Tag: Scorpions
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The Art and Innovation of German Heavy Metal
German Heavy Metal….. Let’s do something different for a change. The wind of change is so important. Let me perform a magic trick. Black out your mind for a moment… Now think of a German heavy rock band. Any German rock band. The first one that stings to mind… Scorpions, right? See what I did…
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Donington ’86 – Monsters of Rock: Ozzy, Scorpions, Def Leppard, Motorhead and More Bad News…
My first Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donington (that’s Download for the youngsters) was headlined by Ozzy Osbourne in 1986. Although a Winged Chariot would have been a more appropriate vehicle to take us to this most holy of heavy metal shrines, we settled on taking a National Express coach from outside John Menzies in Chelmsford,…
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