SCORPIONS Frontman: 'Music Can Build Bridges And Make Connections With People'

August 22, 2008

German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS held a press conference yesterday (Thursday, August 21) prior to their concert at Parkorman in Istanbul, Turkey. A couple of excerpts follow (as reported by Today's Zaman).

On the band's 2007 release "Humanity - Hour 1", which is a concept album in which all the songs are "connected to each other under the theme of humanity":

Klaus Meine (vocals): "The legendary song writer and producer Desmond Child introduced the idea to us. We wanted to make a new album with the band that is more mature and not so much songs where girls are chasing boys or boys are chasing girls. Something deep. This is a time to turn back around to find the road to humanity, to find love and respect for each other in this world. It is one thing to play 'Rock You Like a Hurricane' and to have fun. [There's] nothing wrong with that, but there is so much more to it. So many parts of the world where we played, we had the feeling that music can build bridges and make connections with people."

On whether they really believe music can change the world:

Klaus Meine: "When we watch the news every night on the TV, that is reality. In the world of music, we live in the world of emotions. Music can create a feeling, and so what we try to do is to send out positive vibes in the world. We hope through music we can change, but a song cannot change the world. It is not a rock revolution anymore, those days are over. It is not the '60s anymore."

On Internet file-sharing and music piracy

Matthias Jabs (guitar): "Obviously the technology is this advanced. So you have to live with what there is. Once something is free, people don't understand why they have to pay for it again, which I can understand also. But in the end, you are destroying the basis for the artist to make music."

On how they managed to remain together as a band for so many years:

Rudolf Schenker (guitar): "We have a great life, a great chemistry in the band. We are enjoying what we are doing and people enjoy what we are doing. Because of the computer age everybody has the chance to listen to our music. We have received very good criticism around the world with our latest album. So here we are."

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