Scorpions: Stateless and Fighting Back
Harry Doherty, Melody Maker, 14 April 1979
German heavy metallurgists Scorpion, fronted by ex-UFO lead guitarist Michael Schenker, are set to conquer the world the English-speaking one, that is. HARRY DOHERTY talked to the band who are strangers in their own land.
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