Scorpions are a German hard rock band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker. The lineup from 1978 to 1992 was the most successful incarnation of the group, and included Klaus Meine (vocals), Rudolf Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Francis Buchholz (bass), and Herman Rarebell (drums). The band's only continuous member has been Schenker, although Meine has appeared on all of Scorpions' studio albums, 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.
Scorpions in Melbourne, Australia in 2016 during the 50th Anniversary World Tour. (from left to right) Mikkey Dee, Matthias Jabs, Klaus Meine, Rudolf Schenker and Pawel Maciwoda.
Scorpions at Gods of Metal in 2007
Scorpions performing at Ankkarock in Vantaa, Finland in 2007
Rudolf Schenker – MTV Unplugged 2014
Hanover is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) population makes it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in northern Germany after Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. Hanover's urban area comprises the towns of Garbsen, Langenhagen and Laatzen and has a population of about 791,000 (2018). The Hanover Region has approximately 1.16 million inhabitants (2019) and is the largest in the Hannover–Braunschweig–Göttingen–Wolfsburg Metropolitan Region.
Image: Hannover Blick Neues Rathaus 01
Image: Hannover old townhall Karmarschstrasse Mitte Hannover Germany 01
Image: Marktkirche St Georgii et Jacobi Mitte Hannover Germany
Image: Herrenhäuser gärten 2