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SCORPIONS GUITARIST RUDOLF SCHENKER
REFLECTS ON BAND’S CAREER - “WE WENT
THROUGH IT THE HARD WAY WITH HEART,
THAT’S WHY WE ARE STILL AT IT 50 YEARS
LATER... WE DIDN’T TAKE THE EASY WAY”
$ October 13, 2015, 2 days ago
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Robert Cavuoto of Guitar International has released a new interview conducted with Scorpions guitarist Rudolf
Schenker. An excerpt follows:
Q: Robert Cavuoto: You’ll be releasing the Scorpions 50th Anniversary Deluxe Editions, eight of your most
influential albums on November 6th, tell about the process of doing this?
Rudolf Schenker: “Much of the world outside of the US and Canada were not able to buy many of our albums from
Taken by Force to Savage Amusement. We told our manager, we had to find a way to get these albums out to the
rest of the world. We found a partner with BMG and they had a vision for this – putting out the albums like they
originally looked with great packaging. These songs, albums, and photos are like diamonds to us, very precious
and we needed to have them sound the best they could. We had Dieter Dierks give all our material to BMG and
the person handling this project was a Scorpions fans and he put this all together in beautiful packaging. So
beautiful that we nearly cried when we saw it. Now we have a fantastic way of releasing these old albums, the
crown jewels of our 50 year career, available to everyone.
“Eighty percent of our fans on Facebook are between 16-28 years old – that’s worldwide. Not so much in America,
because of the radio format, but the rest of the world it’s like that. On the last tour we started to see more young
fans mixed with our older fans. That’s the reason we needed to get our back catalogue right. We also made the
film, Forever and a Day, for all the young fans to see what we are all about.”
Q: When the Scorpions started did you think you would be still going strong 50 years later?
R.S.: “I was really into rock ‘n roll with Little Richard and Elvis Presley, but that wasn’t the reason I started playing
guitar. That came later when I saw The Rolling Stones and The Beatles. I saw in my naive young brain, five friends
going around the world making music. That was my philosophy in the beginning. I had that vision and then built a
friendship around it. This was the key to making history together. It took so long for us to come out of Germany
from 1965 to 1972 to make the first album Lonesome Crow. I was the manager, bus driver, guitarist, singer,
roadie; everything until my brother, Klaus Meine, came along. It was the platform for us to start; it was also the
right way to start. We didn’t get the fame and success too early in our career.
We went through it the hard way with heart, that’s why we are still at it 50 years later. We didn’t take the easy
way. Kids nowadays can’t handle the rockstar lifestyle, when it’s achieved too quickly. Fifty years later we are
putting out a new CD, Return to Forever, a documentary Forever and a Day, the deluxe editions of our back
catalogue and we are out touring! We have these four things going on and we are so busy with everything. On one
hand it’s very good and on the other hand, sometimes it’s too much. In the end the fans will get the best of us and
that’s very important. We always look to take care of the fans.”
The
complete
interview
can
be
found
at
Guitar
International
(http://guitarinternational.com/2015/10/12/rudolph-schenker-of-the-scorpions-the-legacy-of-an-illustriouscareer/).
Scorpions continue to celebrate their 50th year in metal with a special one-night national screening event of their
first theatrical release, the documentary film, Forever And A Day, on Wednesday, October 14th. Check out a new
promo clip below:
For more information on locations and tickets, click here (http://www.the-scorpions.com/foreverandaday/).
Presented by SpectiCast and Tempest Films, “Forever And A Day” captures the history of one of the most
influential bands in music history – following them for 18 months with an insightful look into the dynamic that has
kept them at the top of the metal community. Filmmaker Katja von Garnier accompanied the Scorpions on their
‘Final Sting’ dates - originally the band’s farewell tour around the globe, from Bangkok via Los Angeles to Moscow,
the resulting documentary “Forever and a Day” is a moving portrait of their unique history, packed with candid
moments and Scorpions’ memories, culminating with the decision to scrap their retirement plans. Klaus Meine
adds, “I think it'll be a really special film for our fans."
In other Scorpions news, a new unboxing video for their 50th anniversary deluxe box set is streaming below.
Check out the video and see what’s in the Limited Numbered Vinyl Deluxe Box Set. There are only 2,000 box sets
available, so make sure you pre-order soon if you are interested.
All Vinyl albums contain a CD in cardboard sleeve with the original remastered album tracklisting and the
unreleased
bonus
tracks.
Pre-order
here
(http://www.amazon.de/Vinyl-Box-50th-Anniversary-
Deluxe/dp/B014FJPW7C).
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