SCORPIONS - New Interview Reveals Details Of Recordings For New Album
May 30, 2007, 17 years ago
German hard rock legends the SCORPIONS released their new album, Humanity - Hour 1, through Ariola Records in Europe on May 25t) as a regular CD, limited edition CD/DVD digipack and LP.
ScorpsNews.com reports that a new interview, in Portuguese, reveals details in regards to the recording of the album. The following are some highlights from the interview, translated to English:
- Desmond Child arranged personal trainers for the band doing physical exercices during the recordings.- Desmond Child arranged a professor for Klaus Meine to have singing lessons.
- A famous Holywood Director that was at the time in the Studio said that Klaus doesn't need singing lessons, but Klaus already said at interview that was really important for him after all this years to have such a great experience himself and still learn from it (something like this), because he never had singing lessons.
- Billy Corgan played "Ping-Pong" with the band during the recording sessions, because Smashing Pumpkings already were recording at the same studio but in other room. They were always with Smashing Pumpkings at the studio, so because of this, the band decided to invite Billy Corgan to sing with Klaus.
- The Scorpions wants to come back to Portugal, because they'll never forget the Acoustica CD/DVD made in Portugal, Lisbon lands and the success they achieved with that album.
Read the full interview, in Portuguese, at this location.
