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Rudolf Schenker (born 31 August 1948) is a German guitarist, founder and leader of the hard rock band Scorpions. He is the rhythm/lead guitarist, primary songwriter and the sole constant member of the band.
Aug 21, 2023 · Throughout their extraordinary career, Scorpions guitarists Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs and singer Klaus Meine have enjoyed the highs and suffered the lows of the music business.
Jul 24, 2024 · In a new interview with Spain's Mariskal Rock, SCORPIONS guitarist and founder Rudolf Schenker spoke about the band's upcoming 60th anniversary in 2025.
Feb 4, 2020 · After a brief return to the Scorpions for Lovedrive in 1978, Schenker filled guitar hot seats with Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne and Ian Hunter. He calls this period - the era leading up to forming The Michael Schenker Group with vocalist Gary Barden - his “first phase.”
Aug 3, 2022 · Had Scorpions not become one of hard rock’s most enduring global forces, guitarist Rudolf Schenker would have taken himself down a much different, yet nevertheless high-voltage career path.
Apr 13, 2022 · For the entirety of their near six-decade existence, German hard rock legends Scorpions have been anchored by electric guitar player Rudolf Schenker. Before he embarked on a stellar career of his own – first with UFO and later with a number of his own groups – Rudolf's younger brother, Michael, was also a Scorpion.
Rudolf Schenker. ROCK YOUR LIFE! Birthday: August 31, 1948. Hometown: Hannover, Germany. Height: 184 cm. Weight: 74 kg. Eye Color: Brown. Hair Color: Blond. Marial Status: dissolved.
Rudolf Schenker, the band's rhythm/lead guitarist, launched the band in 1965. At first, the band had Merseybeat influences and Schenker himself handled the vocals. He played in a band with Lothar Heimberg before he founded Scorpions.
Aug 31, 2021 · The driving force behind the band remains Rudolf Schenker, a man whose metronomic, precision-tooled rhythm guitar provides the fuel for much of the band's success. Here, he chooses his 10 favourite Scorpions' albums.
Meine and guitarist Rudolf Schenker are the only two members of the group to appear on every Scorpions album, though he did not join the band until 1969, four years after its founding.
