Scorpions are a German hard rock band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker.[3] The longest-running and most successful line-up of the band included Schenker, Klaus Meine (vocals), Matthias Jabs (lead guitar), Francis Buchholz (bass), and Herman Rarebell
(drums), and lasted from 1978 to 1992. The band's only continuous
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.
Scorpions are estimated to have sold over 100 million records worldwide,
making them one of the best-selling hard rock and heavy metal bands.[6] One of their most recognized hits is "Wind of Change" (from Crazy World), a symbolic anthem of the political changes in Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the fall of the Berlin Wall, and it remains as one of the best-selling singles in the world with over 14 million copies.[7][8] Two songs from their ninth studio album Love at First Sting, "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and "Still Loving You",
are regarded as some of the most influential and popular works, both in
heavy metal music and among rock ballads, defined as "rock anthem"[9] and "a true hymn of love", respectively.[10]
Studio albums