School #196 Istomina Karina

The aims of my project  to study the history of the band.  to look through the creative activity of the group.  to establish musical style and influences.  to study the criticism and related projects and band members.

Scorpions Scorpions are a heavy metal hard rock band from Hannover, Germany. The band was formed in The main genre is heavy metal hard rock.

The first album(1972) «Lonesome Crow»

The band consists of five constant members.

The former members of the group  Karl-Heits Volmer (guitar, 1969),  Michael Schenker (guitar, 1972),  Urgent Rosenthal (drums, 1974),  Rudy Lenners (1976, drums),  Frances Buhgolts (bass guitar, 1977),  Ulrich Rot (guitar, 1977),  Herman Rarebell (drums, 1995),  Kurt Kress (drums, 1996)  Ralf Rikermann (2003)

Rudolf Schenker  born August 31, 1948  is a German guitarist and founding member of heavy metal band Scorpions  the rhythm/lead guitarist and one of the main song- writers of the band

Klaus Meine born May 25, 1948, Hannover, Germany a German singer a German singer received the Steiger Award (Germany) received the Steiger Award (Germany)

Matthias Jabs born October 25, 1955 a German guitarist and songwriter played for the bands Lady, Fargo and Deadlock The first album recorded by Jabs with the Scorpions was Lovedrive.

James Kottak  born December 26, 1962, Louisville, Kentucky  an American drummer for the heavy metal band Scorpions  one of the characters in the book Sex Tips from Rock Stars by Paul Miles

Paweł Mąciwoda  born February 20, 1964, Poland  a Polish bass-guitarist  began playing the bass- guitar at the age of fifteen  recorded several albums with the group: Unbreakable (2004), Humanity - Hour 1 (2007), Sting In The Tail (2010)

Music style and influences The distinctive SCORPIONS style came from the combination of two electric guitars, a fusion of fabulously forceful power.

Discography There are 16 studio albums, 4 live albums, 16 collections of their hits from different albums and several DVDs. The best albums of theirs are Love at First Sting, Moment of Glory, The Best Of The Scorpions and some others.

The work experience with the Berlin philharmonic orchestra  Moment of Glory in 2000  Berlin philharmonic orchestra The hits of the album are Hurricane 2000, Moment Of Glory, Send Me An Angel, Wind Of Change, Crossfire (Instrumental), Deadly Sting Suite (Instrumental), Here In My Heart, Still Loving You, Big City Nights, Lady Starlight.

To sum up Today it is one of the most successful rock band in the history and completely the best group in Germany. Musicians have never missed epochal events of the human history. For example, they gave a concert when the Berlin Wall was fallen.

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