Band

Scorpions

Scorpions is a heavy metal band from Germany, active 1965 to present. 41 releases and 25 musicians in the catalog.

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Facts

Genre: Heavy Metal
Origin: Hannover, Germany
Formed: 1965
Releases: 41

Biography

The Scorpions are a German hard rock/heavy metal band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker. The longest-running and most successful line-up of the band included Schenker, Klaus Meine (vocals), Matthias Jabs, 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.

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Genres

Heavy Metal

Current line-up

Musician	Instruments	Years
Mikkey Dee	Drums (drum set)	2016 to present
Klaus Meine	Lead vocals	1969 to present
Matthias Jabs	Background vocals, Guitar	1979 to present
Paweł Mąciwoda	Background vocals, Bass guitar	2004 to present
Rudolf Schenker	Background vocals, Guitar	1965 to present

Former members

Musician	Instruments	Years
Barry Sparks	Bass guitar	2004 to 2004
James Kottak	Drums (drum set)	1996 to 2016
Michael Schenker	Background vocals, Guitar	1969 to 1979
Francis Buchholz	Background vocals, Bass guitar	1973 to 1992
Herman Rarebell	Background vocals, Percussion, Drums (drum set)	1977 to 1996
Achim Kirschning	Keyboard	1973 to 1974
Curt Cress	Percussion, Drums (drum set)	1996 to 1996
Hans‐Jürgen Rosenthal	Background vocals, Percussion, Drums (drum set)	1973 to 1975
Ingo Powitzer	Background vocals, Bass guitar	2004 to 2004
Joachim Kirchhoff	original	1965 to 1968
Joe Wyman	Percussion, Drums (drum set)	1977 to 1977
Johan Franzon	Drums (drum set)	2014 to 2014
Karl-Heinz Vollmer	Background vocals, Guitar	1965 to 1970
Ken Taylor	Background vocals, Bass guitar	2000 to 2000
Lothar Heimberg	Background vocals, Bass guitar	1968 to 1973
Ralph Rieckermann	Background vocals, Bass guitar	1993 to 2002
Rudy Lenners	Percussion, Drums (drum set)	1975 to 1977
Uli Jon Roth	Lead vocals, Background vocals, Guitar	1973 to 1978
Werner Löhr		1972 to 1972
Wolfgang Dziony	Background vocals, Percussion, Drums (drum set)	1965 to 1973

Albums

Other releases

EPs, demos, live records and compilations.

Related bands

Ranked by the strongest link the catalog can evidence: shared members, shared scene, or listener overlap.