael Schenker — left 1979 PAST MEMBER
1973 Uli Jon Roth — left 1978 PAST MEMBER
1968 Lothar Heimberg — left 1973 PAST MEMBER
1973 Francis Buchholz — left 1992 PAST MEMBER
1993 Ralph Rieckermann — left 2003 PAST MEMBER
1965 Wolfgang Dziony — left 1973 PAST MEMBER
1967 Harald Grosskopf — left 1967 PAST MEMBER
1973 Jürgen Rosenthal — left 1975 PAST MEMBER
1975 Rudy Lenners — left 1976 PAST MEMBER
1977 Herman Rarebell — left 1996 PAST MEMBER
1973 Achim Kirschning — left 1974 PAST MEMBER
DISCOGRAPHY
1972 Lonesome Crow ALBUM
1974 Fly to the Rainbow ALBUM
1975 In Trance ALBUM
1976 The Best of Scorpions COMPILATION
1976 Virgin Killer ALBUM

Discography via MusicBrainz.

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