And Speaking of Scorpions...: Autobiography of Former Scorpions Drummer Herman "Ze German" Rarebell

The Scorpions are the most under-rated band in the history of music. Having said that, any insight to the band that created the best music ever is appreciated. I enjoyed the read and could picture where I was as the events were unfolding during the 80's. Herman, thank you for telling your story, I enjoyed it!

Strange book to get into as its a transcript from an interview. Herman is still touring with Michael and Francis and still Rocks.

scorpions what can one say great 80's band herman was a driving force behind the scorps recommend to any scorpions fan

I didn't care much about Herman's personal life, in fact the only reason I bought this book was to get a first hand story about one of my favorite bands, Scorpions. Believe it or not, this is the only English language book written on such an amazing band. Unfortunately, if you are buying this book for the same reason that I did, prepare to be disappointed. There's so little about the band here -and much of what it's told here you can find elsewhere- that it's really not worth your time to give this amateurish effort a try.Ok I get it. It's a book written personally by Herman Rarebell, and English is not his mother tongue. However, that's no excuse because there are editors that can help with that. Reading this book is like reading the diary of a 18-year old boy which was written while being drunk or high. Seriously, the narrative is extremely inconsistent, gets constantly out of topic (and sometimes doesn't come back to the topic), and it's so full of random (and unfunny) puns that it's really hard to read. I found myself skipping through pages and pages of garbage to try and find the few references related to Scorpions albums, touring and anecdotes, and finding very little.The only chapters I liked were the last ones where he discusses the changes in the band after Dieter Dierks left, and how after the success of Wind of Change, Scorpions pretty much became Klaus and Rudolf "solo" act and not a team effort anymore. That explains a lot of things to me. Greed is a killer and it was not different with the Scorpions. Also, the Epilogue is worth the whole book! It was great to know that Herman believes in God and doesn't believe in evolution. He makes some excellent points about what's important in this world. I guess that even after a life of self-indulgence, it is still possible for a rock star to achieve peace of mind and find the truth.

Kind of difficult to follow some of it, but very informative about the best band in the whole world, Scorpions! Well, back in the day, anyway. I appreciate Herman's honesty. I have used this book for our Scorpions Fan page for trivia and such.