Scorpions Appreciation thread

[rupe]

Im in. the 1983 US Festival they stole the show from Van Halen for sure.

Definitely, but not nearly as bad as they did on the Monsters of Rock tour. VH should have just stayed in the dressing room the night I saw them in Pittsburgh.

One of my top 5 fav bands easily. I love that each era (Uli vs. Mathias) is as good as the other but totally different depending on what mood you're in. Their rhythm tone in the 70's through early 80's to me is a total bench mark of hard rock/metal tone. Uli's lead tone in the 70's was as good to me as anything Hendrix did. Different for sure but just as pleasing as an example of what a Strat can do into a Marshall. Uli's playing in the 70's I think was far superior to Blackmore (Don't hate, I dig MKII Purple big time).

Absolutely...same for me

Apart from Lonesome Crow, which isn't bad per se you can't go wrong with any Scorp's up until Love At First Sting.

After a brilliant post, you go and say the dumbest thing I'm likely to hear today
Love at First Sting was an awesome album with some of Mathias' best playing and tone.

The into to Bad Boys Running Wild....

The best known into ever?

Definitely one of the coolest.

Rolling the 370 about 150 mph around the loop at midnight. Big City Nights road tune for sure.

Love dem Scorps bitchez....

I've heard Greg Howe describe that opening as impossible for him to figure out...he's a huge Mathias fan.

IMO, Jabs may be the most under-rated guitarist from the 80's. His taste and tone were head and shoulders above most of his peers...a huge influence on me in my early 80's formative years.

 

[metalmaniac93]

Old Scorps kicks ass from the Uli Roth era till around Crazy World. Blackout slays IMO!!!!

 

[Ventura]

The into to Bad Boys Running Wild....

Killer start, middle, and end, actually

 

[gtrwun]

Saw them on Blackout tour with Maiden opening and also on the Love at First Sting tour. They were on top of there game on both these tours. Both shows are in my top 10 all time for sure. Crazy energy these guys poured out on stage. 'Dynamite' .........infectious power on that live. They always had a killer song for opening too. Blackout as an opening tune? Shit, thats just meant to be. And 'Coming Home' on the sting tour. Powerhouse tunes that set the mood for the whole show.

 

[craftm1]

Oh hell yes
The Marshall's, The Explorer and The "V"

Seen them 5 times and they never disappointed!

 

[Michi]

Apart from Lonesome Crow, which isn't bad per se you can't go wrong with any Scorp's up until Love At First Sting.

After a brilliant post, you go and say the dumbest thing I'm likely to hear today
Love at First Sting was an awesome album with some of Mathias' best playing and tone.

IMO, Jabs may be the most under-rated guitarist from the 80's. His taste and tone were head and shoulders above most of his peers...a huge influence on me in my early 80's formative years.

I was thinking the same thing, LaFS still is an awesome album with some of the best playing and tone of the era IMHO.

Jabs has got to be the most unsung guitar hero there is !

 

[jiveturkey]

Apart from Lonesome Crow, which isn't bad per se you can't go wrong with any Scorp's up until Love At First Sting.

After a brilliant post, you go and say the dumbest thing I'm likely to hear today
Love at First Sting was an awesome album with some of Mathias' best playing and tone.


IMO, Jabs may be the most under-rated guitarist from the 80's. His taste and tone were head and shoulders above most of his peers...a huge influence on me in my early 80's formative years.[/quote]
I love Mattias Jabs playing. Severely underrated and the best pentatonic solo player that no one seems to mention other than guitar players. Tasty fills and all around great chops.

Wore out World Wide Live back in the day (as well as my voice randomly blurting out stage raps while people looked at me like I was crazy). Rudolf Schenker (as well as Wolf and KK) are the reason I play a flying V.

Went and saw these guys in 2009(ish?) and they still brought it. Klaus sounded as good as ever and for a bunch of grandpas, they kicked ass

 

[Ventura]

I love Mattias Jabs playing. Severely underrated and the best pentatonic solo player that no one seems to mention other than guitar players. Tasty fills and all around great chops.

Wore out World Wide Live back in the day (as well as my voice randomly blurting out stage raps while people looked at me like I was crazy). Rudolf Schenker (as well as Wolf and KK) are the reason I play a flying V.

Went and saw these guys in 2009(ish?) and they still brought it. Klaus sounded as good as ever and for a bunch of grandpas, they kicked ass

Sup dude - welcome to the forum...

Cavitation is a neat handle. You work in the nautical realm or in some form of engineering? Most cats don't employ the term "cavitation" with regularity.

And to the thread - Scorps are killin' it as of late off my home computer - ever since this thread, I've been streaming YT albums of their from the earlier days. I have to agree, in part, that Love At First Sting might have been the tipping point for me - I liked everything prior to that, and then a little bit of the actual LAFS album, and then after that, it fizzled.

 

[nzsteve]

The old Scorps is great...Listened to them for years..

 

[Hail Satin]

I saw them open for the Nuge (they were touring behind animal magnetism)

It was hard for Nuge to follow them...

 

[lester]

2:05...some cool photos too

Uli

 

[skoora]

whatever happened to the drummer that Herman replaced?