Scorpions retire

BYU 14 · 01-24-2010, 05:28 PM

I have to laugh at the final album with a supporting final tour "over the next few years"

I do hope they come to Phoenix though, I never thought these guys got enough credit for the influence they provided for countless metal artists in the 80's while they basically basically played in obscurity for well over a decade before the release of Lovedrive. One of my favorite metal bands ever and I would put Animal Magnetism and Blackout up against any Metal albums ever.

Of course the article doesn't even acknowledge any of their early work, which was a lot better than the 90's stuff they talk about IMO. I wonder if some of the folks that write these articles have ever even heard the music they write about.

http://music.msn.com/music/article.a...4040&GT1=28102

Quote:

BERLIN (AP) -- The German rock band Scorpions is bringing down the curtain on a career spanning more than four decades.

The band, known for its early 1990s hit "Wind of Change" among others, said on its Web site Sunday that "we agree we have reached the end of the road."

It said it would end its career with a final album — "Sting In The Tail," to be released in March — and a tour that will start in Germany in May and take it across the world "over the next few years."

Guitarist Rudolf Schenker founded the band in Hannover in 1965. Singer Klaus Meine joined a few years later. Both men are 61.

Senator · 01-24-2010, 05:31 PM

Convinced a moment of good fortune and Still Loving You on the radio got me laid.

/pour 40

JonInMiddleGA · 01-24-2010, 05:36 PM

In their case it's probably time. Hopefully the final album will be a testament to the greatness that was for so long & not a reminder of how bad they had become over the last decade.

Draft Dodger · 01-24-2010, 10:31 PM

I don't know about their most recent, but the one before that - Unbreakable - was a pretty good album. They were one of the better live acts that I've seen.

but yeah, it's time.

Mustang · 01-25-2010, 10:12 AM

"The band, known for its early 1990s hit "Wind of Change"

Sorry, but I'd prefer to forget they did that song.

tarcone · 01-25-2010, 03:56 PM

My first concert when I was 16. That was 28 years ago. 1983s "Rock Me Like a Hurricane."
Bon Jovi opened for them.

Sad to see them retire. I must be getting old.

cartman · 01-25-2010, 04:04 PM

And yet The Who are playing at halftime of the Super Bowl.

JonInMiddleGA · 01-25-2010, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by tarcone

My first concert when I was 16. That was 28 years ago. 1983s "Rock Me Like a Hurricane." Bon Jovi opened for them.

Oh shit, that was my first arena concert as well. The Omni in Atlanta in my case. At that point Bon Jovi had a grand total of one single, Runaway.

Draft Dodger · 01-25-2010, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by cartman

And yet The Who are playing at halftime of the Super Bowl.

really? first I heard of that

JonInMiddleGA · 01-27-2010, 05:45 PM

Samples of two songs from the forthcoming album are available on the band's official MySpace page

http://www.myspace.com/officialscorpions

Raised on Rock might be a fitting farewell, I'm not sold on The Good Die Young after a couple of samples but it could grow on me.

01-24-2010, 05:31 PM	#2
Senator FOFC's Elected Representative Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The stars at night; are big and bright	Convinced a moment of good fortune and Still Loving You on the radio got me laid. /pour 40 __________________ "i have seen chris simms play 4-5 times in the pros and he's very clearly got it. he won't make a pro bowl this year, but it'll come. if you don't like me saying that, so be it, but its true. we'll just have to wait until then" imettrentgreen "looking at only ten games, and oddly using a median only, leaves me unmoved generally" - Quiksand Last edited by Senator : 01-24-2010 at 05:31 PM.

01-24-2010, 05:36 PM	#3
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	In their case it's probably time. Hopefully the final album will be a testament to the greatness that was for so long & not a reminder of how bad they had become over the last decade. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

01-24-2010, 10:31 PM	#4
Draft Dodger Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Keene, NH	I don't know about their most recent, but the one before that - Unbreakable - was a pretty good album. They were one of the better live acts that I've seen. but yeah, it's time. __________________ Mile High Hockey

01-25-2010, 10:12 AM	#5
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	"The band, known for its early 1990s hit "Wind of Change" Sorry, but I'd prefer to forget they did that song. __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

01-25-2010, 04:04 PM	#7
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	And yet The Who are playing at halftime of the Super Bowl. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

01-25-2010, 03:56 PM	#6
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	My first concert when I was 16. That was 28 years ago. 1983s "Rock Me Like a Hurricane." Bon Jovi opened for them. Sad to see them retire. I must be getting old.

01-27-2010, 05:45 PM	#10
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	Samples of two songs from the forthcoming album are available on the band's official MySpace page http://www.myspace.com/officialscorpions Raised on Rock might be a fitting farewell, I'm not sold on The Good Die Young after a couple of samples but it could grow on me. __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

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