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Date Posted: 08:03:18 06/09/04 Wed
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SCORPIONS To Sting Fans with New Studio Album 'UNBREAKABLE'
First SANCTUARY Release for Germany's Heavy Metal Titans
Scorpions will release their new studio album 'Unbreakable' on Sanctuary
Records on June 22, 2004. 'Unbreakable' is the band's 20th album.
Vocalist Klaus Meine, guitarist Rudolf Schenker, guitarist Matthias Jabs,
drummer James Kottak and new bass guitarist Pawel Maciwoda have created an album
that's a return to form for the band. 'Unbreakable' is, quite simply, a lethal
dose of Scorpions.
The 13 songs on 'Unbreakable' include: "New Generation," "Love 'Em or Leave
'Em," "Deep and Dark," "Borderline," "Blood Too Hot," "Maybe I Maybe You,"
"Someday Is Now," "My City My Town," "Through My Eyes," "Can You Feel It," "This
Time," "She Said" and "Remember the Good Times."
For 35 years Scorpions have excited the music world with their distinctive
style of heavy metal. The band formed in Hannover, Germany, and it remains the
only German band to achieve worldwide success. Early albums such as 'Lonesome
Crow,' 'Fly to the Rainbow,' 'In Trance,' 'Virgin Killer,' 'Taken By Force' and
the double live 'Tokyo Tapes' established a core fan base. 'Lovedrive' and
'Animal Magnetism' rumbled toward mainstream consciousness but 'Blackout' surged
into the Top Ten on the strength of the hit "No One Like You." It was the
next album, 'Love at First Sting,' that shot Scorpions to superstar status; the
songs were remarkable. "Rock You Like a Hurricane" remains an all-time classic
anthem and other notable cuts include "Bad Boys Running Wild," "Coming Home,"
"Big City Nights" and "Still Loving You."
The gargantuan success of 'Love at First Sting' was followed by the double
live 'World Wide Live' and 'Savage Amusement.' The next album, 'Crazy World,'
yielded the massive global smash hit ballad "Wind of Change," inspired by the
fall of the Berlin Wall. Subsequent albums like 'Face the Heat,' 'Pure
Instinct,' 'Eye II Eye' and 'Moment of Glory' (with orchestral backing from the Berlin
Philharmonic) and 'Acoustica' reinforced Scorpions' stature as one of the most
important and successful heavy metal bands of all time.
In addition to the Sanctuary release of 'Unbreakable' this year, a brand-new
three-CD box set titled 'Box of Scorpions' was just issued by
Hip-O/Mercury/UMe. This is the first-ever U.S.-released box set from the band and it includes
51 digitally remastered songs from 20 albums on multiple labels spanning the
band's career from 1972 to 2002. All the major hits, fan favorites and
lesser-known standouts are included. 'Box of Scorpions' features a photo-packed deluxe
booklet complete with an essay and song-by-song commentary from the band
members.
Scorpions will embark on yet another world tour in 2004 to promote
'Unbreakable.'
www.the-scorpions.com
www.sanctuaryrecordsgroup.com
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