German rock band formed in Hannover in 1965, led by Rudolf Schenker (guitar) and featuring long-time vocalist Klaus Meine. Known for a career spanning early experimental 70s records, 80s global success, and enduring live presence.

Key phases and facts cited in reviews and public sources: early albums (Lonesome Crow, Fly to the Rainbow, In Trance) established their hard-rock/psychedelic roots; Uli Jon Roth and Michael Schenker were important early guitarists; Matthias Jabs became a central guitarist from the late 70s onward; 1980s albums (Blackout, Love At First Sting) brought worldwide commercial success and stadium anthems like "Rock You Like a Hurricane"; notable ballads include "Still Loving You" and "Wind of Change"; important live releases include Tokyo Tapes and World Wide Live.

DeBaser reviews celebrate the Scorpions' career from their early 70s experiments to their 80s stadium anthems. Reviewers praise guitar work (Roth, the Schenkers, Jabs), Klaus Meine's vocals, key albums like In Trance, Blackout and Love At First Sting, and strong live documents (Tokyo Tapes, World Wide Live). Ballads and later-career experiments are recurring themes.

For:Fans of classic hard rock and heavy metal, collectors of 70s-80s rock, readers of DeBaser

 A pleasant rediscovery, this "Lonesome Crow," debut album of the Scorpions, dated 1972, very distant from the plastic sounds of the '80s (obviously), but upon closer inspection, also different from what the band would offer in the immediate coming years.

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 Triple platinum, "Love At First Sting" is one of the best-selling albums in the history of Rock, a whopping six million copies, and also one of the most loved by fans around the world.

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 It didn’t take long for me to realize that they couldn’t be summed up only in the aforementioned ballad— a huge radio hit, a symbol of a generation and undoubtedly the group’s most famous song— which, however, for many people was the main reason for purchasing.

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 One of the first things I noticed arriving at DeBaser was the scarcity of reviews about one of the major groups in the global hard rock scene, I’m talking about the Scorpions.

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