The Scorpions might not strike anyone as an overly applauded and worshiped band, yet they've unmistakably left their mark on the rock world. They may even fall into the category of Bands People Love to Hate; but they too deserve recognition in their own way.

The original band formed out of Hanover, Germany in 1965; yet it was not until a little less than 10 years later, in 1974 when they finally made it onto the charts and the worldwide music scene. By the 1980's they had been through over a dozen different band members and charted several hits on the UK charts, with the oddball falling through and rocking North America. None of their early hits ever gained enough momentum for worldwide success; and at the time they were primarily a metal hair band. It was during the time between 1979 to up the early 90's where the Scorpions had their major hits. At the same time metal rock was changing to incorporate slower, flowing and melodic piece's like Stairway to Heaven, Civil War and everything Ive ever heard outta Meatloaf - these new forms of music were identified as 'power ballads'. The Scorpion's major hits were mostly power ballads, like the video featured below. You might not recognize the video, the title or the faces in this band, but I guarantee you all know this song.



This is 'Wind of Change' by the Scorpions:

Although most of their hit's where power ballads it was hard rocking anthem's which the Scorpions where best known for. After all their metal-head Euro roots is what brought them fame in the first place.

And this without farther adieu thus is the 1984 hit single 'Rock You Like a Hurricane'.


Throughout their carrier the band made over 22 albums with 5 hit singles in North America. Unlike many other metal hair bands of the 80s the Scorpions actually continued to make music until present day. Between 1990 and today they've made 9 albums, the most recent being a 2007 release. Two of those albums where live cuts - one of which being an all acoustic disc.

jackson 5

Jackson 5 The Jackson Five comprised five brothers, Jackie Jackson (b. Sigmund Esco Jackson, 4 May 1951, Gary, Indiana, USA), Tito Jackson (b. Toriano Adaryll Jackson, 15 October 1953, Gary, Indiana, USA), Jermaine Jackson (b. Jermaine LaJuane Jackson, 11 December 1954, Gary, Indiana, USA), Marlon Jackson (b. 12 March 1957, Gary, Indiana, USA) and Michael Jackson (b. 29 August 1958, Gary, Indiana, USA). Raised in Gary, Indiana, USA, by their father Joe, a blues guitarist, they began playing local clubs in 1962, with youthful prodigy Michael as lead vocalist. Combining dance routines influenced by the Temptations with music inspired by James Brown, they first recorded for the Indiana-based Steeltown label before auditioning for Motown Records in 1968. Bobby Taylor recommended the group to Motown, although the company gave Diana Ross public credit for their discovery. A team of Motown writers known as the Corporation composed a series of songs for the group's early releases, all accentuating their youthful enthusiasm and vocal interplay. Their debut single for Motown, "I Want You Back", became the fastest-selling record in the company's history in 1969, and three of their next five singles also topped the American chart.

my chemical romance

Based in New Jersey, My Chemical Romance is an alternative pop/rock and punk-pop band that has been compared to Thursday and, to a lesser degree, Cursive. Their name was inspired by author Irvine Welsh (of "Trainspotting" fame), and while many of their songs are loud, fast, hyper, and aggressive, My Chemical Romance's work also tends to be melodic and pop-minded.

My Chemical Romance got started in the early 2000s, when lead singer Gerard Way and drummer Matt Pelissier decided to try writing some songs together. The first tune that Way and Pelissier (who had been friends since high school) came up with was called "Skylines and Turnstiles" (a post-9/11 song written after Way witnessed the Twin Towers fall while working at his animation job in New York City). Way and Pelissier both felt good about the song, and Way asked guitarist Ray Toro if he would be interested in working with them. My Chemical Romance's five-man lineup was complete when Way, Pelissier, and Toro joined forces with bassist Mikey Way (Gerard Way's brother) and guitarist Frank Iero. With that lineup in place, the band started playing all around the Northeast Corridor and made plans to begin working on its first album.

In 2002, Eyeball Records (the New York-based indie that Thursday had recorded for) released My Chemical Romance's debut album, "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love." The album was often compared to Thursday -- a comparison that, for various reasons, was inevitable and unavoidable. Both bands were from New Jersey, both had recorded for Eyeball, and both combined punk-pop's musical aggression with introspective, confessional lyrics. Plus, "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love" was produced by Geoff Rickly, Thursday's lead singer. Add all of those things up, and there was no way that My Chemical Romance was going to escape Thursday comparisons. But Thursday isn't their only influence. Reviewers have cited The Smiths, Morrissey, The Cure, and The Misfits as influences. And Way has even cited British heavy metal icons Iron Maiden as an influence.

Lyrically, "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love" is as dark as it is introspective and cathartic. Way has been quoted as saying that the band's lyrics were a great way for him to deal with the problems he had been going through (which included severe depression and a serious illness in his family). The 2002 release included Way and Pelissier's first song, "Skylines and Turnstiles," and many of the album's other song titles were equally intriguing, including "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us," "Drowning Lessons," "Headfirst for Halos," "Our Lady of Sorrows," and "Vampires Will Never Hurt You." In 2003, My Chemical Romance signed with Reprise/Warner Bros. and released "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" one year later. Proving to be widely popular, the album boasted several successful singles on commercial radio and MTV, including "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)," "Helena," and "The Ghost of You."

Amid their growing popularity, Pelissier departed from the band in mid-2004, and he was replaced on drums by Bob Bryar. Relentless touring further increased their fanatical fan following. The band headlined dates with Alkaline Trio, scored an opening slot for Green Day, and shared bills with Story of the Year, Taking Back Sunday, and The Used, among many others. As My Chemical Romance prepared to enter the studio for their third album, they issued "Life on the Murder Scene" in March 2006. The CD and double-DVD package documented almost everything MCR did over recent years. The CD contained demos and live cuts of songs, and the two DVDs showcased life on the road, live footage, music videos, and lots more.

metallica

They had 10 albums that sold more than 90 million copies over their 26 year long career; then they came up with one of the crappiest album ever – St. Anger. If that album pissed you off as much as me, this piece of news will definitely make you love them all over again – Metallica will be one of the featured bands in Electronic Arts and Harmonix’s upcoming game – Rock Band. At E3 2007 today, Harmonix announced that Rock Band will include 'Enter Sandman' amongst the songs you can rock out on; they even mentioned that almost all of Metallica hits will be available somewhere after the game releases, through the PlayStation Network! Here's what Alex Rigopulos, co-founder and CEO of Harmonix, had to say:

"Metallica is one of the best loved bands in the world and their albums redefined hard rock and metal. Its one of the bands we had to bring to the Rock Band experience.

Rock Band will allow gamers to jam with the guys through their long, successful career, from young, raw talent to mega stars, playing the hard-rocking sounds that the band is known for.

halloween band

A website where not much will happen until the release of the first demo: Attempto.

Latest news:

27/04/2007: One year after the last update, it seems the release of Attempto is in the works. We have four new songs being finished, for a total of eight, with perhaps a bonus track on top of that. And that will be it. Expect a release in the coming months both on CDs and online for free in mp3 and flac formats. Yes you heard me: Attempto will be released for free on internet in lossless under the Creative Commons Licence. There might just be a once in a lifetime concert of Solus Numeri this year to celebrate the release. I've found the perfect musicians and rehearsal will begin soon. More details when I have them.

27/04/2006: After an incredibly long wait, at last here is m1 (Lucy) with its second verse! Many thanks to Marylin and Marloes for the vocals.

04/12/2005: The comeback! After a few long months without the proper gear to record anything, I'm back with a Presonus Firepod which allows me to record the new songs even better than before since the drums will be on eight tracks all the way to the final mix, and I'm upgrading to 96kHz!! Right now I'm recording "Eh Merde". In the good news dept. I've also received my snare. And at last, the 2005 Halloween evening at Guillaume Genest's pub "Le Snakepit" saw the unlikely one-night revival of the old farts of Exès De Vie, where we talked about the good old times (which weren't perhaps as better as the new times...).

18/01/2004: At last the bass track was added to Delbosh.

04/01/2004: Still no mixing table, and a broken snare, but I should be able to borrow a 5-string bass soon and record the delbosh bass track. Another news is we'll start a new band with Damien, Camille and Lionel, and should rehearse this month.

18/07/2003: The music fiesta was a moderate success, we played 4 rehearsed songs: Of Sins And Shadows, Solitary Shell, Schism and Scratch The Pitch, plus a jam and an improvised Enter Sandman. My mixing table is dead so the recordings will be on hold until I buy a new one. Meanwhile, we're getting an acoustic band ready for the summer, codename: Acoustica, but more new on that later.

23/04/2003: Zelda has drums takes, which could very well be the good ones, I did not have time to listen to them yet. And I finished two drum scores from Tool and have already posted Schism here. I will very probably appear at the Musique Day in Nice (France), next to the band Strawberry, with the singer Marylin Tonelli, guitarist Gregory Aniorte and bassist Lionel Deschamps to play Schism of Tool.

03/04/2003: M1(Lucy) is done expect for the vocals of the second verse which have to wait until next week for the singer to come back. Due to the beginning which covers some Dream Theater, I have asked Mike Portnoy permission for this, but have not yet received any answer, which does not surprise me considering he's recording. But I was told he would answer if there was a problem, which would mean there is none. Other important news: I'm moving back to Nice next month and therefore Solus Numeri RECRUITS motivated musiciens and if possible gifted, to form a big group of prog. metal with diverse influences. I also started working on Zelda (the song, not the game) and everything's going well.

09/03/2003: M1(Lucy) is almost done: I mixed everything, I only have to redo a couple bass parts and the singing of the second verse (but that will have to wait unfortunately, because my singer is gone for a month). I also remixed Satire.

02/03/2003: I finally have my guitar back, with a buzzing microphone, a broken plate and a torn box, thanks to the shop who kept it two months and a half to give it back worse than it came in. Anyway, I recorded the guitar for m1. I have all the chorus, remains the drums, acoustic guitar, bass and flute to do. I would have had the drums today if plugged the overheads in. I also have a new drum mix with reverb and compression on the snare.

17/02/2003: Status update for m1(Lucy): I have the chorus from Marloes Dekkers recorded, the midi tracks are done, the flute is written (so now I have to play them) and it fits together rather well. I'm redoing a middle part with a real acoustic guitar, but I cannot do the entire song acoustic because I'm missing the 7th string for the last mesures. I intend to redo the guitar, the drums and the flute. Then I'll record the second voice: Marylin Tonelli (in theory this week), and the acoustic bass (next week). I also started to plan Eddie Lives. Last call for anyone playing violin, cello or piano, I'd like to make small takes.

11/02/2003: OK, I managed to save most of m1(Lucy) from cubasis and stuff it in cakewalk. Somehow cubasis puts an extra blank second at the beginning of each part, which did not make things easy or smooth. I have extra plans for this one, we will have two women singers and perhaps a violin track.

10/02/2003: I am currently recording the drums and vocal backgrounds for m1(Lucy). And I finally gave up on cubasis, it has just lost me hours of labor and I am not willing to let it eat my harddisk for nothing (average of 2G per song, because you cannot delete unused parts), and aside from crashing numerous times, it does not let me mix midi with the song. This program sucks. Not too related is the fact that I recorded the drum parts for nothing (the drum part on the score page took me 4:30 hours to record, yes) because I am redoing it with cakewalk (and I'm pretty sure I won't be able to keep them), and also because my front mike for the bass drum was too high

sex pistol

Arriving a little late again.

This delay was not urged through by the HTMPL Productions to cause you alarm, stress or even heart burn. The HTMPL office is a place of order and discipline. We have are habits. We have our rites.
However, we felt like you needed some good hours to digest the arrival of our latest collected efforts.

Off we go for a one and a half month descent into the shadow world of things that may not always be what they seem to be. The world of fakes and old-fashioned WWII propaganda. As we’re such nice fellows you will also get a bonus single at the end of this that has nothing to do with the themes but it’ll be something that’s so rare, it has never been re-released nor will it ever be, it will put at tear of joy in the eye of the collectors of this secretive band (and now you have all the clues you need).

It might not come as any surprise that we’re old punks here at the office, dating back to the heydays of the late 1970s. We might not look it any longer but our hearts still beats to the rhythm of 'Sheena Is A Punkrocker'. To us there’s not a punkband out there that ever could hold a candle to the Ramones or Sex Pistols. Well, the Ramones was really the greatest popband ever – sod the Beatles. As for the Pistols they were the ultimate punkband. But we won’t bore you with repeating their story yet another time. As we went through the archives there turned up the odd fake Pistol song now and then so we just gathered them up to take a closer look at what this really was.

The Sex Pistols had a sound man named Dave Goodman (who recently died by the way). After the band had called it quits a legal fury around the rights to the recordings aroused, tying up the band with their manager in court for years on end. As the legal difficulties went on Dave stepped into the vacuum. Releasing and repackaging what seemed like a never ending run of shoddy bootlegs with lousy sound, there’s at least fifty of these around. As if this wasn’t enough he sometimes sneaked in a track that claimed to be a never before released original by the Sex Pistols.

The first of these recordings would also turn out to be the best: Land of Hope & Glory (1984). Packaged to look like the real thing, but actually reading the ex pistols, it’s not that bad. The fellow on vocals is David Spiers from the Sinix, along with another band member on guitar. All recorded sometime around 1980. The next track turned up a year later on Live Worlwide (1985). 'Anarchy in the UK' with a piano, but this is not quite a fake, although its definitely not the Pistols, its actually Public Image Ltd doing their cabaret version live on 'The Tube' in 1983. Supposedly Dave just taped it off the telly and stuck it in there. Then there’s the more obvious sounding fakes like 'Schools Are Prison' (Pirates of Destiny, 1988) and Revolution in the Classroom ('We Have Cum For Your Children', 1988). The same year the double-LP 'The Swindle Continues' turned up with yet another bunch of faked tunes: 'Judging Minds', 'Dancing on the Dole' and an acoustic version of 'Anarchy in the UK', that’s not even a half-assed effort to imitate, likewise goes for the title track. Here’s also a medley called 'Sex on 45' which, once again, features the Sinix with Dave on bass. In later years former Pistols bass player Glen Matlock has admitted that he was involved in at least some of the above recordings. Needing the cash and blaming drunkenness. And that’s pretty much it. Worth mentioning otherwise, so that you don’t make the mistake of buying it, is the 'Live At Chelmsford Top Security Prison' with faked overdubs and even a faked riot (this one has been released without the faked additions, as 'Live At Chelmsford Prison'). Then there was one last album: 'The Sexless Pistols – Deny' (1992) which features some of the songs below and then some. But it’s not really pretending to be the Sex Pistols, so we leave it at that.

the beatles

This is a private records collection of The Beatles. The owner of this collection is sure that this site will provide lots of useful information for people interested in collecting of Beatles vinyl. Information - is the main purpose of the site, however some things will be released her for sale. All rights reserved. Copying and the publication of materials from this this site it is possible from the sanction of the owner of the collection only. The collection will be always updated.