SCORPIONS Guitarist Says Piracy Is Killing The Music Industry

September 14, 2004

SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker recently spoke to the Malay Mail Online about his views on illegal music downloading and bootlegging.

"People don't really understand," he said. "Piracy is killing the whole music industry and new bands. Why? Because of piracy, record companies don't want to spend any money on good bands that they come across. I mean, no one in their sanest mind would want to take the risk of putting money into a band and wait for three or four years for the band to really get happening.

"Like it or not, record companies are the ones depended on to nurture talents. When there's no talent, you won't get quality music or even artistes. The public have to understand that when you pay peanuts you'll only get monkeys."

Meanwhile, SCORPIONS singer Klaus Meine told Malay Mail Online that the band made a conscious effort to return to a hard-rocking sound on their latest effort, "Unbreakable", following a period of experimentation that saw the band release the pop-techno/ experimental driven "Eye II Eye" in 1999, the rock-meet-orchestra "Moment of Glory" in 2000 and the acoustic "Acoustica" the next year.

"We know that for the last couple of years, hardcore SCORPIONS fans have been deprived of a strong rock record from us," Klaus said. "And trust me, we took those comments seriously.

"After working on a couple of concept albums in the last several years like 'Moment of Glory' with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra or 'Acoustica', we made it clear to ourselves that the concept for this album was to rip. You know, back to the roots. We want an album that really rocks and directed on strength. Some more, we owe our fans who have been waiting to hear the band rock again." Read more.

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).