Scorpions

With Love At First Sting, the Scorpions achieved a level of success most Metal bands only dream of. Powered by the hit single "Rock You Like A Hurricane" and bolstered by solid songs throughout, this record was one of the biggest sellers of 1982. It's still considered one of the band's best efforts.

Under the tutelage of sonic maestro Dieter Dierks, who may be the best heavy-metal
producer in the world, Germany's Scorpions have evolved into one of the most powerful
bands in the genre, right up there with England's Judas Priest. What this may mean to
non-HM aficionados is hard to say. As is customary among head-bangers, the Scorps' lyrics
– while certainly no more stupid than their non-Teutonic contemporaries' – ess... More >