The German rock gods who conquered the world with one power ballad at a time.
The Scorpions were one of the first rock bands from Germany, which also gained international fame. This documentary covers the history of the band.
Production
Archival footage spanning four decades of spandex evolution.
Sound
That guitar tone—Rudolf Schenker's signature buzzsaw perfection.
Director
Birgit Herdlitschke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Scorpions played Moscow in 1989 to the biggest crowd ever—300,000 Soviets losing their minds to German metal. That's soft power with a Marshall stack.
'Wind of Change' became the unofficial anthem of the Soviet collapse, though conspiracy theorists (and some band members) whispered the CIA wrote it. The whistle? Pure Klaus.
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