With the devil horns raised defiantly in the direction of the notoriously anti-metal/hard rock Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, hard to deny Scorpions, Teutonic hard rock at its finest (sorry, Rammstein … and Nena) and rockin’ the airwaves and stadiums for over four decades, haven’t earned their slot. Also incredibly great sports for appearing on Red Eye to promote their Sting in the Tail album, even if Rudolf Schenker’s minus his awesome ‘stache these days.
Below the fold, loads of news on some cool new releases from the band coming next Tuesday.
Legacy Recordings is proud to announce the domestic release of two essential new titles from the seminal metal band Scorpions: Comeblack, a new album of classic rock covers and fresh performances of signature repertoire recorded earlier this year, and Get Your Sting and Blackout – Live in 3D, available on Blu-ray disc, an 11-camera 3-D concert film recorded in Saarbrucken, Germany on April 15, 2011 during Scorpions current farewell tour.
Launched by guitarist Rudolf Schenker in 1965, Scorpions forged metal, rock and pop into a sound that’s come to signify an entire genre through hard rock anthems like “Rock You Like A Hurricane” and hits like “Send Me An Angel,” “Wind of Change” and “Still Loving You,” selling more than 100 million records in the process.
Last year, Scorpions announced that the group’s Get Your Sting and Blackout tour, an epic ongoing worldwide rock ‘n’ roll odyssey in support of 2010′s Sting in the Tail, would be the group’s last before retirement. The tour is slated to run through 2012 with a string of historic farewell blowouts and festival performances scheduled Europe culminating with shows at the Wacken Open Air festival (August 4, 2012) and Munich’s Olympiahalle (October 13, 2012).
Wanting to create a truly memorable concert film to do justice to power of the live show and the high energy emotional impact of the final tour, Scorpions chronicled the sold-out concert on April 15, 2011 in Saarbrucken, Germany with a state-of-the-art 3D production. Helmed by director Gerd F. Schultze (who’s worked on 3D films with Michael Jackson, Bryan Adams, Joe Cocker, Carlos Santana and German superstar Peter Maffay), Get Your Sting and Blackout – Live in 3D puts the viewer into the VIP box at the ultimate Scorpions concert. In addition to 100 minutes of pure Scorpions music, Get Your Sting and Blackout – Live in 3D includes more than half-an-hour of behind-the-scenes bonus material.
“The preview audience was absolutely euphoric and stunned by the intensity and the never-before-witnessed power and intimacy in which they were able to experience the Scorpions’ fantastic concert,” said Gerd Schultze following a theatrical screening of the film. “The people left the screening with a completely new and never-before-seen concert experience and wanted to watch it all over straight away. Part of the reason is, that we have managed to create an unbelievable 3D depth with a specially developed method, which is very pleasant to watch. Using the new camera technology, we managed to translate 3D in the cut and montage technique in a style that will meet the expectations of a first class product even in ten years time. It makes you feel like you’re sitting in the VIP lounge amidst the audience through this 11 camera 3D concert staging and its monstrous 5.1 surround and stereo sound. At the same time, The Scorpions perform their unbelievably powerful and visually unique show with all their hits live in your living room. This is pure dynamite … fasten seat belts and take off … into the third dimension.”
“Saarbrucken was a very good choice,” wrote the band in a press statement, “our fans were simply sensational and gave us the chance to thank them for their many years of support.”
Get Your Sting and Blackout – Live in 3D – Blu-ray
The Set List:
Intro
Sting In The Tail
Make It Real
Bad Boys Running Wild
The Zoo
Coast To Coast
Loving You Sunday Morning
The Best Is Yet To Come
Send Me An Angel
Holiday
Raised On Rock
Tease Me, Please Me
Dynamite
Kottak Attack
Blackout
Six String Sting
Big City Nights
Still Loving You
Wind Of Change
Rock You Like A Hurricane
When The Smoke Is Going DownAt some point during the Get Your Sting and Blackout tour (“We can’t remember the day, the month or the hour”), Scorpions, enjoying the success of Sting in the Tail and the emotional rejuvenation of the farewell tour (“Screaming fans everywhere we went!”) decided to record one last classic album. “The idea to go back to the studio was born out of pure excitement,” said the band who cut an album mixing covers of rock ‘n’ roll standards that informed and inspired the Scorpions alongside new productions and performances of the songs in the band’s core catalog that have proved the most meaningful to the members.
The result, Comeblack, is, according to the band, “an encore for our die-hard fans, to thank them for all the support for so many years. At the same time, this is a tribute to legendary bands from the sixties, like the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, who have inspired us to follow our dreams. We hope you like it as much as we do… Rock on and … Comeblack.”
Scorpions – Comeblack
Rhythm of Love
No One Like You
The Zoo
Rock You Like A Hurricane
Blackout
Wind of Change
Tainted Love (Gloria Jones/Marc Almond)
Children of the Revolution (T. Rex)
Across the Universe (The Beatles)
Tin Soldier (Small Faces)
All Day and All of the Night (The Kinks)
Ruby Tuesday (The Rolling Stones)* * * * * * *
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Four decades? That’s starting to be a long time.
Also, you are kind of creeping me out, EP, I woke up with “No One Like You” on the brain and then I come over here and there it is.
Glad to oblige, but for what it’s worth, the only reason “No One Like You” made the cut’s because I couldn’t find a non-YouTube “Blackout.” I like “No One Like You” a whole lot, but I looooooove “Blackout.”
Re. breakout hit, LG, “Rock You Like a Hurricane” doesn’t qualify?
I thought the same thing about Mr. Goatherd’s statement and “Hurricane.” If not for that one, action movies and their trailers would have had a much quieter couple of decades.
When was that, 1983? 18 years after founding. Ok you can call it a breakout hit if you want, but, I’m with you blackout was their breakout hit to me. It didn’t hurt that the german accent made it sound like breakout anyway!
Same here, the Blackout album being the first my ears heard them. However, 1984 with “Hurricane” and Love at First Sting (and subsequent album cover flap — “What’s wrong with being sexy?”) where many more, particularly Americans, got on board.
And when all the 80′s cool wore off on “No one like you”, we continued to play it for fun ( and cause we still liked it) as ” No one like ewe”, Baaahh!) I can’t mention the things we do. I did expect weird Al to snap up that low hanging fruit back then, but alas it was not to be.
Good point re. the Weird one. With little exceptions (“Young, Dumb & Ugly” and “Livin’ in the Fridge” only ones coming to mind) and including some bands in his polka medleys, he’s notoriously shied away from metal/hard rock. What up with that?
Like the “ewe” thing, too. Go on, have at it.
Yeah, How did I leave these guys off my list of RRHOF suggestions? They’re not cutting edge trailblazers, there is no one breakout hit, but there is a consistant library of good material to enjoy for hours of listening pleasure. Heartily seconded, your nomination to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Still remember wearing out that cassette in 1980, if it wasn’t for the Heaven and Hell cassette taking half the abuse, the Blackout tape would not have survived the year.