Scorpions Have “Reached The End Of The Road”

I’m sad to report that it looks like legendary German rockers the Scorpions are calling it quits, but not before they release their 20th studio album titled ‘Sting of the Tail’ and complete a world tour. Below is a recent post on their official website:

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.

Sting Of The Tail

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 Scorpion’s 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. Listen here.

And now… let’s get the party started and get ready for a “Sting in the Tail”!

Rudolf Schenker

See you on the world tour,
Yours
Scorpions

Carlos Ramirez of AOL’s Noisecreep spoke to Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker about the band’s announcement that they would be retiring. An excerpt from the chat follows below:

Noisecreep: First off, why the hell are you guys packing it in?

Schenker: We were sitting in the studio after we finished tracking [the new Scorpions album] “Sting of the Tail”, and we realized something rather quickly. We heard these songs together, and it just captured the essence of the ’80s Scorpions sound. It sounds like a combination of the best material on the “Lovedrive” and “Crazy World” albums. The songs have that feel and spirit. Then our manager had the idea to finish the band on a high note with this record. At first, we thought he was joking. (laughter) But then we noticed he was completely being serious. And it turns out, he was right.

Noisecreep: So you just wanted to end the band with a high note.

Schenker: Yes, exactly. Look, we have been around for a long time, and we’ve done so many great things together. We came out of Germany when no one thought a band from there could rock hard. We’ve always believed in the band and had fun doing it. “Sting of the Tail” sounds like a classic Scorpions album, so we decided to leave after we get done touring it since it’s such a powerful record.

Read the entire interview from Noisecreep here.

Also listen to the recent audio interview with Rudolf Schenker from Classic Rock Revisited.com here.