then destroy the title track was the official song of the expo two thousand world in their hometown of hanover. that was a special challenge to perform not just with any orchestra but with the berlin philharmonic and that gave us a big boost into the next decade. so we re not. now the scorpions have gone back to their ribs and a once again playing mainstream rock with great success their album return to forever stormed into the charts in no few other than twenty four countries. sports special naturally includes the scorpions greatest hits in one nine hundred eighty four they wrote rock you like a hurricane the band has produced several versions but true fans love the original .
a phone call the winning band had split up so the scorpions took their place and recorded lonesome crow the album debuted in one thousand nine hundred seventy two and has sold more than a million copies to date. and nine hundred eighty one scorpion singer klaus minor wanted to leave the band what recording their eighth tell them black out in the south of france minor developed medical problems with his vocal cords and started losing his voice he was frustrated and thought his career was over but keeping the scorpions together was more important his fellow band members convinced him to undergo surgery and extensive therapy a year later critics said his voice sounded better than ever. everything
forever it marked the band s fiftieth birthday and made it clear that the scorpions was still going strong. he. told. music is a passion you can t just stop it s probably the most important part of your life you can t just do something completely different tomorrow it s not possible. they started recording the album in twenty eleven. the plan was to revive and complete some older and previously unreleased material. lovely numbers from the eighty s we always said we would return to them one day we have always had an excess of songs you can only fit eight or nine tracks onto an lp there were always some that didn t make it to the album in the end.
kilmister in twenty fifteen. going to scorpions former drummer james contact had repeatedly made the headlines because of his drinking problems he finally retired from the band on health reasons. in may twenty sixth in making the first step in for james coach back on tour the fifty three year old is now a real scorpion. look there were. a . the success of the scorpions was hard earned but they can thank transfer their debut album in one nine hundred seventy one they took part in a band contest the first prize was a recording contract but the jury thought the five musicians from hanover were too loud so scorpions came in second. edition already. but four weeks later they got
the band set off for the greek capital in september twenty third team. so we re looking forward to athens. and the greek fans were already waving. the venue was the look of bachus amphitheater the stage for the first open air m.t.v. unplugged concerts and. scorpion s invited some guest musicians to join them. to understand your highness trotta from the hamburg band revolver health the first thing he said was i grew up with your music rock you like a hurricane is one of my favorite tracks and the song i d most like to sing with you. it is.