I-Scorpions yasungulwa ngo-1965 edolobheni laseJalimane iHannover. Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakudumile ukuqamba amaqembu ngamagama abameleli bezwe lezilwane.
Umsunguli webhendi, isigingci uRudolf Schenker, wakhetha igama Scorpions ngesizathu. Phela, wonke umuntu uyazi ngamandla alezi zinambuzane. "Umculo wethu mawuhlabe enhliziyweni."
Kuze kube manje, izilo ze-rock zijabulisa abalandeli bazo ngezingoma zama-hard guitar riffs.
Iminyaka yokuqala ye-Scorpions
U-virtuoso guitarist nomqambi uSchenker wajoyinwa umfowabo uMichael. Wayenethalente ngokungangabazeki, kodwa akakwazanga ukuzwana namanye amalungu eqembu futhi ngokushesha walishiya.
U-Schenker omncane wajoyina iqembu elithi Copernicus, umculi wakhe uKlaus Meine. URudolf Schenker wayengemuhle ngamakhono akhe ezwi futhi wanquma ukugxila kuphela ekudlaleni isiginci nokudala umculo weqembu.
Ukufuna umculi wezwi kwaqedwa ngokushesha okukhulu. URudolf Schenker wabuyisela umfowabo eqenjini. U-Klaus Meine naye weza naye.
Abaculi basebenzise yonke imali yemidlalo yokuthuthukisa iqembu. Bagcine imali yeMercedes esebenzile. Imoto yayidingeka ukuze ungachithi imali ebhasini ohambweni. Waphela kanjalo-ke umlando wokuqala weqembu, futhi kwaqala ukuzalwa kwenganekwane.
Ukuqashelwa nobunzima beqembu
Umhlaba waqala ukufunda ngeqembu leScorpions ngo-1972. Lokhu kwenzeka ngemva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yezilo ezizayo ezithi Hard & Heavy. Irekhodi lalibizwa ngokuthi i-Lonesome Crow. Ithimba lihambe nohambo ukuyomeseka.
Abaculi ngokushesha bathembele ezilalelini ezikhuluma isiNgisi, kodwa abasunguli be-hard rock (amaBrithani) bathatha amaJalimane ngobutha.
Umphakathi wamaNgisi ukhulume kabi ngomculo weqembu, mayelana nezinhlamvu zezingoma zabo kanye nedatha yezwi likaMaine. Kodwa ukugxekwa kwakusekelwe eqinisweni lokuthi abaculi bangamaJalimane, hhayi emandleni abo okudlala isiginci.
Ukugxekwa kwabezindaba zesiNgisi kwanika abaculi amandla kuphela. Baba abangani nabaculi beqembu le-UFO. AbaseBrithani babethandwa kakhulu eJalimane, okwasiza ama-Scorpions ukuba athole abalaleli abasha. UMichael Schenker waba isigingci se-UFO isikhashana.
Ngaphambi kokuqala kokuqoshwa kwe-albhamu yesibili ye-Scorpions, kwaba nezinguquko eqenjini. Ingxenye yethimba ithuthele kwelinye iqembu, ihamba negama “eselinyusiwe” eselivele linyusiwe.
Ngemva kokuqoshwa kwe-Fly to the Rainbow, ukuthandwa kweqembu kwaqala ukwanda hhayi eYurophu kuphela, kodwa nase-Asia. Iqembu lichithe isikhathi esiningi ohambweni.
Ngo-1978, uMichael Schenker wabuyela eqenjini lomfowabo, exabene nabaculi be-UFO. I-Scorpions ibifuna umculi omusha ngemuva kokuthi u-Uli Roth eshiye iqembu.
Umshayi wesigingci onekhono uMichael Schenker wayengumlutha wezidakamizwa, ngakho akakwazanga ukusiza iqembu lifinyelele phezulu emculweni we-rock. Esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa u-Matthias Jabs, owaba ngumshayi wesiginci ohamba phambili weqembu.
Impumelelo enkulu yeqembu leScorpions
Impumelelo yangempela yomhlaba yafika eqenjini ekuqaleni kwawo-1980. Iqembu linabalandeli e-United States. 1980-1981 uhambe njengephathi eyodwa enkulu.
Abaculi babesohambweni cishe ngaso sonke isikhathi, behlangana nabalandeli futhi benza izingoma ezintsha. Ngokumangalisayo, ngaphandle kukaMichael Schenker, akekho noyedwa wabaculi owahlushwa imilutha.
Ngo-1989, i-Scorpions yaba ngabanye bokuqala ukuthola ithuba lokukhombisa ithalenta labo ngemuva kwe-Iron Curtain. Abaculi badlale enganekwaneni Moscow Peace Festival. Ibhendi yafunda ngamaphimbo amangalisayo kaKlaus Meine namabhaladi wesiginci e-USSR.
Maphakathi nawo-1990, kwenzeka inhlekelele eqenjini. Abaculi bebekhathele wuhlelo lokuvakasha olujulile, izingoma ezintsha bezingakaphumeleli njengezingoma zangaphambili.
Iqembu lahlakazwa, kodwa i-disc entsha yeqembu yathola ukuqashelwa okwase kuyisikhathi eside ilindelwe. Abaholi babuyekeze iqembu leqembu. Umculo usuphenduke wesimanjemanje.
Ukuze bangazibeki engcupheni yokuvela kwezinkinga ezintsha, abaculi banciphise kakhulu imisebenzi yabo yokuvakasha. Babenemindeni yabo kakhulu, kwase kunesikhathi sokuzilolongela izingoma ezintsha.
Umculo kaScorpions
Okudume kakhulu eqenjini bekungama-ballads anengoma, "esongwe" ngomsindo wesigingci esiqinile, okhanyisela amazwi amnandi kaKlaus Meine.
I-albhamu ye-Lovedrive idinga ukunakwa okukhethekile.
I-Lovedrive iyi-albhamu yesitudiyo yesithupha yeqembu, ekhishwe ngo-6. Ukuduma kwaleli rekhodi kuqinisekiswe ukuhlala kwezingoma zakhe emashadini eMelika isikhathi esingamasonto angu-1979, eNgilandi - amasonto angu-30.
Ikhava evusa inkanuko yenzelwe i-albhamu, ebonisa owesifazane ongenalutho, isandla sowesilisa sifinyelela kuye. Ukukhanga kwachazwa njengoshingamu ohlanganisa isandla sowesilisa nesifuba sowesifazane.
Umklamo wobuciko walo mbono waziswa ngumagazini we-Playboy ngokwawo, kodwa umphakathi wenza i-hype enkulu. Ngakho-ke, abafana kwadingeka bashintshe isembozo sibe isithombe esithobekile.
Ngo-1980, umculi ohamba phambili waleli qembu waba nezinkinga zempilo ezingathinta izwi lomculi. Wahlinzwa kabili, okwathi ngemva kwalokho izwi likaScorpions lalizwakala kangcono nakakhulu.
Enye yezingoma eziyintandokazi yama-rockers aseJalimane ezweni lakithi i-Wind of Change. Ibizwa ngokuthi iculo elingekho emthethweni le-perestroika. Ingoma ifakwe kwelinye lama-albhamu amahle kakhulu eqembu elithi Crazy World.
Okunye okuqanjwe okubalulekile, okuthi Still Loving You, kwaduma kakhulu eFrance ngeminyaka yawo-1980. Uma uhlangana nomFulentshi onegama elithi Sly (Sly), lisho isifinyezo sesihloko sengoma.
Ngakho abalandeli baseFrance be-Scorpions bazwakalise ukubonga kwabo eqenjini. Kuyaziwa ukuthi phakathi nenkathi yokuduma kwe-Small Loving You e-France, kwakukhona "i-boom" ngezinga lokuzalwa.
Ngo-2017, amaScorpions angeniswa eHholo Lodumo Lensimbi Yodumo. Naphezu kweminyaka yalo ehloniphekile, iqembu alizange liyeke ekuthuthukisweni kwalo.
Ofezela namuhla
Amakhonsathi amasha abanjwe ngamandla afanayo neminyaka engu-20-30 edlule. Kwenye yezingxoxo zakhe, uKlaus Meine uthe i-albhamu entsha ingaphuma ngo-2020.
Ngo-2021, iqembu labelana nabalandeli ngolwazi mayelana nokukhishwa kwe-LP entsha. I-Rock Believer ihlelelwe ukukhululwa ekupheleni kukaFebhuwari 2022. Abaculi bebesebenza kumathrekhi ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-coronavirus. Ngemuva kwe-premiere yeqoqo, abafana banokuvakasha komhlaba okuhleliwe. NgoJanuwari 14, iqembu lajabula ngokukhululwa kwe-Rock Believer eyodwa.
