THE SCORPIONS Singer Klaus Meine - "It’s A Real Privilege, We Go To A Lot Of Places Where Other Bands Don’t Go"
October 17, 2008, 15 years ago
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Bands do not get more global than hard rock veterans THE SCORPIONS. Since recording debut LP, Lonesome Crow, in 1972, the German group has sold more than 80 million albums and played over 4,500 concerts. Equally as impressive is the influence the band has had, often in far-flung territories.
“I’ve been told by travellers who have gone down the Amazon that they heard children at the side of the river singing 'Wind Of Change',” says frontman Klaus Meine, referring to The Scorpion’s massive 1991 hit single.
“When we played in Russia, close to the Chinese border, the hotel in which we were staying had a local band playing – and one of the songs they performed was 'Wind Of Change'.
“In Bangalore, India, we played to a crowd of between 40,000 and 50,000 and when we played at Shillong, near the Himalayas, last December all the townspeople were given a day off to mark the occasion.
“We’ve played in a snowstorm in Siberia in temperatures of minus 10. With music there are no borders. It’s a real privilege, we go to a lot of places where other bands don’t go."
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