The Scorpions: From Europe To Video Domination
Jeff Tamarkin, Circus, 31 August 1985
AFTER SPENDING virtually all of 1984 on the road, rocking fans on four continents, you'd think Scorpions needed a break. So they did, and they decided to take 1985 off. Now, West Germany's preeminent hard rockers aren't so sure they wanted to do that after all.
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