MANAGER TOLD SCORPIONS IT WAS TIME TO STOP ROCKING
German rockers the SCORPIONS chose to split for good after their manager = suggested they’d never be able to top their new album.
Guitarist Rudolf Schenker tells AOL the band was in the middle of a lis= tening party for Sting in the Tail when their longtime manager came up wi= th the idea for the bandmates to go their separate ways.
He says, "He had the idea to finish the band on a high note, with this = record. At first, we thought he was joking but then we noticed he was com= pletely being serious. And it turns out, he was right.
"We have been around for a long time, and we’ve done so many great thin= gs together. We came out of Germany when no one thought a band from there= could rock hard. We’ve always believed in the band and had fun doing it.
"Sting in the Tail sounds like a classic Scorpions album, so we decided= to leave after we get done touring it since it’s such a powerful record.= " The Wind of Change hitmakers announced the split on their website last = week (ends22Jan10).
They are embarking on a two-year farewell tour before hanging up their = leather jackets after 40 years.
Schenker formed the band in Hanover, Germany and was joined by his youn= ger brother Michael and singer Klaus Meine in 1969. The band has sold mor= e than 75 million albums worldwide.
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