Love at First Sting is the ninth studio album by German rock band Scorpions. It was released in March 1984 on Harvest/EMI in Europe and Mercury in the US. The album contains "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Still Loving You", and "Big City Nights", three of the band's most famous songs.
Cover photo by Helmut Newton
Image: Love At First Sting Band Cover
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