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) 
 Humanity: Hour I (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. 29, 36.

Pautan luar

 
 
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

Kumpulan muzik Jerman
Kumpulan rock Jerman