Scorpions Forever And A Day

2015, This famous German band overcame every local prejudice to become internationally famous around the world, much to the surprise of everyone including the founders themselves. Rudolf Schenker started a band in Sarstedt near Hildesheim, Germany, in 1965. He invited Klaus Meine to be the singer. In 1978 Mattias Jabs took over lead guitar. They were willing to play ´anywhere that there was an electric socket`, and the rest, as they say, is history. They toured North and South America, Europe, Russia, and Asia. Their own country, Germany, was the last to wake up and hear the accolades, by which time nobody cared what Germany thought. The film efficiently and expertly follows this long career. Unless you are familiar with the story, it takes a while to place each character in the right slot, but it's the music that counts. The musicians seem like such normal nice guys. As one commentator says, ´A heart beats under the macho leather jacket`. There is none of this inner conflict which tears a band apart.