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The Scorpions are a German hard rock band formed in Hanover in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker. The lineup from 1978 to 1992 was the most successful incarnation of the group, and included Klaus Meine (vocals), Rudolf Schenker (rhythm guitar), Matthias Jabs (lead guitar), Francis Buchholz (bass), and Herman Rarebell (drums). The band's only continuous member has been Schenker, although Meine has appeared on all of Scorpions' studio albums, while Jabs has been a consistent member since 1978, and bassist Paweł Mąciwoda and drummer Mikkey Dee have been in the band since 2003 and 2016 respectively. During the mid-1970s, with guitarist Uli Jon Roth (who replaced Schenker's younger brother Michael) part of the lineup, the music of the Scorpions was defined as hard rock. After Roth's departure in 1978, Schenker and Meine took control of the group, giving them almost all the power to compose music and write lyrics. Matthias Jabs joined in 1978, and with the melodic rock he played and the influence of producer Dieter Dierks in the band, the Scorpions changed their sound to melodic heavy metal mixed with lyrical "power rock ballads", which is evident in the album Lovedrive (1979), which began the evolution of the band's sound, with recording a developed later in several of their albums. Michael Schenker also played on the Lovedrive album. Over the next decade, the band achieved influence, approval from music critics, and significant commercial success with the albums Animal Magnetism (1980), Blackout (1982), Love at First Sting (1984), the live recording World Wide Live (1985), Savage Amusement (1988), their best-selling compilation Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads (1989), and Crazy World (1990), all awarded at least one platinum award in the United States. The band has released thirteen consecutive studio albums that were in the top 10 in Germany, one of which reached No. 1, as well as three consecutive albums that were in the top 10 in the Billboard 200 in the United States. Their latest studio album, Rock Believer, was released in February 2022. Scorpions are estimated to have sold over 100 million records around the world, making them one of the best-selling hard rock and heavy metal bands.

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“Farming insects creates just 1 percent of the greenhouse gases generated by farming an equivalent mass of beef or pork.”
— PLOS.org An Exploration on Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Production by Insect Species Suitable for Animal or Human Consumption Dennis G. A. B. Oonincx, Joost van Itterbeeck, Marcel J. W. Heetkamp, Henry van den Brand, Joop J. A. van Loon, Arnold van Huis Published: December 29, 2010http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014445
“Al Azif [...] that nocturnal sound (made by insects) suppos’d to be the howling of daemons.”
— H.P. Lovecraft, The History of the Necronomicon (1927).
“Siquidem et per naturam pleraque mutationem recipiunt, et corrupta in diversas species transformantur; sicut de vitulorum carnibus putridis apes, sicut de equis scarabei, de mulis locustae, de cancris scorpiones.”
— Many creatures go through a natural change and by decay pass into different forms, as bees [are formed] by the decaying flesh of calves, as beetles from horses, locusts from mules, scorpions from crabs.
“To a first approximation, all multicellular species on earth are insects.”
— N. E. Stork 2007. Biodiversity: world of Insects. Nature 448, 657-658 (9 August 2007)
“Empowering rural women can significantly increase productivity, improve rural livelihoods and reduce hunger and malnutrition.”
— 2013 UN report as quoted in How Eating Insects Empowers Women
“Happy the Cicadas live, since they all have voiceless wives.”
— Xenarchus (Grecian poet), quoted in Charles Darwin, Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1876).

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Notable quotes

“Farming insects creates just 1 percent of the greenhouse gases generated by farming an equivalent mass of beef or pork.”
— PLOS.org An Exploration on Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Production by Insect Species Suitable for Animal or Human Consumption Dennis G. A. B. Oonincx, Joost van Itterbeeck, Marcel J. W. Heetkamp, Henry van den Brand, Joop J. A. van Loon, Arnold van Huis Published: December 29, 2010http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014445
“Al Azif [...] that nocturnal sound (made by insects) suppos’d to be the howling of daemons.”
— H.P. Lovecraft, The History of the Necronomicon (1927).
“Siquidem et per naturam pleraque mutationem recipiunt, et corrupta in diversas species transformantur; sicut de vitulorum carnibus putridis apes, sicut de equis scarabei, de mulis locustae, de cancris scorpiones.”
— Many creatures go through a natural change and by decay pass into different forms, as bees [are formed] by the decaying flesh of calves, as beetles from horses, locusts from mules, scorpions from crabs.
“To a first approximation, all multicellular species on earth are insects.”
— N. E. Stork 2007. Biodiversity: world of Insects. Nature 448, 657-658 (9 August 2007)
“Empowering rural women can significantly increase productivity, improve rural livelihoods and reduce hunger and malnutrition.”
— 2013 UN report as quoted in How Eating Insects Empowers Women
“Happy the Cicadas live, since they all have voiceless wives.”
— Xenarchus (Grecian poet), quoted in Charles Darwin, Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex (1876).

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

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