45 Years in the Limelight of Music as Scorpions Guitarist Band…
Scorpions guitarist band is a hard rock and heavy metal band in Germany best popularized for their 1980 rock anthem album entitled Rock You Like a Hurricane. They were also famous for their single records like Wind of Change, Still Loving You, Send Me an Angel and No One Like You. Having sold more than 100 million copies around the world, they reached the 46th place on the list of Greatest Artists by VHI. Their Rock You Like a Hurricane became number 18 among the Greatest Hard Rock Songs.
The Scorpions guitarist band has been 45 years in the making, but it still continuous to record music and organize musical tours. In January, 2010, the Scorpions made a public announcement that all the members of the band will finally retire after making a tour to promote their next album entitled Sting in the Tail. The band is composed of Klaus Meine as lead vocals, Matthias Jabs as lead and rhythm Scorpions guitarist and backing vocals, Rudolf Schenker as backing vocals, rhythm and lead guitarist, Pawel Maciwoda as bassist and backing vocals, and James Kottak on the drum, percussion and back-up vocals.
Matthias Jabs, a German Scorpions guitarist and writer of songs was born in October 1955. Before he joined the band, he has performed with Deadlock, Fargo and Lady Band. Jabs decided to join the Scorpions when Ulrich Roth separated from the band in 1978. His 1st album with the band is entitled Lovedrive. His amazing ability to strum the guitar made a significant contribution to the band’s signature sound.
In 1980, Jabs owned a ’63-64 Fender Stratocaster named “trouble guitar” that had a Bill Lawrence L90 pick-up and a Floyd Rose floating bridge. This was shown on a number of tracks that required a “tremolo” and a “Blackout.” Another German Scorpions guitarist and a co-founder of Scorpions band is Rudolf Schenker who was born in August, 1948. He is a songwriter of the band and at the same time the lead/rhythm guitarist.
As lead Scorpions guitarist, he has done most of the guitar solos with the band, and there are also times when Rudi renders the solos like in the albums Big City Nights, Through My Eyes, As Soon as the Good Times Roll, Still Loving You, Always Somewhere and Wind of Change.
Pawel Maciwoda is a Polish bass Scorpions guitarist who was born in February, 1967 in Wieliczka, Poland. He joined the band as bassist in 2003, and had his official membership in January, 2004. As encouraged by his father, Maciwoda started practicing on his bass guitar at 15 years old. Because of his young age as a semi-professional performer, he has been given the name “Baby.”
Within a short span of time, he was already going around Europe on a tour along with a jazz fusion band popularly called the Little Egoists. When he has time, he also performed with the Krakow-based avant-garde rock bands called Pudelsi and Dupa. Simultaneous with these performances, Scorpions guitarist Maciwoda released his single album named Radio Wieliczka.
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