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Blogs > lemonrock > peace be with u


lemonrock 68M
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2/8/2006 7:11 am

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3/5/2006 9:28 pm
Scorpions Band Commercial success -1979-1990 - Last part
Scorpions Band Commercial success -1979-1990
Last Part

Wishing to distance themselves from the Savage Amusement style, the band separated from their long-time producer and "Sixth Scorpion", Dieter Dierks, ultimately replacing him with Keith Olsen when they returned to the studio in 1990. Crazy World was released that same year and displayed a less polished sound. The album was a hit, propelled in large part by the massive success of the ballad "Wind of Change." The song muses on the socio-political changes that were occurring in Eastern Europe and in other parts of the world at the end of the Cold War. On July 21, 1990 they joined many other guests for Roger Waters' massive performance of The Wall in Berlin. Scorpions performed both versions of "In the Flesh" from "The Wall.

Around that time, their long-serving bassist, "Francis Buchholz left the group. There were rumours that Scorpions were upset by heavy taxes needed to be paid for Crazy World. As a result, they fired their manager feeling that they might have been cheated. Ralph Rieckermann took over the bass for Scorpionsfor their album "Face the Heat" and stayed 'til 2002.


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