German Metal Machine: Scorpions in the '70s
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Review "This is a great book for Scorpions fans! It takes you back to the days when the band started and five friends conquered the world!" --Herman Rarebell (Scorpions drummer, 1977-1995) "German Metal Machine -Scorpions in the '70s is a field day for Scorpions fans! Greg Prato's book is a page turner from the foreword to the last chapter. Just thrilling and with much information even I'd forgotten..." --Dieter Dierks (Scorpions producer: 1975-1988)"Open this book at any page and be transported back to a time when the band poured their hearts and souls into writing and recording majestic anthems 'The Sails of Charon' and 'We'll Burn the Sky'." --Sea of Tranquility"GERMAN METAL MACHINE is a great book about a great band...should be in the library of every Scorpions fan." --Metal-rules "I enjoyed reading the book and remembering the old catalogue of the Scorpions." --Skylight Read more
Reviews
This book is a mixed bag for me. It is not really a story about the early Scorpions but more of a collection of interview excerpts where various people talk about how they experienced the 70's era of Scorpions. Most of these interviews are from people who are fans or other musicians who were fans and were influenced by that music. Few of the interviews are from former members of the Scorpions but none are from any of the current band members. While these interviews were conducted by the book author, the way it was all presented frequently gave impression of random snippets from magazines over a longer period of time.I found the beginning of the book interesting because if had a lot of information about the band that I was not familiar with, but as the book got about half way, it started to get redundant and boring. The book focused too much on Michael Schenker and Uli Roth and guitar playing. While this was a big part of who Scorpions were, and still are, this book was supposed to be about the band and not individual members.Ultimately, the book was OK for someone who is grew up listening to The Scorpions and loves their music, but the interview format of the book makes it grow redundant over time. You can read various people praising something over and over again only so many times before it gets boring. This book would probably have been better if it was only half as long or if it had at least some direct story telling instead of the third party interview format.
