MUSICAL LIFE OF SCORPIONS

School #196Istomina Karina

The aims of my project to study the history of the

band. to look through the creative

activity of the group. to establish musical style

and influences. to study the criticism and

related projects and band members.

ScorpionsScorpions are a heavy metal hard rock band from Hannover, Germany.

The band was formed in 1965.

The main genre is heavy metal hard rock.

The first album(1972)«Lonesome Crow»

The band consists of five constant members.

The former members of the group

Karl-Heits Volmer (guitar, 1969),

Michael Schenker (guitar, 1972),

Urgent Rosenthal (drums, 1974),

Rudy Lenners (1976, drums), Frances Buhgolts (bass

guitar, 1977), Ulrich Rot (guitar, 1977), Herman Rarebell (drums,

1995), Kurt Kress (drums, 1996) Ralf Rikermann (2003)

Rudolf Schenker born August 31,

1948 is a German guitarist

and founding member of heavy metal band Scorpions

the rhythm/lead guitarist and one of the main song-writers of the band

Klaus Meine

• born May 25, 1948, Hannover, Germany

• a German singer

• received the Steiger Award (Germany)

Matthias Jabs•born October 25, 1955

•a German guitarist and songwriter

•played for the bands Lady, Fargo and Deadlock

•The first album recorded by Jabs with the Scorpions was Lovedrive.

James Kottak born December 26,

1962, Louisville, Kentucky

an American drummer for the heavy metal band Scorpions

one of the characters in the book Sex Tips from Rock Stars by Paul Miles

Paweł Mąciwoda born February 20, 1964,

Poland a Polish bass-guitarist began playing the bass-guitar

at the age of fifteen began playing the bass-guitar

at the age of fifteen recorded several albums with

the group: Unbreakable (2004), Humanity - Hour 1 (2007), Sting In The Tail (2010)

Music style and influencesThe distinctive SCORPIONS style came from the combination of two electric guitars, a fusion of fabulously forceful power.

Discography There are 16 studio

albums, 4 live albums, 16 collections of their hits from different albums and several DVDs. The best albums of theirs are Love at First Sting, Moment of Glory, The Best Of The Scorpions and some others.

The work experience with the Berlin

philharmonic orchestra Moment of Glory in

2000 Berlin philharmonic

orchestra

The hits of the album are Hurricane 2000, Moment Of Glory, Send Me An Angel, Wind Of Change, Crossfire (Instrumental), Deadly Sting Suite (Instrumental), Here In My Heart, Still Loving You, Big City Nights, Lady Starlight .

To sum upToday it is one of the most successful rock band in the history and completely the best group in Germany.

Musicians have never missed epochal events of the human history. For example, they gave a concert when the Berlin Wall was fallen.

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