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4. HISTORY OF SCORPIONS
• In 1973 Michael left the group and instead enters Uli Jon Roth,
he had the same influences of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.
• That same year (1973) into alignment Jurgen Rosenthal on
drums and Francis Buchholz on bass, replacing Wolfgang Diziony
and Lothar Heimberg, respectively.
• In March 1975 released In Trance.
• In 1980, the first disc of Scorpions with Mathias( a new guitarist)
recorded Animal Magnetism.

5. HISTORY OF SCORPIONS
• Total lift-off of the teutona band
came in 1984 with LP Love at First
Sting, containing the hit "Rock You
Like A Hurricane".
• 1985, Produces the largest musical
triumph of the band recording a
strenuous tour by almost everyone.
The called World Wide Live.
• This material were 52 weeks in the
charts around the world.

6. HISTORY OF SCORPIONS
• In 1993, the band released the sale
Face the Heat, one of the heavier
Scorpions.
• In 2000 recorded along with the Berlin
Philharmonic, the Moment of Glory,
which again to achieve a successful
álbum.
• The year 2001 would be the decisive
for the band out the disc and DVD
Unplugged entitled Acoustica.
• In 2004 released the album
Unbreakable

7. HISTORY OF SCORPIONS
• Humanity-Hour 1 goes on sale in the year 2007
• 25 January 2010 announced their farewell in his website,
along with a new album entitled Sting in the tail, published on
19 March 2010, and a world tour.

8. ACTUAL MEMBERS
• Klaus Meine - vocals
• Matthias JABs - guitar
• Rudolf Schenker – guitar
• Pawel Maciwoda - bass.
• James Kottak – drums

9. ACTUAL MEMBER
Klaus Meine - vocals
• Klaus Meine is the vocalist for
the German band hard
rock/heavy metal "Scorpions"
born in the city of Hanover 25
May 1948. He joined the band
in 1969 together with Rudolf
and Michael Schenker
brothers.

10. ACTUAL MEMBER
Matthias JABs - guitar
• Matthias JABs (25 October
1956, Hanover, Germany) is a
German guitarist. Member of
the band Heavy Metal
Scorpions. Before joining
Scorpions, JABs had played for
the Lady, Fargo and Deadlock
bands.

11. ACTUAL MEMBER
Rudolf Schenker – guitar
• Rudolf Schenker (31 August
1948, Hildesheim, Germany), is
a Hard Rock and Heavy Metal
guitarist. Schenker is a
founding member of
Scorpions, together with Klaus
Meine. It is one of which has
most contributed in the
composition of this German
metal band songs.

12. ACTUAL MEMBER
Pawel Maciwoda - bass.
• Paweł Mąciwoda (20 February
1967) is a musician hard Polish
rock joined Scorpions in 2003
as bassist, becoming an official
member of the band on 10
January 2004. Born in
Wieliczka Mąciwoda began to
play bass guitar semi-
professionally at the age of
fifteen years.

13. ACTUAL MEMBER
Pawel Maciwoda - bass.
• James Kottak (December 26,
1962, Kentucky, United States),
is a drummer of Heavy Metal,
currently playing in the
German band Scorpions, which
he joined in 1996. Before
joining Scorpions, Kottak was a
drummer in the band Kingdom
Come Warrant, Montrose,
Wild Horses, McAuley
Schenker Group, Buster Brown.

14. New Album: Sting In The Tail
• Raised On • Turn You On
Rock • Let's Rock
• Sting In The • SLY
Tail • Spirit Of Rock
• Slave Me • The Best Is Yet
• The Good Die To Come
Young • Thunder And
• No Limit Lightning
• Rock Zone (Bonus Track)
• Lorelei

15. CHRONOLOGY
1966-1972 1973-1977
• Klaus Meine - Voz. • Klaus Meine - Voz.
• Rudolf Schenker - • Rudolf Schenker -
Guitarra. Guitarra.
• Michael Schenker - • Uli Jon Roth - Guitarra.
Guitarra. • Francis Buchholz - Bajo.
• Lothar Heimberg - Bajo. • Jurgen Rosenthal -
• Wolfgang Dziony - Batería.
Batería. • Rudy Lenners - Batería.

16. CHRONOLOGY
1978-1992 1993-2005
• Klaus Meine - Voz. • Klaus Meine - Voz.
• Rudolf Schenker - • Rudolf Schenker - Guitarra.
Guitarra. • Matthias Jabs - Guitarra.
• Francis Buchholz - Bajo. • Ralph Rieckermann - Bajo.
• Herman Rarebell - • Herman Rarebell - Batería.
Batería. • Curt Cress - Batería.
• Matthias Jabs - Guitarra. • Ken Taylor - Bajo.
• James Kottak - Batería.
• Paweł Mąciwoda - Bajo.

18. The Scorpions band was born in
Germany in the 60's, only one year
after the german authorities built
the sadly famous Berlin Wall, which
divided Germany in two. But this
was not an impediment, and after
several changes of the original
members of the band released their
first album "Lonesome Crow", in
which they began to reflect the first
influence of Jimi Hendrix and Eric
Clapton in their solo guitar.

19. Also an important point in the strategy of
emergence of the band was the decision
that their songs were entirely in English,
and thus have greater host worldwide.

20. Analysis of any songs of the band
and the relationship with the social
function

21. Although they had been created at the beginning of
the 60's, Scorpions found their success in the mid
70s, where they became famous with albums like
"Fly to the Rainbow" and "In trance", which would
be located within the first places of the charts
worldwide.

22. One of the most memorable songs of the band,
is "wind of change" was a voice of protest to
the many years that the Berlin Wall done to
suffer their people, because of the democratic
Republic of Germany. This song was also the
result of the stay in Russia of Klaus Meine, and
the inspiration that gave his that country.
Here you can see the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ

23. Wind of Change was taken by many social
groups as a song of hope and reconciliation,
to the point that were created in Russian
and Spanish, and even the singers
themselves highlight the importance of this
song as an anthem for reconciliation in
Europe.

24. Another song that immortalized this band was
"Rock you like a hurricane", which was
considered one of the most representative
songs of the band and has been updated
versions as "Hurricane 2000" and "Hurricane
2001." This song is also considered one of the
greatest successes in the history of Rock.

26. RELATIONSHIP OF THE MUSIC OF
SCORPIONS WITH THE SOCIAL FUNCTION.
• In some videos the group tries to show the advantages
of working together, seek common objectives and think
that you can be more if you work with everyone in mind,
this view calls to stop looking as competition and as
enemies and join forces in order to have a world best.
• In Others videos, the Group calls indirect violent
countries and Nations in war, suggesting radical
changes, where war is changed to friendship, where the
enemy here it as a brother, where children can live
happily, where women have equal opportunity to leave
later and inequality is not the common denominator of
the Nations.

27. RELATIONSHIP OF THE MUSIC OF
SCORPIONS WITH THE SOCIAL FUNCTION.
• Not much different to these
positions, the singers to
Governments and people to be
careful with nature, that she is
responsible for building beautiful
things in this world and do live
fascinating moments.
• And finally, another of his general
and strong themes is of love, the
benefits that generates the soul
of the joys and sorrows that you
can take on how this is handled
this feeling.

28. SOME VIDEOS YOU CAN SEE.
• Humanity:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0755SXCTCN
0
• Believe in love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQSZWAStqc
Y&feature=channel
• No pain no gain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9_k8AwgQ4
M&feature=channel

29. Presentation of comments
and opinions from various
social sectors, including
followers and non – followers
of the band.

30. This band has been praised and criticized by many
individuals and social groups around the world. The
most controversial genre of the band was generated
around the cover of its album "Virgin Killer" in which
a minor appears naked on the face and was banned
in many countries worldwide, after the cover was
replaced for an image of the band.

31. Despite the many criticisms that the band
has had its success globally inspired the
creation of groups of fans who follow the
band around the world and spread their
love for the music of "Scorpions", also
because many of its songs have a strong
social content and reflection.

32. Comet follower: "Listen" Blackout "today in the midst of
genres such as black, thrash, power, stoner metal, in
others, can sound too quiet. But we must put the disc in
the context of the time, 1982 a banner year for the true
heavy metal: "Number Of The Beast", "Screaming For
Vengeance", "Iron Fist", "Denim And Leather" and so
on.
In this environment of metal jewelry, this
album of Scorpions is the height of the
albums mentioned. It is sadness that this
band is associated or remembered for his
successful ballads, but takes into account that
the disk has only two items that fall into that
category”.

33. Comparison of the social
contribution of Scorpions
regard to the contribution
or other similar bands.

34. In this table, are organized the groups that more
resemble to the German band Scorpions, whose
rhythms and some of their songs have similar messages.

36. Scorpions, joins the not-too-
long list of metal bands that
sing with social and political
content, and have
demonstrated over many
years with songs like "wind
of change" to other famous
bands like Black Sabbath, AC
/ DC, Iron Maiden and
Metallica, latter with songs
like "The Day That Never
Comes", which criticizes the
U.S. invasion of Iraq.

37. One of the most significant
contributions of the band,
were some of its most
famous ballad, which went
around the world and were
ranked within the top of
the charts worldwide.
Scorpions even participated
in one of the biggest rock
festivals in history, as it was
"Rock in Rio", with the
participation of bands like
Queen, Ozzy Osbourne,
Kiss, Bon Jovi, among
others.

39. IMPACT BY THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE BAND IN 2010
The withdrawal of the German band Scorpions has had an
impact in his followers, where many of them not expected this
news. While some would like to thank the great moments that
could share in different concerts and world tours, others show
their sadness by not having been able to share any scenario
about, either by having missed or because artists not visited
her country.
The withdrawal is bad news for all fans, however many
indicate that this withdrawal is not real because his music will
live in them for a long time, and memories will be taxed in the
mind.

40. IMPACT BY THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE BAND IN 2010
Now, no doubt is removed one of the best rock of the 1980s and
90 ' s, with its successes felt many feelings to his followers, and
always keeping a constant struggle for the world changed his
thoughts and how to deal with the Nations.
Some comments of his followers: (in Spanish)
• Aguanten las bandas de los 80!!!! que época esa, buenos tiempos que no volverán
• QUE LASTIMA!!!! Bueno lo bueno dura poco. Los temas lentos son buenisssimos y los de los 80 son
los mejores, me traen tantos recuerdos...
• No, loco...Scorpions no...
• Yo vi caer el muro de berlin...wind of change fue sin dudas lo mejor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

41. Conclusion

42. From our point of view, Scorpions is a
band that has change completely the
way you see the Heavy Metal, noting
that this sort could also to make social
and political criticism and that even
after many years its music is remain.

43. This band proved that even if there
were changes within its members, not
change its style, but on the contrary
strengthened its success and popularity
with several songs representative of the
band. Scorpions is a band with a long
history, because after 40 years of artistic
life are still considering launching what
would be its last album and thus leaves
in triumph.

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46. Credits

47. Universidad Nacional de Colombia
English Level IV
DIEGO
Student: Economy
Ninth Semester
SARA
Student: Business
Administration
Ninth Semester
EDWIN
Student: Business
Administration
Ninth Semester

48. Bibliography

49. * http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpions
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* http://www.todo-music.com/info-sobre-scorpions-442
* http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_of_Change
* http://www.todomusica.org/scorpions/discos.shtml#
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* http://www.todomusica.org/scorpions/
* http://www.sortmusic.com/_s/scorpions-similar-artists,les.html

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