Scorpions (band)

**Scorpions** are a heavy metal/hard rock band from Hanover, Germany, probably best known for their 1980s rock anthem **"Rock You Like a Hurricane"** and their singles **"No One Like You"**, **"Still Loving You"**, and **"Wind of Change"**. The band has sold over 100 million albums worldwide  and were ranked **#46** on VH1's _Greatest Artists of Hard Rock_ program.

### Current members

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- **Klaus Meine** - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, percussion, tambourine, backing vocals (1970-present)
- **Matthias Jabs** - lead & rhythm guitars (1978-present)
- **Rudolf Schenker** - rhythm & lead guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Hey You" (1965-present)
- **Paweł Mąciwoda** - bass, backing vocals (2003-present)
- **Mikkey Dee** - drums, percussion, backing vocals (2015-present)
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### Former members

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- **Lothar Heimberg** - bass, backing vocals (1965-1973)
- **Wolfgang Dziony** - drums, percussion (1965-1973)
- **Michael Schenker** - lead & rhythm guitars (1970-1973, 1979)
- **Ulrich Roth** - lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Drifting Sun", "Fly to the Rainbow", "Dark Lady", "Sun in My Hand", "Hell Cat", "Polar Nights" (1973-1978)
- **Francis Buchholz** - bass, backing vocals (1973-1983, 1984-1992, 1994)
- **Achim Kirschning** - keyboards (1973-1974)
- **Joe Wyman** - drums, percussion (1973)
- **Jürgen Rosenthal** - drums, percussion (1973-1975)
- **Rudy Lenners** - drums, percussion (1975-1977)
- **Herman Rarebell** - drums, percussion (1977-1983, 1984-1995)
- **Don Dokken** - lead vocals, backing vocals (1981)
- **Jimmy Bain** - bass (1983-1984)
- **Neil Murray** - bass (1983-1984)
- **Bobby Rondinelli** - drums, percussion (1983-1984)
- **Ralph Rieckermann** - bass (1993-2000, 2000-2003)
- **Curt Cress** - drums, percussion (1996)
- **Ken Taylor** - bass (2000)
- **Barry Sparks** - bass (2004)
- **Ingo Powitzer** - bass (2004)
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### Manager

- **Stewart Young** (1995-Present)

### Albums

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- _Lonesome Crow_ (1972)
- _Fly to the Rainbow_ (1974)
- _In Trance_ (1975)
- _Virgin Killer_ (1976)
- _Taken by Force_ (1977)
- _Tokyo Tapes_ (1978, _live_)
- _Lovedrive_ (1979)
- _Animal Magnetism_ (1980)
- _Blackout_ (1982)
- _Love at First Sting_ (1984)
- _World Wide Live_ (1985, _live_)
- _Savage Amusement_ (1988)
- _Crazy World_ (1990)
- _Face the Heat_ (1993)
- _Live Bites_ (1995, _live_)
- _Pure Instinct_ (1996)
- _Eye II Eye_ (1999)
- _Moment of Glory_ (with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, 2000)
- _Acoustica_ (2001, _acoustic_)
- _Unbreakable_ (2004)
- _Humanity: Hour I_ (2007)
- _Sting in the Tail_ (2010)
- _Return to Forever_ (2015)
- _Rock Believer_ (2022)
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## Other websites

- Official Website

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Scorpions
- **img**: Scorpions (10).JPG
- **img size**: 250
- **landscape**: Yes
- **background**: group_or_band
- **origin**: Hanover, Germany
- **genre**: Hard rock, heavy metal music, heavy metal, glam metal, soft rock, psychedelic rock (early), acid rock (early), progressive rock (early)
- **years active**: 1965 - present
- **label**: Rhino Entertainment, Rhino, RCA Records, RCA, Mercury Records, Mercury, EMI, Atlantic Records, Atlantic, Warner Music Group, WEA, BMG
- **url**: [http://www.the-scorpions.com/ Official website]
- **current members**: Klaus Meine
Matthias Jabs
Rudolf Schenker
Mikkey Dee
Paweł Mąciwoda
- **past members**: See: Scorpions (band)#Former members, List of former members