Sure they're big, dumb, and obvious, but weren't the Ramones? Isn't Britney? (Especially Britney!) It is, after all, no mean feat to forge a bona fide rock stereotype, let alone become a self-perpetuating parody of said cliché in the bargain. Fashions may come and go, but the Scorpions still "Rock You Like a Hurricane"--and now at sporting events the nation over, no less. The material here leans heavily on the Hanover band's '80s prime, a period when they burnished their melodic pop-metal tack--if not their traditional spandex couture--all the way to the top of the charts, capping a decade of journeyman hard-rocking. There isn't much here from their formative '70s period (with the exception of Animal Magnetism's metal-shuffle "The Zoo"), but proto-power ballads like "No One Like You" and "Still Loving You," and hook-filled, power chord pomp like "Big City Nights" helped pave the way for the rise of the glam metal of Poison and G'N'R in the late '80s--and hey, thanks for that. That hard-pop sense also comes to fore on an '89 cover of the Who's "I Can't Explain" and a pair of undeniably consistent new recordings, the title track and "Cause I Love You." Scorpions über alles! --Jerry McCulley

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Scorpions (band) albums, Scorpions (band) concert tours, Scorpions (band) members, Scorpions (band) songs, Scorpions discography, Virgin Killer, Michael Schenker, Humanity World Tour, Ulrich Roth, Wind of Change, Get Your Sting and Blackout World Tour, Unbreakable World Tour, I Can't Explain, Rock You Like a Hurricane, Eye to Eye Tour, Sting in the Tail, Love at First Sting, Kōjō no Tsuki, Still Loving You, Taken by Force, Scorpions Tour 2002, James Kottak, Humanity: Hour I, Love of My Life, Lovedrive, In Trance, Herman Rarebell, Scorpions Tour 2003, Matthias Jabs, Fly to the Rainbow, Blackout Tour, Francis Buchholz, Send Me an Angel, Crazy World, Animal Magnetism, Face the Heat, Lonesome Crow, Klaus Meine, Savage Amusement, Paweł Mąciwoda, Rudolf Schenker, Pure Instinct, No One Like You, Eye II Eye, Jürgen Rosenthal, The Zoo, Big City Nights, Rhythm of Love, Wolfgang Dziony. Excerpt: The following is a comprehensive discography of Scorpions, a German rock band. They have sold between 100 and 150 million albums worldwide. ----------- 35---14--42--206 ----------180 In France compilation albums are not listed on the Top 200 Albums Chart, but instead on a separate chart for compilation albums only. The French chart positions here for the compilation albums are their peak positions on the French Compilation Albums Chart. Tracks: "Rock You Like a Hurricane"; "No One Like You"; "I'm Leaving You"; "Still Loving You" Scorpions are a heavy metal/hard rock band from Hannover, Germany, known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and their singles "No One Like You", "Send Me an Angel", "Still Loving You", and "Wind of Change". The band were ranked #46 on VH1's Greatest Artists of Hard Rock program. "Rock You Like a Hurricane" is also #18 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Hard Rock Songs. On January 24, 20...