Veteran German rock hard rockers SCORPIONS have
released the following statement:
"Important message to our fans:
"It was always our pleasure, our purpose in life, our passion and
we were fortunate enough to make music for you — whether it was
live on stage or in the studio, creating new songs.
"While we were working on our album these past few months, we could
literally feel how powerful and creative our work was — and how
much fun we were still having in the process. But there was also
something else: we want to end the SCORPIONS'
extraordinary career on a high note.
"We are extremely grateful for the fact that we still have the same
passion for music we've always had since the beginning. This is
why, especially now, we agree we have reached the end of the road.
We finish our career with an album we consider to be one of the
best we have ever recorded and with a tour that will start in our
home country Germany and take us to five different continents over
the next few years.
"We want you, our fans, to be the first to know about this.
"Thank you for your never-ending support throughout the
years!
"We uploaded the very first snippets from our new album for you
here. And now… let's get the party started and get
ready for a 'Sting in the Tail'!
SCORPIONS' new album, "Sting In The
Tail", will be released in Europe on March 19. The CD was
recorded at a studio in Hannover, Germany with Swedish producers
Mikael "Nord" Andersson and Martin
Hansen (the team behind THE RASMUS'
"Dead Letters" CD).
Check out the cover artwork below.
SCORPIONS recently extended their record deal with
Ariola, which is part of the international media
conglomerate Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
In a December 2009 interview with the Polish web site
Plejada, SCORPIONS guitarist
Rudolf Schenker stated about the band's
forthcoming CD, "After 'Humanity - Hour 1', which
was more in the concept-album [vein], talking about the problems in
the world, we said, 'OK, we talked about all these things which
[were] happening and now we don't wanna talk again about problems,
now we wanna party. We're going back to the roots of the
band.
"We have great rock songs — fantastic rock songs — we have great
ballads... The mixture if 10 percent ballads and the rest is
up-tempo and mid-tempo [material]. And I think we have a great team
of people working for us, producer team from Sweden — they're great
people — and we're doing this recording in Stockholm and in
Hannover, where my studio is.
"It looks great. We have a fantastic sound, because my studio is
very good for guitars, and this time we're looking very much also
to bring the guitars up, and, of course, with the great voice of
Klaus, with the right melodies, giving the right
vibe — the typical SCORPIONS sound."
Added singer Klaus Meine: "We recorded the last
album in the U.S. This has a more European kind of feel, I think,
working in Germany and in Sweden. And we're looking very much
forward to releasing this in the spring and we can't wait to play
the songs live on stage.
"We tried to find this spontaneous moment — not to overproduce
things and to keep things really fresh.
"There are a lot of great songs on this record. And we always had
our fans in mind [when putting the material together], especially
the tour next year, because we hope many [of the new] songs we can
[perform live] on the road."
2009 was the year of the SCORPIONS: they received
the German lifetime achievement ECHO, collected
many other awards, and undertook a grand tour through Russia, the
U.S. and Europe. However, it is 2010 that will set a milestone for
the career of the most successful international rock band from
Germany. The SCORPIONS will be touring the world
for the next two years and performing in the largest venues and
stadiums that cross their path. The mammoth tour will be launched
for the first time in many years in Germany. "It was important for
us to give our fans a chance to celebrate a never-to-forget party
with us," said Schenker. Meine
added, "2010 is going to be a very special year for the
SCORPIONS, so it is an especially good feeling to
be able to start this tour at home."
The performances in Germany will be followed by concerts in the
U.S., South America, Asia, Russia and various countries in
Europe.
SCORPIONS' brand new DVD, "Amazonia - Live
In The Jungle" — a live recording of the
SCORPIONS concerts in Manaus and Recife, Brazil —
is in stores now.
The band's last CD, "Humanity - Hour 1", was
produced by James Michael and co-produced by
songwriter/producer Desmond Child, who has worked
with such high-profile pop/rock artists as
AEROSMITH, BON JOVI,
ALICE COOPER, KISS, RICKY
MARTIN, CHER, MICHAEL
BOLTON and BONNIE TYLER.
