Polish website Plejada recently conducted an interview with guitarist Rudolf Schenker and vocalist Klaus Meine of German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS when the band performed in Zabrze, Poland on December 5th, 2009.

Watch the chat below.

Commented Rudolf: "After Humanity - Hour 1, which was more in the concept-album [vein], talking about the problems in the world, we said, 'OK, we talked about all these things which [were] happening and now we don't wanna talk again about problems, now we wanna party. We're going back to the roots of the band'. We have great rock songs — fantastic rock songs — we have great ballads... The mixture is 10 percent ballads and the rest is up-tempo and mid-tempo [material]. And I think we have a great team of people working for us, producer team from Sweden — they're great people — and we're doing this recording in Stockholm and in Hannover, where my studio is. It looks great. We have a fantastic sound, because my studio is very good for guitars, and this time we're looking very much also to bring the guitars up, and, of course, with the great voice of Klaus, with the right melodies, giving the right vibe — the typical Scorpions sound."

Added Klaus: "We recorded the last album in the US. This has a more European kind of feel, I think, working in Germany and in Sweden. And we're looking very much forward to releasing this in the spring and we can't wait to play the songs live on stage.We tried to find this spontaneous moment — not to overproduce things and to keep things really fresh. There are a lot of great songs on this record. And we always had our fans in mind [when putting the material together], especially the tour next year, because we hope many [of the new] songs we can [perform live] on the road."

As previously reported, Scorpions have confirmed a Russian live date in Moscow on their upcoming Get Your Sting And Blackout Scorpions World Tour 2010. The band's schedule is now as follows, with more dates to be announced:

March

18 - Moscow, Russia - Ice Palace

May

7 - Leipzig, Germany - Arena
8 - Munich, Germany - Olympiahalle
12 - Frankfurt, Germany - Festhalle
14 - Stuttgart, Germany - Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
15 - Prague, Czech Republic - tba
29 - Berlin, Germany - O2 World
30 - Zwickau, Germany - Stadthalle

June

1 - Hannover, Germany - TUI Arena

Get Your Sting And Blackout Scorpions World Tour 2010 will hit dates in North America, South America, Asia, Russia and various countries in Europe.

The band are currently in the recording studio working on their upcoming album, Sting In The Tail, that will be released in 2010.