Scorpions

**Scorpions** ialah kumpulan rock Jerman yang dibentuk pada tahun 1965 di Hanover oleh Rudolf Schenker. Sejak penubuhan kumpulan ini, gaya muziknya ialah hard rock kepada heavy metal. Barisan dari 1978-1992 ialah penjelmaan kumpulan yang paling berjaya, dan termasuk Klaus Meine (vokal), Rudolf Schenker (gitar irama), Matthias Jabs (gitar utama), Francis Buchholz (bes) Herman Rarebell (dram). Ahli-ahli tetap kugiran ini ialah Schenker, walaupun Meine telah menjadi penyanyi utama untuk semua album studio Scorpions, sementara Jabs telah menjadi ahli yang konsisten sejak tahun 1979, dan bassist Paweł Mąciwoda dan pemain dram Mikkey Dee telah berada bersama kumpulan ini sejak 2003 dan 2016 masing-masing.

## Ahli kumpulan
**Ahli semasa** 
* Rudolf Schenker - irama & gitar utama, vokal latar (1965–kini) 
* Klaus Meine - vokal utama (1969–kini) 
* Matthias Jabs - gitar utama & irama, vokal latar (1978–kini) 
* Paweł Mąciwoda - bes, vokal latar (2003–kini) 
* Mikkey Dee - dram (2016–kini)

### Garis Masa

## Anugerah dan penghargaan
* 1975: Best German Live Band
* 1976: Album of the Year in Germany – Virgin Killer
* 1979: Playboy magazine: Best artwork of the year for the *Lovedrive* cover
* 1985: Entry into the Golden Book of Hanover
* 1986: Bravo Otto Band in Silver Category, Hard & Heavy
* 1991: Bravo Otto in Gold Category band, Hard & Heavy
* 1991: Invitation to the Kremlin, reception in the former Soviet state with party leader Mikhail Gorbachev
* 1992: Bravo Otto in bronze category band, Hard & Heavy
* 1992: World Music Award as the most successful German rock act
* 1992: Echo as the best national group
* 1992: Europe Golden (German: *Goldene Europa*)
* 1994: *World Music Award*
* 1998: Radio Regenbogen Award, Rock International
* 2000: Town of Hanover Plaque (German: *Stadtplakette*)
* 2000: Entry into the Golden Book of Hanover
* 2000: Cultural Prize of the City of Hanover
* 2001: Scorpions Street in Leganes, Spain
* 2009: Echo Lifetime Achievement award
* 2010: Star on the Hollywood Rock Walk, Los Angeles
* 2010: Rock Legend Award – the World Music Award (special award for outstanding contribution to the development of rock music)
* 2010: Special postage stamp *Scorpions* for the Brazil tour, published by the Brazilian postal service
* 2010: Lifetime Achievement Awards, the Hard Rock Cafe chain
* 2011: *Radio Regenbogen Award* in the category * Lifetime Rock*
* 2011: *Pioneer of Pop* – awarded by SWR3-New-Pop-Festival
* 2011: Metal Guru Award from Classic Rock
* 2012: CGDC Award for Music for Dialogue from the Center for Global Dialogue and Cooperation (CGDC)
* 2012: Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitspreis der Städte und Gemeinden
* 2013: Steiger Award

## Diskografi
; Album studio 

* *[[Lonesome Crow]]* (1972)
* *[[Fly to the Rainbow]]* (1974)
* *[[In Trance]]* (1975)
* *[[Virgin Killer]]* (1976)
* *[[Taken by Force]]* (1977)
* *[[Lovedrive]]* (1979)
* *[[Animal Magnetism]]* (1980)
* *[[Blackout]]* (1982)
* *[[Love at First Sting]]* (1984)
* *[[Savage Amusement]]* (1988)
* *[[Crazy World]]* (1990)
* *[[Face the Heat]]* (1993)
* *[[Pure Instinct]]* (1996)
* *[[Eye II Eye]]* (1999)
* *[[Unbreakable]]* (2004) 
* ** (2007)
* *[[Sting in the Tail]]* (2010)
* *[[Return to Forever]]* (2015)
* *[[Rock Believer]]* (2022)

## Konsert
Scorpions telah beraksi di 2,500 konsert di 80 negara.

*1972–1974: Lonesome Crow Tour
*1974–1975: Fly to the Rainbow Tour
*1975–1976: In Trance Tour
*1976–1977: Virgin Killer Tour
*1977–1978: Taken by Force Tour
*1979: Lovedrive Tour
*1980: Animal Magnetism Tour
*1982–1983: Blackout Tour
*1984–1986: Love at First Sting Tour
*1988–1989: Savage Amusement Tour
*1990–1991: Crazy World Tour
*1993–1994: Face the Heat Tour
*1996–1998: Pure Instinct Tour
*1999: Eye to Eye Tour
*2000–2001: Moment of Glory Tour
*2001: Acoustica Tour
*2002–2003: Bad for Good Tour
*2004–2006: Unbreakable Tour
*2007–2009: Humanity Tour
*2010–2014: Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour
** March 2010 – October 2011: *Get your Sting and Blackout*
** November 2011 – December 2012: *Final Sting*
** July 2013 – November 2014: *Rock 'n' Roll Forever Tour*
*2015–2016: 50th Anniversary World Tour
*2017–2019: 2017–2019 Crazy World Tour

## Rujukan

### Sumber
* Weinstein, Deena. *Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture*. DaCapo, 2000. , pp.&nbsp;29, 36.
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## Pautan luar

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*Official Scorpions French Fan-club
*THE Worldwide Fan Club
*Unofficial Scorpions FaceBook Group hosted by Dan Schenker
*Official website "Big City Nights – The Scorpions Film", documentary