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[[Scorpions]] is a German rock band formed in 1965 in Hannover by Rudolf Schenker (vocals/guitar), Lothar Heimberg (bass) and Wolfgang Dziony (drums), which only started to actually take shape four years later with Rudolf's younger brother Michael Schenker and Klaus Meine joining on guitar and vocals, respectively. While touring to promote their debut album, Michael, still an 18-year-old young gun, joined British rock band UFO in 1973 (at the start of their classic phase) and was replaced by Uli Jon Roth, who was a mainstay until 1978, when Matthias Jabs took over. While the bassist and drummer positions have changed over the course of four and a half decades, the Meine-Schenker-Jabs trio stayed on... and the rest is history.
With 7 gold records and 11 platinums in the US (15 golds and 9 platinums in their homeland) and 18 songs charting at the Mainstream Rock Tracks (among which "No One Like You" reached #1), Scorpions are perhaps the most worldwide successful rock band to ever come from a non-English speaking country - even though they would only have a belated recognition in America.
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* Herman Rarebell: drummer (1977-1995)
* ''Lonesome Crow'' (1972)
* ''Fly to the Rainbow'' (1974)
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* ''Tokyo Tapes'' (1978)
** First live album (and a double album, at that).
* ''Lovedrive'' (1979)
* ''Animal Magnetism'' (1980)
* ''Blackout'' (1982)
* ''Love at First Sting'' (1984)
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* ''Comeblack'' (2011)
** Re-recordings of older songs, plus a few covers.
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* [[Album Title Drop]]:
* [[And the Adventure Continues...]]: "The Best is Yet to Come", closing track of their (presumably) final album, ''Sting in the Tail''.
** On a side note, this song was an outtake from ''Unbreakable'' that didn't make the cut.
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* [[Intercourse with You]]: Many songs, like "Loving You Sunday Morning" and "Rhythm of Love". Mostly the lyrics aren't really explicit, but you can't help thinking about intercoursing to these songs.
** So much that, in fact, "Still Loving You" sparked a baby boom in France in the mid-80s!
* [[International Pop Song English]]: Klaus Meine's singing voice is in marked contrast to when [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrNvJhk_FY4 he gives out] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAQaDfwGFcU interviews].
* [[Large Ham]]: Klaus Meine.
* [[Last-Note Nightmare]] / [[Careful with That Axe]]: "Blackout". Klaus screaming. ''Shattering glass''.
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** 7: "Now!", "Dynamite" (the latter dipping into 8)
** "Virgin Killer" should rate around an 8, possibly also "Animal Magnetism" and "The Sails of Charon".
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** A professional hockey team in their hometown Hannover even ''named'' themselves after the band.
* [[New Sound Album]]: ''Eye II Eye''. Possibly, it tanked simply because of this.
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