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Metal Express Radio’s UK correspondent Mick Burgess (pictured middle) recently caught up with former SCORPIONS members Herman Rarebell (drums) and Francis Buchholz (bass), who are on a European tour with MICHAEL SCHENKER. Hear them talk about the Temple Of Rock and the Lovedrive Reunion Tour with Michael Schenker and Doogie White, recording a new album, and the start of Scorpions

http://www.bravewords.com/news/202963

Francis Buchholz on Scorpions’ hit single ‘Wind of Change:
“When we had recorded it, you know, the record company called me and said: ‘Can we change ‘Wind of Change’? Can we take out the whistling? It’s not rock n’ roll in that for us in America, you know. Can you put in some guitar?’ So I went to Klaus (Meine) and said: ‘Klaus listen, can we get rid of the whistling?’ I didn’t like… I wasn’t so much a friend of it anyway. I was discussing it with him and he got very angry so the whistling stayed in and it became a huge hit in Europe but it didn’t get that much airplay in America.”

Dear Fans,

thank you so much for all your wonderful birthday mails, messages, presents and videos that reached me from all over the world. It really touched my heart in a big way…I ‘d like to say “thank you” to each and every one of you for your love and support over so many years…We are in the studio right now, but it won’t be long before we hit the road again…
I’m looking forward to seeing all of you some where out there…

Rock on… Klaus

Klaus has confirmed the band is back in the studio with Mikael Nord Anderson and Martin Hansen. The same guys who produced Sting in the Tail.

Former SCORPIONS drummer Herman Rarebell will release a new album, “Acoustic Fever”, at the end of June. The CD contains all-acoustic versions of 12 SCORPIONS songs Herman co-wrote while in the band.

“Acoustic Fever” features Rarebell on drums alongside Robby Lochner (Rob Halford’s FIGHT, Cherie Currie, Eddie Money, GREAT WHITE FEATURING JACK RUSSELL) on steel string guitars, Dario Seixas (FIREHOUSE, STEPHEN PEARCY, CROWN OF THORNS, GREAT WHITE FEATURING JACK RUSSELL) on bass, José Antonio Rodríguez (Alejandro Sanz, Marc Anthony) on flamenco guitar and Corey Whitehead on flamenco guitar. Each song features a different singer, including Bobby Kimball (TOTO), John Parr (“St. Elmo’s Fire”), Alex Ligertwood (SANTANA), Jack Russell (GREAT WHITE), Tony Martin (BLACK SABBATH), Michael Voss (Michael Schenker), Gary Barden (MSG) and Johnny Gioeli (HARDLINE).

In a recent interview with Metal-Rules.com, Rarebell stated about “Acoustic Fever”: “On this album, I’m playing all my classic songs I wrote for the SCORPIONS. For example, ‘Passion Rules The Game’, which will be sung by John Parr. You remember John Parr ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’? Then I have Bobby Kimball from TOTO singing ‘Rock You Like a Hurricane’. I have Tony Martin from BLACK SABBATH singing ‘Another Piece of Meat’, I got Jack Russell from GREAT WHITE singing ‘Don’t Make No Promises (Your Body Can’t Keep)’. He’s a killer singer. And then I have Vossy, Michael Voss, who sings ‘Loving You Sunday Morning’. I have Don Dokken singing ‘You Give Me All I Need’, I have Gary Barden singing ‘Falling In Love’ and I have Paul Shortino. He sings the song ‘Love Is Blind’, which I wrote many years ago. I also got Alex Ligertwood from SANTANA, he sings ‘Is There Anybody There’, and I also have Johnny Gioeli, who sings with Axel Rudi Pell, he is singing ‘Dynamite’. So, I have really some really killer singers on this album and I’m very proud that they all said yes to me. Robby Lochner from GREAT WHITE played guitar on the album. And I must say all those guys and also Dario Seixas, the bass player from GREAT WHITE, were great. They have done a fantastic job, all of those boys.”

Rarebell will support “Acoustic Fever” with a European tour beginning in November, with U.S. dates to follow in 2014. The drummer’s touring band will feature three or four lead singers.

Scorpions Tour 2013
July 14th 2013 -Dnipropetrowsk -Ukraine -The Best city Festival -Tickets
July 26th 2013 -Byblos -Lebanon Byblos Port tba
July 27th 2013 -Byblos -Lebanon Byblos Port tba
October 19th 2013 -Minsk-Belarus Minsk Arena tba With Orchestra
October 22nd 2013 -Moscow -Russia -Crocus Hall -Kassir -With Orchestra
October 23rd 2013 -Moscow -Russia -Crocus Hall -Kassir -With Orchestra
October 26th 2013 -Kazan -Russia -Tatneft Arena -tba -With Orchestra
October 29th 2013 -St. Petersburg -Russia -Ice Arena -tba -With Orchestra
November 5th 2013 -Odessa -Ukraine -Sports Palace-With Orchestra
November 7th 2013 -Kiev -Ukraine -Opera Theatre -With Orchestra
November 9th 2013 -Vilnius -Lithuania -Siemens Arena -tba
November 10th 2013 -Riga -Latvia- Arēna Rīga -tba
November 12th 2013 -Tallin -Estonia -Saku Arena -tba
November 13th 2013 -Helsinki -Finland -Hartwall Areena -tba
November 15th 2013 -Seinäjoki -Finland -Seinäjoki Areena -tba
November 16th 2013 -Oulu -Finland -Ice Hall -tba

The bands homepage- http://intrancescorpions.tripod.com/

The bands facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/intrance.the.tribute.to.scorpions

A Promo video of this legendary Canadian Tribute band:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8__KTu7To1g&feature=youtu.be

message from Paul Gagne: Plays Rudy Schenker part in the band

The production details: It was filmed during a show we did last summer. A TV crew happened to be there to film images that were shown to the audience on giant screens each side of the stage and to most of the the crowd standing behind the F.O.H./Lights shelter. After the show, they gave us a DVD of what was filmed, but without sound on it. However, we recorded the audio with our Tascam X-48, 48-track digital recorder, so we could do something with that.

We were lucky to get those images because we never had the money to rent cameras and hire a video team to shoot a show in the last 18 years. A friend of ours made us the shortest video containing the maximum of “Scorpions” potential and the results are pretty good. That’s very short, but imagine 90-120 minutes of it.

Steeve, our drummer, who’s a studio engineer in real life, edited, mixed, processed and enhanced the multitrack sound recording we had with Digital Performer, and “mated” that with the video. It was a fucking job to do since we had no timecode to sync the audio with video.

Dear Scorpions Friends!

I just started my Stirwater SoundCloud profile to share with you some of my music with different talented artists. I will be regularly uploading new songs for your enjoyment.
Visit: https://soundcloud.com/stirwater

In the beginning I would like to share some oldest great recordings with you.
L.A.P.D. is the band which I played right before I join the fabulous Scorpions !!!

L. stands for Liam MacMhurri on vocals and guitar
A. stands for Artur Malik on drums
P. stands for Pawel “Stirwater” on bass
D. is a Mystery

I hope that you will enjoy this pure rock sound and L.A.P.d. is waiting for your feedback.
Some more songs from Stirwater are on the way!
All Yours
Pawel “Stirwater” Maciwoda

We are saddened by the news of the passing of Storm Thorgerson, our graphic cover designer for the Albums “Lovedrive” and “Animal Magnetism”. He was truly a genius artist and we remember every time he came over to the Dierks Studios in Cologne to show us a selection of his brilliant work. It was always a lot of fun, we loved his British humour …
You can tell, when you take a look at “Animal Magnetism”.
He shot the cover for Lovedrive in the back of a Rolls Royce owned by Elton John at that time. It became a classic and one of the most favourite album covers for Scorpions and Fans around the world.

Our hearts go out to his family at this very said time.

RIP Storm.

Your Scorpions

The Scorpions will release a deluxe reissue of their 1990 album, “Crazy World,” on June 3 internationally and sometime in June in North America. The two-disc set will feature the original album plus a disc of 12 live tracks from their Live Crazy world tour, along with the album’s four promotional videos. The band’s 11th studio album, “Crazy World” featured the international hit, “Wind Of Change.”

Scorpions
“Crazy World” deluxe reissue- Disc 1-CD Disc 2- DVD
Release date: June 3 Internationally
Sometime in June in North America

Disc 1: Crazy World
‘Tease Me Please Me’
‘Don’t Believe Her’
‘To Be With You In Heaven’
‘Wind Of Change’
‘Restless Nights’
‘Lust Or Love’
‘Kicks After Six’
‘Money And Fame’
‘Hit Between The Eyes’
‘Crazy World’
‘Send Me An Angel’
‘Wind Of Change’ (Edit)
‘Big City Nights’ (Live At The Moscow Peace Festival)
‘Wind Of Change’ (Russian Version)
‘Wind Of Change’ (Spanish Version)
‘Holiday’ (Live Version)
‘Hit Between The Eyes’
‘The Zoo’

Disc 2: Live Crazy World Tour
‘Bad Boys Running Wild’
‘Hit Between The Eyes’
‘I Can’t Explain’
‘The Zoo’
‘Rhythm Of Love’
‘Crazy World’
‘Can’t Live Without You’
‘Blackout’
‘Dynamite’
‘Lust Or Love’
‘Big City Nights’
‘Rock You Like A Hurricane’
Music videos:
‘Tease Me Please Me’ (Directed by Jeff Richter)
‘Don’t Believe Her’ (Directed by Wayne Isham)
‘Send Me An Angel’ (Directed by Meiert Avis)
‘Wind Of Change’ (Directed by Wayne Isham)

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BraveWords’ Martin Popoff has just issued his new book SCORPIONS: Top Of The Bill which will be available soon at Martinpopoff.com.

A description reads as follows:
“Blackout At The Zoo!
No question that Scorpions, Germany’s loudest and proudest rock band ever, have done much for heavy metal over the years, and it’s high time a book on them hit the shelves. Well, the wait is over with the arrival of Scorpions: Top Of The Bill, which looks at every song on every album the Teutonic tone-masters ever crafted, beginning with Lonesome Crow back in ‘72 through to the band’s triumphant “retirement” album Sting In The Tail (and beyond into Comeblack – long story!).

‘Speedy’s Coming’, ‘Dark Lady’, ‘Catch Your Train’, ‘Virgin Killer’, ‘Another Piece Of Meat’, ‘Animal Magnetism’, ‘Lovedrive’, ‘Holiday’, ‘The Zoo’, ‘Blackout’, ‘No One Like You’, ‘Rock You Like A Hurricane’, ‘Still Loving You’, ‘Wind Of Change’… these are hits and deep album tracks built into the very fabric of heavy metal, and the stories of their making are all here.

Come join Martin as he embarks on conversation and analysis with all of the principals and beyond, including Klaus Meine, Uli Jon Roth, Herman Rarebell, Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs, along with the likes of Ralph Rieckermann, Francis Buchholz and legendary manager David Krebs.”

Price including shipping:
US orders: $33.00 US funds
Int’l orders (all books go air): $44.00 Cdn. funds
Canadian orders: $36.00 Cdn. funds

PayPal happily accepted. Ask me if you’d like a PayPal invoice (please indicate what country you are in), or just do yer usual and direct funds to martinp@inforamp.net

Sweet postage savings to be had for multiple orders (or two of pretty much anything – long story, ask me!). Two is definitely the magic number for Europe.

Or mail payment (personal check in US funds, cash, or INTERNATIONAL money order), to:
Martin Popoff
P.O. Box 65208, 358 Danforth Ave.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4K 2Z2

Email Martin at martinp@inforamp.net with any further questions, and see http://www.martinpopoff.com for descriptions, cover art and ordering info for my other available 30 or so books (and no, Scorpions won’t be up at the site for another week or so, BUT YES, THEY ARE IN MY OFFICE READY TO SHIP).