Band Scorpions

Scorpions adalah kelompok musik hard rock dari Hannover, Jerman, paling dikenal lewat lagu-lagunya "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Wind of Change" dan "Still Loving You","Always Somewhere".

"Wind of Change" adalah salah satu lagu Scorpions yang bertipe balads rock. Lagu ini di buat pada tahun 1989 dan terdapat dalam album Crazy World. Lagu ini menceritakan tentang perubahan politik di Eropa Timur pada waktu itu seperti runtuhnyaTembok Berlin, meningkatnya kebebasan di blok komunis (yang disusul jatuhnya Uni Soviet), dan berakhirnya Perang Dingin.

Dalam album Pure Instinct (1996) mereka bekerja sama dengan dua penulis lagu Indonesia Titiek Puspa dan James F. Sundah dalam lagu "When You Came into My Life".

Scorpions mengakhiri karier musiknya pada tahun 2010, sebagaimana rilis pers mereka tertanggal 24 Januari 2010 di situs resminya. Album terakhir mereka dirilis Maret 2010 diikuti dengan tur dunia. Mereka band yang sangat lama bergaul di dunia musik.

Personil

·         Rudolf Schenker – rhythm & lead gitar, backing vocals (1965-sekarang)

·         Klaus Meine – lead vocals, occasionally rhythm guitar (1970 – sekarang)

·         Matthias Jabs – lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals (1978 – sekarang)

·         James Kottak – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1996 – sekarang)

·         Pawel Maciwoda – bass, backing vocals (2003 – sekarang)

Mantan Personil

·         Karl-Heinz Vollmer – lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals (1965–1970)

·         Lothar Heimberg – bass, backing vocals (1965–1973)

·         Wolfgang Dziony – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1965–1973)

·         Michael Schenker – lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals (1970–1973, 1979)

·         Uli Jon Roth – lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals pada “Drifting Sun”, “Fly to the Rainbow”, “Dark Lady”, “Sun in My Hand”, “Hell Cat”, “Polar Nights” (1973–1978)

·         Achim Kirschning – keyboards (1973–1974)

·         Jurgen Rosenthal – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1973–1975)

·         Francis Buchholz – bass, backing vocals (1973–1983, 1984–1992)

·         Rudy Lenners – drums, percussion (1975–1977)

·         Herman Rerabell – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1977–1983, 1984–1995)

·         Ralph Rieckermann – bass, backing vocals (1993–2000, 2000–2003)

·         Curt Cress – drums, percussion (1996)

·         Ken Taylor – bass, backing vocals (2000)

·         Barry Sparks – bass, backing vocals (2004)

·         Ingo Powitzer – bass, backing vocals (2004)