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Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
In June 1973, the British hard-rock quartet UFO landed in Germany for a tour — as a trio, because their guitarist suddenly quit. UFO had already gone through two other guitarists since forming in 1969. But it was fourth time lucky when singer Phil Mogg, bassist Pete Way and drummer Andy Parker borrowed local teenage dynamo Michael Schenker, then in Scorpions , for the German dates....
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Kurt's Krap (Free subscription) | 01/14/2008
Scorpions w/ Bon Jovi Date: June 7, 1984 Place: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York Face value: $13.50 In 1984, maybe next to Van Halen , there really wasn't a bigger band around than Scorpions . Back then, these Krauts could probably sell out stadiums and no one would think twice. What made this concert memorable wasn't just that it was my first one, but the fact that since I had gotten my driver’s...
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Moscow Times (Free subscription) | 12/23/2007
It is a rock ballad inseparable in the popular consciousness from the collapse of the Communist bloc. But when Klaus Meine, lead singer of the Scorpions, sang "Wind of Change" at the Kremlin Palace on Thursday night, listening front and center was the man who has called the Soviet breakup the "greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century."
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India Uncut (Free subscription) | 12/17/2007
The WTF Q&A of the day comes from a Rediff interview of the Scorpions : Rediff : Have you thought of introducing hip hop in your music to keep pace with the newer generation? Klaus Meine : Yes, and we’re taking dance lessons from Beyonce, and fashion tips from Britney. Well, actually that answer is an invention of Vineet Khunger , who went me a link to the interview. But the question...
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rediff Movies (Free subscription) | 12/17/2007
The Scorpions love the Indian response to their concert.
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 12/16/2007
BANGALORE: The Scorpions' show on Sunday was, in a word, mind-blowing. Massive electronics and the band's energy ensured that the Humanity concert was bigger and better than its previous show in 2001. The concert was dramatic and unprecedented in scale — with 200 psychedelic moving lights, 1.5 lakh watts sound, 50 tonnes of backline music instruments flown down from Germany, giant screens and...
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Indian Express (Free subscription) | 12/16/2007
Our correspondents opt to be 'groupies' or 'band-aid' with rock band Scorpions and come out a bit stung: it's not easy hanging around with the ambassadors of rock-a bit like being part of a rocket launch, they say
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 12/15/2007
After rocking Shillong with their performance, The Scorpions, was in Mumbai to give its denizens, a dose of their electrifying music.
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 12/15/2007
Bangalore: The legendary Scorpions promise nothing less than to “Rock You Like a Hurricane” on Sunday. The German band will perform here this weekend as part of its Humanity World Tour. Scorpions fans were treated to the ...
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 12/14/2007
“The Scorpions!” I thought to myself, finding it hard to believe that I was actually going to meet this band who, like countless others, as a teenager had worshipped along with them on the altar of music to hits like Lovedrive, Winds of Change, Rock You Like A Hurricane. Punctual to the minute of our 10 pm meeting, the rockers, who had just flown in from their gig in Shillong seemed full of...
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rediff Movies (Free subscription) | 12/12/2007
Shillong is set to rock as the Scorpions arrived in the city on Tuesday for their Humanity World Tour concert on December 12.All the five band members including frontman Klaus Meine arrived at Umroi airport near Shillong and were given a tradition welcome at the Ri-Kynjai Lake Resort where the band is putting up."We feel great. It was indeed amazing to be here and to know that...
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rediff Movies (Free subscription) | 12/11/2007
Are you ready to be rocked like a hurricane?Scorpions -- there is no The in the band name -- have arrived in India, to perform in Shillong, Mumbai and Bengaluru as part of their Humanity World Tour 2007-08.The bestselling 1980s rock band from Germany [] currently comprises of Klaus Meine, Matthias Jabs, Rudolf Schenker, James Kottak and Pawel Maciwoda.Scorpions will perform...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 12/08/2007
Interview Decades after they first burst onto the scene, the Scorpions are out to prove they still have the magic with their latest album Humanity Hour 1, writes RAKESH MEHAR
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Hindu (Free subscription) | 12/07/2007
Decades after they first burst onto the scene, the Scorpions are out to prove they can still weave their magic with ‘Humanity Hour 1’, writes RAKESH MEHAR
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Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 11/23/2007
The German science and rock music worlds were sent reeling earlier this week when scientists discovered the fossilized claw of what appeared to be a sea scorpion bigger and even older than the fossilized Scorpions’ front man singer Klaus Meine himself. “Holy Scheiße,” said paleontologist Markus Poschmann after having excavated the claw from an excavation of [...]
