ULI JON ROTH Doesn’t Regret Leaving The SCORPIONS - “If I Would Have Stayed In The Band, I Would Have Felt Like Selling Out”
November 4, 2015, 9 years ago
Legendary guitarist Uli Jon Roth spoke with Abu Dhabi’s The National about his tenure with the Scorpions and his current tour and album, Scorpions Revisited.
Here are a few excerpts from the chat:
Why did you decide to revisit Scorpions material at this stage in your career?
“I was talked into it. Two of my friends had the same idea at the same time. At first I thought it was a little odd, but then I consented to a tour and I really started to enjoy delving that far back into my own past. Most of it I had very little connection with anymore, and I realised there’s something to be learnt from this. (Singer) Klaus (Meine) likes it, so we must have done something right.”
Scorpions became huge. Did you ever regret leaving?
“No, that’s so long behind me. I couldn’t regret it, had I stayed in the band I would not have been happy. Because I wanted to explore music in a different way, and in a commercial environment that was not possible.”
Do you feel the band sold out on its early ideals?
“No, they were always more commercially-minded than I was. They wanted the big success and got it. If I would have stayed in the band, I would have felt like selling out, but they’re in it in a different way for different reasons, and they stayed truthful to their journey.”
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