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* OneWomanWail: The backing vocals in the verses of "The Good Die Young", courtesy of featured guest Music/TarjaTurunen.
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* CoverVersion: Big Mama Thornton via Music/ElvisPresley's "Hound Dog" and Music/LittleRichard's "Long Tall Sally" in ''Tokyo Tapes'', Music/TheWho's "I Can't Explain" for a collection album in the late 80s, Music/{{Queen}}'s "Love of My Life", Music/TheCars' "Drive" and Music/{{Kansas}}' "Dust in the Wind", the latter three from ''Acoustica'', as well as half of ''Comeblack''.
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* CoverVersion: Big Mama Thornton via Music/ElvisPresley's "Hound Dog" and Music/LittleRichard's "Long Tall Sally" in on ''Tokyo Tapes'', Music/TheWho's "I Can't Explain" for a collection album in the late 80s, Music/{{Queen}}'s "Love of My Life", Music/TheCars' "Drive" and Music/{{Kansas}}' "Dust in the Wind", the latter three from ''Acoustica'', as well as half of ''Comeblack''.
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* AlternateAlbumCover: They had this at least five times during their career.
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* AlternateAlbumCover: They had this at least five six times during their career.career.
** ''Pure Instinct'': Original artwork shows four nude people held in a cage and surrounded by animals. The alternate artwork is an image of the band.
** ''Pure Instinct'': Original artwork shows four nude people held in a cage and surrounded by animals. The alternate artwork is an image of the band.
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* Francis Buchholz: bassist (1973-1992)1
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* Francis Buchholz: bassist (1973-1992)1(1973-1992)
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Rudolf Schenker sang lead vocals on "They Need a Million", "Hey You" and "Love is the Answer" (from ''MTV Unplugged: Live in Athens). Uli Jon Roth sang lead vocals on "Dark Lady", "Sun in My Hand", "Hell Cat" and "Polar Nights"
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* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Rudolf Schenker sang lead vocals on "They Need a Million", "Hey You" and "Love is the Answer" (from ''MTV Unplugged: Live in Athens). Uli Jon Roth sang lead vocals on "Drifting Sun", "Dark Lady", "Sun in My Hand", "Hell Cat" and "Polar Nights"
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* LongestSongGoesFirst: Their 2004 album ''Unbreakable'' starts with the 5:51 "New Generation."
* LongestSongGoesLast:
** ''Lonesome Crow'' ends with the 13:31 TitleTrack.
** ''Fly to the Rainbow'' ends with its own TitleTrack, at 9:40.
** ''Taken by Force'' closes with "Born to Touch Your Feelings" (7:40).
** ''Lovedrive'' closes with the 6:32 "Holiday."
** ''Love at First Sting'' closes with "Still Loving You" (6:26).
** ''Savage Amusement'' closes with "Believe in Love" (5:20); the next longest track on the album, "Walking on the Edge," is 5:05.
** ''Humanity: Hour I'' closes with "Humanity" (5:26).
* LongestSongGoesLast:
** ''Lonesome Crow'' ends with the 13:31 TitleTrack.
** ''Fly to the Rainbow'' ends with its own TitleTrack, at 9:40.
** ''Taken by Force'' closes with "Born to Touch Your Feelings" (7:40).
** ''Lovedrive'' closes with the 6:32 "Holiday."
** ''Love at First Sting'' closes with "Still Loving You" (6:26).
** ''Savage Amusement'' closes with "Believe in Love" (5:20); the next longest track on the album, "Walking on the Edge," is 5:05.
** ''Humanity: Hour I'' closes with "Humanity" (5:26).
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Averted. The name's ''Scorpions'' only -- no "The" in front. There ''was'' an English band called "[[Music/TheScopions ''The'' Scorpions]]" in the [=60s=], though.
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Averted. The name's ''Scorpions'' only -- no "The" in front. There ''was'' an English band called "[[Music/TheScopions ''The'' Scorpions]]" "''The'' Scorpions" in the [=60s=], though.
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* CoolOldGuy: Can you believe Rudolf's in his 70s?
** Klaus counts too: he's the same age and still can sing and wail like that. '''Wow.'''
** Klaus counts too: he's the same age and still can sing and wail like that. '''Wow.'''
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* DramaticChoirNumber: A choir sings the first two lines of "You Can't Always Get What You Want", then disappears until the very end.
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* DramaticChoirNumber: A "Moment of Glory" has the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and a children's choir sings to complement the first two lines of "You Can't Always Get What You Want", then disappears until the very end.optimistic rock melody.
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* DramaticChoirNumber: A choir sings the first two lines of "You Can't Always Get What You Want", then disappears until the very end.
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* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Rudolf Schenker
** TheLancer: Klaus Maine
** TheSmartGuy: Matthias Jabs
** TheBigGuy: Mikkey Dee
** TheHeart: Paweł Mąciwoda
** TheLeader: Rudolf Schenker
** TheLancer: Klaus Maine
** TheSmartGuy: Matthias Jabs
** TheBigGuy: Mikkey Dee
** TheHeart: Paweł Mąciwoda
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**''Taken by Force'': Original artwork shows kids playing with guns in a graveyard. The alternate artwork is individual portraits of each member along the top and the album title in the middle.
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**''In Trance'': Original artwork is a black and white picture of a woman leaning over a guitar. One of her breasts can be seen peeking out of the shadows. The alternate artwork has the image altered so both breasts are hidden in the shadows.
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Dewicking Nice Hat; added new album to discography
* ''Rock Believer'' (2022)
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* NiceHat: Klaus' trademark backwards beret, and Matthias' cap.
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* SignatureHeadgear: Klaus' trademark backwards beret, and Matthias' cap.
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With 7 gold records and 11 platinums in the US (15 golds and 9 platinums in their homeland) and 18 songs charting at the Mainstream Rock Tracks (among which "No One Like You" reached #1), Scorpions are one of the most worldwide successful rock bands from mainland Europe - even though they would only have a belated recognition in America.[[note]]At least on a mainstream level. Scorpions are an extremely influental band for many American heavy and thrash metal bands, with both [[Music/{{Metallica}} James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett]] and [[Music/{{Megadeth}} Dave Mustaine]] citing them as an influence.[[/note]]
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With 7 gold records and 11 platinums in the US (15 golds and 9 platinums in their homeland) and 18 songs charting at the Mainstream Rock Tracks (among which "No One Like You" reached #1), Scorpions are one of the most worldwide successful rock bands from mainland Europe - even though they would only have a belated recognition in America.[[note]]At least on a mainstream level. Scorpions are an extremely influental band for many American heavy and thrash metal bands, with both [[Music/{{Metallica}} James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett]] and [[Music/{{Megadeth}} Dave Mustaine]] citing them as an influence.[[/note]]
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* AlternateAlbum Cover: They had this at least three times during their career.
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* AlternateAlbum Cover: They had this at least three times during their career.
** ''Love at First Sting'': Original artwork shows a man making out with a partially nude woman while giving her a tattoo. The alternate artwork is an image of the band in black and white, based on inner artwork from the original release. The change was due to Wal-Mart complaining about the packaging after its release.
** ''Lovedrive'': Original artwork features a couple sitting in a car with the woman's exposed breast connected to a man's hand by out-stretched bubblegum. The alternate artwork is a blue scorpion.
** ''Virgin Killer'': Original artwork features a naked prepubescent girl with cracked glass covering the crotch. The alternate artwork is an image of the band.
** ''Love at First Sting'': Original artwork shows a man making out with a partially nude woman while giving her a tattoo. The alternate artwork is an image of the band in black and white, based on inner artwork from the original release. The change was due to Wal-Mart complaining about the packaging after its release.
** ''Lovedrive'': Original artwork features a couple sitting in a car with the woman's exposed breast connected to a man's hand by out-stretched bubblegum. The alternate artwork is a blue scorpion.
** ''Virgin Killer'': Original artwork features a naked prepubescent girl with cracked glass covering the crotch. The alternate artwork is an image of the band.
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Averted. The name's ''Scorpions'' only -- no "The" in front. There ''was'' an English band called "''The'' Scorpions" in the [=60s=], though.
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* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Averted. The name's ''Scorpions'' only -- no "The" in front. There ''was'' an English band called "''The'' Scorpions" "[[Music/TheScopions ''The'' Scorpions]]" in the [=60s=], though.
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* CoolOldGuy: Can you believe Rudolf's over his 60's?
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* CoolOldGuy: Can you believe Rudolf's over in his 60's?70s?
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* AlbumTitleDrop: As seen by the quote above, "Rock You Like a Hurricane" in ''Love at First Sting''.
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* AlbumTitleDrop: As seen by the quote above, "Rock You Like a Hurricane" in on ''Love at First Sting''.
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* ContemptibleCover: A few, most notably ''Virgin Killer'', to the point where the controversy overshadowed the album's content.
** Averted with ''Taken by Force''. Creator/RCARecords, presumably shell-shocked by then, changed it anyway to a [[MinimalisticCoverArt plain black cover]] with [[FloatingHeadSyndrome band photos]].
** In America, Creator/MercuryRecords replaced one ContemptibleCover with another by issuing a nudity-free cover for ''Lovedrive'', which instead featured what is [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg/220px-Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg possibly the most phallic scorpion ever]].
** Averted with ''Taken by Force''. Creator/RCARecords, presumably shell-shocked by then, changed it anyway to a [[MinimalisticCoverArt plain black cover]] with [[FloatingHeadSyndrome band photos]].
** In America, Creator/MercuryRecords replaced one ContemptibleCover with another by issuing a nudity-free cover for ''Lovedrive'', which instead featured what is [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f4/Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg/220px-Scorpions_Lovedrive_alt.jpg possibly the most phallic scorpion ever]].
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Scorpions is a German rock band formed in 1965 in Hannover by Rudolf Schenker (vocals/guitar), Lothar Heimberg (bass) and Wolfgang Dziony (drums), which only started to actually take shape four years later with Rudolf's younger brother Michael Schenker and Klaus Meine joining on guitar and vocals, respectively. While touring to promote their debut album, Michael, still an 18-year-old young gun, joined British rock band Music/UFOBand in 1973 (at the start of their classic phase) and was replaced by Uli Jon Roth, who was a mainstay until 1978, when Matthias Jabs took over. While the bassist and drummer positions have changed over the course of four and a half decades, the Meine-Schenker-Jabs trio stayed on... and the rest is history.
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Scorpions is a German rock band formed in 1965 in Hannover by Rudolf Schenker (vocals/guitar), Lothar Heimberg (bass) and Wolfgang Dziony (drums), which only started to actually take shape four years later with Rudolf's younger brother Michael Schenker and Klaus Meine joining on guitar and vocals, respectively. While touring to promote their debut album, Michael, still an 18-year-old young gun, joined British rock band Music/UFOBand Music/{{UFO|Band}} in 1973 (at the start of their classic phase) and was replaced by Uli Jon Roth, who was a mainstay until 1978, when Matthias Jabs took over. While the bassist and drummer positions have changed over the course of four and a half decades, the Meine-Schenker-Jabs trio stayed on... and the rest is history.
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** He also recorded three tracks in ''Lovedrive'' after leaving UFO, then [[StartMyOwn assembled Michael Schenker Group]].
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** He also recorded three tracks in on ''Lovedrive'' after leaving UFO, then [[StartMyOwn assembled Michael Schenker Group]].
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Scorpions is a German rock band formed in 1965 in Hannover by Rudolf Schenker (vocals/guitar), Lothar Heimberg (bass) and Wolfgang Dziony (drums), which only started to actually take shape four years later with Rudolf's younger brother Michael Schenker and Klaus Meine joining on guitar and vocals, respectively. While touring to promote their debut album, Michael, still an 18-year-old young gun, joined British rock band Music/{{UFO}} in 1973 (at the start of their classic phase) and was replaced by Uli Jon Roth, who was a mainstay until 1978, when Matthias Jabs took over. While the bassist and drummer positions have changed over the course of four and a half decades, the Meine-Schenker-Jabs trio stayed on... and the rest is history.
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Scorpions is a German rock band formed in 1965 in Hannover by Rudolf Schenker (vocals/guitar), Lothar Heimberg (bass) and Wolfgang Dziony (drums), which only started to actually take shape four years later with Rudolf's younger brother Michael Schenker and Klaus Meine joining on guitar and vocals, respectively. While touring to promote their debut album, Michael, still an 18-year-old young gun, joined British rock band Music/{{UFO}} Music/UFOBand in 1973 (at the start of their classic phase) and was replaced by Uli Jon Roth, who was a mainstay until 1978, when Matthias Jabs took over. While the bassist and drummer positions have changed over the course of four and a half decades, the Meine-Schenker-Jabs trio stayed on... and the rest is history.
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* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Varies from 4 to 7 depending on the song (albums average at around 6):
** 4: "When the Smoke is Going Down", "Always Somewhere", "Lady Starlight"
** 5: "Still Loving You", Wind of Change", "Holiday"
** 6: "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "No One Like You"
** 7: "Now!", "Dynamite", "Alien Nation"
** 4: "When the Smoke is Going Down", "Always Somewhere", "Lady Starlight"
** 5: "Still Loving You", Wind of Change", "Holiday"
** 6: "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "No One Like You"
** 7: "Now!", "Dynamite", "Alien Nation"
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** 7: "Now!", "Dynamite" (the latter dipping into 8)
** "Virgin Killer" should rate around an 8, possibly also "Animal Magnetism" and "The Sails of Charon"
** 8: Most of "Face The Heat" especially "Alien Nation"
** "Virgin Killer" should rate around an 8, possibly also "Animal Magnetism" and "The Sails of Charon"
** 8: Most of "Face The Heat" especially "Alien Nation"
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** 7: "Now!", "Dynamite" (the latter dipping into 8)
** "Virgin Killer" should rate around an 8, possibly also "Animal Magnetism" and "The Sails of Charon"
** 8: Most of "Face The Heat" especially"Dynamite", "Alien Nation"
** "Virgin Killer" should rate around an 8, possibly also "Animal Magnetism" and "The Sails of Charon"
** 8: Most of "Face The Heat" especially
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* FanService: Their album covers often feature women in all states of undress. A few covers substitute women for suggestive, typically phallic imagery
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* FanService: Their Some of their album covers often feature women in all states of undress. A few covers substitute undress or display men and women for suggestive, typically phallic imagery in suggestive situations.
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** "The Zoo" is also an example of TheBigRottenApple, as the song is about the red-light district in and around Times Square in Manhattan, famous for its prostitution, pornographic theaters and video stores, and drugs...
*** ...Which also makes it an example of an UnintentionalPeriodPiece, as Times Square was completely "cleaned up" by the mid-late 1990s and today is best known for harboring large numbers of Broadway plays and tourists, and the New Year's Eve ball drop.
*** ...Which also makes it an example of an UnintentionalPeriodPiece, as Times Square was completely "cleaned up" by the mid-late 1990s and today is best known for harboring large numbers of Broadway plays and tourists, and the New Year's Eve ball drop.
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* ContemptibleCover: A few, most notably ''Virgin Killer'', to the point where the [[OvershadowedByControversy controversy overshadowed the album's content]].
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* ParentalIncest: "Daddy's Girl", which is [[TearJerker unrelentingly bleak]] for a simple three-minute song.
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* ParentalIncest: "Daddy's Girl", which is [[TearJerker unrelentingly bleak]] bleak for a simple three-minute song.
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Badass Grandpa cleaning
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* BadassGrandpa: Meine,Jabs and Rudolf.
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With 7 gold records and 11 platinums in the US (15 golds and 9 platinums in their homeland) and 18 songs charting at the Mainstream Rock Tracks (among which "No One Like You" reached #1), Scorpions are one of the most worldwide successful rock bands from mainland Europe - even though they would only have a belated recognition in America.
America.[[note]]At least on a mainstream level. Scorpions are an extremely influental band for many American heavy and thrash metal bands, with both [[Music/{{Metallica}} James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett]] and [[Music/{{Megadeth}} Dave Mustaine]] citing them as an influence.[[/note]]
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* Francis Buchholz: bassist (1973-1992)(1973-1992)1