List of Scorpions members
{{short description|German rock band from Hanover}}
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Scorpions are a German rock band from Hanover, formed in 1965. The band went through numerous changes in personnel in its early years. Founding by rhythm/lead guitarist Rudolf Schenker and drummer Wolfgang Dziony; both at that point shared lead vocals. In addition to them, the band also included lead/rhythm guitarist Karl-Heinz Vollmer and bassist Achim Kirchhoff.
History
= 1960s =
By 1967, Schenker, realizing that he could not sing and play the guitar at the same time, invited the 15-year-old Werner Hoyer to take the place of the vocalist.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-06 |title=Brussels Playbook: BoJo teeters — Sec-gen controversy builds — Post-war Ukraine |url=https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/bojo-bombs-sec-gen-controversy-builds-post-war-ukraine/ |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=POLITICO |language=en-US}}
At the end of that year, Hoyer and Vollmer left, and their places were soon taken by Bernd Hegner and Ulrich Worobiec.
In the spring of 1968, bass guitarist Achim Kirchhoff was replaced by Lothar Heimberg.
In late, 1969 Hegner and Worobiec also left. After that, the group settled on a lineup which included lead vocalist Klaus Meine, lead guitarist Michael Schenker (Rudolf's younger brother), bass-guitarist Lothar Heimberg and drummer Wolfgang Dziony. It is in this composition that they recorded their debut album Lonesome Crow, released in 1972.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/scorpions-mn0000299471/biography |title=Scorpions: Biography & History |last=Weber |first=Barry |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=6 November 2017 }}{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/scorpions-lonesome-crow/ |title=45 Years Ago: Scorpions Release Their Debut Album, 'Lonesome Crow' |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |work=Ultimate Classic Rock |publisher=Loudwire |date=21 February 2017 |accessdate=6 November 2017 }}
= 1970s and 1980s =
Dziony left after the album's release, and was briefly replaced by Werner Löhr. In late 1972 the drummer was Israeli born American Joe Wyman and when he left in December, Dziony came back to complete a tour. For the January 1973 tour with Rory Gallagher they had Helmut Eisenhut on drums.{{Cite web |date=2017-02-25 |title=Sometimes it seems the good times never will return… |url=https://scorpscollector.wordpress.com/2017/02/25/sometimes-it-seems-the-good-times-never-will-return/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Scorpscollector |language=fr-FR}} When Eisenhut died and Heimberg left in the summer of 1973, they briefly played with the rhythm section Ewi (bass) and Hal Fingerhood (drums).
When Michael Schenker left to join UFO in July 1973,{{Cite web |date=2017-02-25 |title=Sometimes it seems the good times never will return… |url=https://scorpscollector.wordpress.com/2017/02/25/sometimes-it-seems-the-good-times-never-will-return/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Scorpscollector |language=fr-FR}} Rudolf Schenker and Meine briefly disbanded the group and joined Dawn Road, featuring guitarist Uli Jon Roth (who had already replaced Schenker at a festival show in June with Eisenhut back on drums{{Cite web |date=2008-04-10 |title=Official ULI JON ROTH Website |url=http://www.ulijonroth.com/sky/bands_concepts/scorpions_2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410083007/http://www.ulijonroth.com/sky/bands_concepts/scorpions_2.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-04-10 |access-date=2024-09-25 }}), bass-guitarist Francis Buchholz, drummer Jürgen Rosenthal (later in Eloy) and keyboardist Achim Kirschning; the six-piece later opted to adopt the Scorpions moniker, and in 1974 released Fly to the Rainbow.{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/scorpions-fly-to-the-rainbow/ |title=40 Years Ago: The Scorpions' 'Fly to the Rainbow' Points to Bigger Successes |last=Rivadavia |first=Eduardo |work=Ultimate Classic Rock |publisher=Loudwire |date=2 November 2014 |accessdate=6 November 2017 }}
Rosenthal left after the recording of Fly to the Rainbow, being replaced first by Jürgen Fechter and later by Rudy Lenners, who performed on In Trance and Virgin Killer.{{cite web |url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2014-04-28/the-story-behind-the-song-in-trance-by-the-scorpions |title=The Story Behind The Song: In Trance by the Scorpions |last=Ling |first=Dave |work=Classic Rock |publisher=TeamRock |date=28 April 2014 |accessdate=6 November 2017 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scorpions-legendary-virgin-killer-album-to-be-released-on-limited-edition-18-gram-vinyl/ |title=Scorpions' Legendary 'Virgin Killer' Album To Be Released On Limited-Edition 180-Gram Vinyl |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=12 February 2015 |accessdate=6 November 2017 }} In 1977, Lenners was replaced by Herman Rarebell, whose first recording with the band was Taken by Force.{{cite web |url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2016-11-06/scorpions-ted-nugent-told-us-we-had-to-calm-down |title=Big City Nights, Loving You Sunday Morning: The Turbulent Story Of The Scorpions |last=Makowski |first=Peter |work=Classic Rock |publisher=TeamRock |date=6 November 2016 |accessdate=6 November 2017 }} Roth left Scorpions the following year,{{cite news |url=http://www.guitarplayer.com/artists/1013/uli-jon-roth-discusses-scorpions-revisited-gear-and-the-groups-classic-tracks--video/52584 |title=Uli Jon Roth Discusses 'Scorpions Revisited,' Gear and the Group's Classic Tracks |last=Prato |first=Greg |work=Guitar Player |publisher=NewBay Media |date=15 June 2015 |accessdate=6 November 2017 }} which he has since explained was because he "began getting dissatisfied with the direction of the music" the band were making.{{cite news |url=http://noisecreep.com/uli-jon-roth-scorpions/ |title=Uli Jon Roth on Why He Left the Scorpions, Sharing His Guitar God Knowledge (Interview) |last=Epting |first=Chris |work=Noisecreep |publisher=Loudwire |date=17 January 2013 |accessdate=6 November 2017 }} Michael Schenker briefly returned to the band after being fired from UFO in late 1978, performing on four tracks for the album Lovedrive, although he was replaced the following year by Matthias Jabs who had joined around the same time.{{cite web |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/scorpions-lovedrive/ |title=The History of Scorpions' Breakthrough and Best Album, 'Lovedrive' |last=Giles |first=Jeff |work=Ultimate Classic Rock |publisher=Loudwire |date=25 February 2016 |accessdate=6 November 2017 }} The Scorpions lineup of Meine, Rudolf Schenker, Jabs, Buchholz and Rarebell remained constant from 1978 and through the 1980s.
= 1980s =
After 19 years with the band, bassist Francis Buchholz left Scorpions in 1992. He was replaced by Ralph Rieckermann later in the year.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-12-ca-33112-story.html |title=Adding Bite to Their Sting: The Scorpions display a social awareness that departs from their customary hard-rock hedonism. They play Irvine tonight. |last=Boehm |first=Mike |work=Los Angeles Times |date=12 March 1994 |access-date=6 November 2017 }} Drummer Rarebell also left four years later, claiming that he was unsatisfied with the band's changing musical direction, and the lack of songwriting input he was able to have in the band.{{cite news |url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/herman-rarebell-quit-scorpions-hated-music/ |title=Herman Rarebell Says He Quit Scorpions Because He Hated the Music |last=Whitaker |first=Sterling |work=Ultimate Classic Rock |publisher=Loudwire |date=5 August 2012 |accessdate=6 November 2017 }} He was replaced in 1996 by James Kottak,{{cite web |url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/2008/02/james-kottak/ |title=James Kottak of The Scorpions |publisher=Modern Drummer |date=February 2008 |accessdate=6 November 2017 }} after Curt Cress performed on Pure Instinct.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/pure-instinct-mw0000183528/credits |title=Pure Instinct - Scorpions: Credits |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=6 November 2017 }}
= 21st century =
Rieckermann left Scorpions in 2003, with Paweł Mąciwoda taking his place early the following year.{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/scorpions-announce-new-bassist/ |title=Scorpions Announce New Bassist |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=11 January 2004 |accessdate=6 November 2017 }} Former Motörhead drummer Mikkey Dee replaced Kottak in the band in September 2016.{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/former-motorhead-drummer-mikkey-dee-joins-scorpions-as-permanent-member/ |title=Former Motörhead Drummer Mikkey Dee Joins Scorpions As Permanent Member |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=12 September 2016 |accessdate=6 November 2017 }}
Members
= Current =
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|1965–present |{{hlist|rhythm, lead and slide guitars|backing vocals|lead vocals {{small|(1965–1967 and occasionally after)}}}} |rowspan="2"|all Scorpions releases |
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|1969–present |{{hlist|lead and backing vocals|live rhythm guitar and tambourine}} |
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|1978–present |{{hlist|lead and rhythm guitars|backing vocals}} |all Scorpions releases from Lovedrive (1979) onwards |
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|2004–present |{{hlist|bass|backing vocals}} |all Scorpions releases from Unbreakable (2004) onwards |
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|2016–present |drums |{{hlist|Born to Touch Your Feelings: Best of Rock Ballads (2017) {{small|– three new tracks}}|Rock Believer (2022)}} |
= Former =
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|---|
| |Wolfgang Dziony
|{{hlist|1965–1972|1972}} |{{hlist|drums|backing vocals|lead vocals {{small|(1965–1967)}}}} |Lonesome Crow (1972) |
| |Achim Kirchhoff
|1965–1968 {{small|(died 1977)}} |bass |rowspan="5" {{n/a|none}} |
| |Karl-Heinz Vollmer
|1965–1967 |lead and rhythm guitar |
| |Werner Hoyer
|1967 |rowspan="2"|lead vocals |
| |Bernd Hegner
| rowspan="3" |1967–1969 |
| |Gerd Andre{{Cite web |date=2015-08-08 |title=Line-up |url=https://scorpscollector.wordpress.com/line-up/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Scorpscollector |language=fr-FR}}
|lead vocals |
| |Ulrich Worobiec
|lead and slide guitar |
| |Lothar Heimberg
|1968–1973 |{{hlist|bass|backing vocals}} |Lonesome Crow (1972) |
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|{{hlist|1969–1973|1978–1979 {{small|(session)}}|2006 {{small|(guest)}}}} |{{Hlist|lead and slide guitar|backing vocals}} |{{hlist|Lonesome Crow (1972)|Lovedrive (1979)|Live at Wacken Open Air 2006 (2007)}} |
| |Werner Löhr
|rowspan="2"|1972 |rowspan="3"|drums |rowspan="3" {{n/a|none}} |
| |Joe Wyman |
| |Helmut Eisenhut
|1973 {{small|(until his death)}} |
| |Hal Fingerhood
|1973 |drums |none |
| |"Ewi"
|1973 |bass |none |
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|1973–1992 |{{hlist|bass|backing vocals|keyboards {{small|(1983–1984)}}}} |{{hlist|all Scorpions releases from Fly to the Rainbow (1974) to Crazy World Tour Live... Berlin 1991 (1991)|Live Bites (1995)}} |
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|{{hlist|1973–1978|2006 {{small|(guest)}}}} |{{hlist|lead and slide guitar|backing and lead vocals}} |{{hlist|all Scorpions releases from Fly to the Rainbow (1974) to Tokyo Tapes (1978)|Live at Wacken Open Air 2006 (2007)}} |
| |Achim Kirschning
|{{hlist|1973–1977 {{small|(session/touring)}}}} |{{hlist|keyboards|synthesizers|Mellotron}} |{{hlist|Fly to the Rainbow (1974)|In Trance (1975)|Virgin Killer (1976)}} |
| |Jürgen Rosenthal
|1973–1974 |rowspan="3"|drums |Fly to the Rainbow (1974) |
| |Jürgen Fechter
|1974–1975 |{{n/a|none}} |
| |Rudy Lenners
|1975–1977 |{{hlist|In Trance (1975)|Virgin Killer (1976)}} |
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|{{hlist|1977–1996|2006 {{small|(guest)}}}} |{{hlist|drums|percussion|backing vocals|keyboards {{small|(1991)}}}} |{{hlist|all Scorpions releases from Taken by Force (1977) to Live Bites (1995)|Live at Wacken Open Air 2006 (2007)}} |
| |Ralph Rieckermann
|1993–2003 |{{hlist|bass|backing vocals}} |all Scorpions releases from Face the Heat (1993) to Bad for Good (2002) {{small|– two new tracks}} |
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|1996–2016 {{small|(died 2024)}} |{{hlist|drums|backing vocals}} |all Scorpions releases from Eye II Eye (1999) to Forever and a Day (2016) |
= Session =
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| |Allan Macmillan
| rowspan="6" |1979–1980 |{{Hlist|strings and horns arrangements|conductor}} | rowspan="9" |Animal Magnetism (1980) |
| |Adele Arman
| rowspan="2" |violins |
| |Victoria Richard |
| |Paul Arman
|viola |
| |Richard Arman
|cello |
| |Charles Elliot |
| |Melvin Berman
|1979–1980 {{small|(died 2008)}} |oboe |
| |George Stimpson
| rowspan="2" |1979–1980 | rowspan="2" |French horns |
| |Brad Wamaar |
| |Tom Croucier
|rowspan="2" |1981–1982 |bass | rowspan="2" |Blackout (1982) |
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| rowspan="2" |backing vocals |
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| rowspan="2" |1987–1988 | rowspan="2" |Savage Amusement (1988) |
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|vocals |
| |Koen van Baal
|{{Hlist|1990|1996}} |{{Hlist|keyboards|arrangements}} |{{flatlist|
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| |Jim Vallance
| rowspan="19" |1990 |keyboards | rowspan="19" |Crazy World (1990) |
| |Roy Tesse
| rowspan="12" |"gang" vocals |
| |Dries van der Schuyt |
| |Ria Makker |
| |Gerard v.d. Pot |
| |Louis Spillman |
| |Wolfgang Praetz |
| |Inka Esser |
| |Claudia Frohling |
| |Cliff Roles |
| |Peter Angmeer |
| |Rusty Powell |
| |Tony Ioannoua |
| |Jim Lewis |
| |Erwin Musper
| rowspan="2" |{{Hlist|"gang" vocals|"bang" vocals}} |
| |Keith Olsen |
| |Marcel Gelderblom
| rowspan="4" |"bang" vocals |
| |Mirjam Erftemeijer |
| |Henk Horden |
| |Patrick Ulenberg |
| |John Webster
| rowspan="6" |1993 |keyboards | rowspan="8" |Face the Heat (1993) |
| |Luke Herzog
|{{Hlist|keyboards|arrangements}} |
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|opera voice |
| |Rhian Gittins
|girl's voice |
| |Paul Laine
| rowspan="4" |backing vocals |
| |Mark LaFrance |
| |Bruce Fairbairn
| 1993 {{small|(died 1999)}} |
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| 1993 |
| {{CSS image crop|Image=Curt_Cress.JPG|bSize=525|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=80|oLeft=210}}
| rowspan="5" |1996 |{{Hlist|drums|percussion}} | rowspan="5" |Pure Instinct (1996) |
| |Pitti Hecht
|percussion |
| |Luke Herzog
| rowspan="3" |keyboards |
| {{CSS image crop|Image=David_Foster_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg|bSize=120|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=20|oLeft=20}} |
| |Claude Gaudette |
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| rowspan="5" |1998–1999 |keyboards and piano | rowspan="8" |Eye II Eye (1999) |
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|acoustic guitar |
| |Michelle Wolf
| rowspan="6" |backing vocals |
| {{CSS image crop|Image=Siedah_Garrett_2.png|bSize=190|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=31|oLeft=90}} |
| |Lynn Davis |
| {{CSS image crop|Image=James_Imgram_1998.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=20|oLeft=15}}
| 1998–1999 {{small|(died 2019)}} |
| |Phil Perry
| rowspan="2" |1998–1999 |
| |Kevin Dorsey |
| |Lyn Liechty
| rowspan="14" |2000 | rowspan="3" |vocals | rowspan="14" |Moment of Glory (2000) |
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| |Guenther Becker
|sitar |
| |Stefan Schrupp
|drum and computer programming |
| |Gumpoldtskirchener Spatzen, Vienna
|children's choir |
| |Vince Pirillo
| rowspan="3" |choir |
| |Kai Petersen |
| |Michael Perfler |
| |Susie Webb
| rowspan="4" |backing vocals |
| |Zoë Nicholas |
| |Rita Campbell |
| |Melanie Marshall |
| |Ken Taylor
| rowspan="3" |bass |
| |Barry Sparks
| rowspan="6" |2003–2004 | rowspan="6" |Unbreakable (2004) |
| |Ingo Powitzer |
| |Ralph de Jongh
| rowspan="3" |backing vocals |
| |Joss Mennen |
| |Alex Jansen |
| |Jody's Kids Choir
|additional vocals |
| {{CSS image crop|Image=Billy Corgan.jpg|bSize=400|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=50|oLeft=185}}
| rowspan="12" |2006–2017 |vocals | rowspan="12" |Humanity: Hour I (2007) |
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| rowspan="2" |guitar |
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| |Russ Irwin
|piano |
| |Harry Sommerdahl
|programming |
| |Jason Paige
| rowspan="4" |backing vocals |
| |Jeanette Olsson |
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| {{CSS image crop|Image=JamesMichael.jpg|bSize=170|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=50|oLeft=50}} |
| |Angela Whittaker
| rowspan="2" |voice-overs |
| |Roman Shaw Child |
| {{CSS image crop|Image=David Campbell Conducting.jpg|bSize=600|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=100|oLeft=245}}
|orchestra conductor |
| {{CSS image crop|Image=Tarja_-_Wacken_Open_Air_2016-AL0964_(cropped).jpg|bSize=170|cWidth=75|cHeight=75|oTop=10|oLeft=55}}
| rowspan="2" |2009 |vocals | rowspan="2" |Sting in the Tail (2010) |
| |Mikael Nord Andersson
|gang vocals |
| |Ingo Powitzer
| rowspan="5" |2020–2021 |{{Hlist|additional guitars and bass|guitar solo|additional background vocals|claps|guitar arrangements}} | rowspan="5" |Rock Believer (2022) |
| |Jakob Himmelein
| rowspan="3" |{{Hlist|additional background vocals|claps}} |
| |Alex Malek |
| |Hans-Martin Buff |
| |Pitti Hecht
|percussion |
Timeline
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bar:Wolfgang from:start till:31/01/1967 width:3
bar:Hoyer from:01/02/1967 till:31/10/1967
bar:Bernd from:01/12/1967 till:30/11/1969
bar:Klaus from:01/01/1970 till:end
bar:Uli from:13/06/1973 till:27/04/1978 width:3
bar:Rudolf from:01/03/1974 till:30/06/1974 width:3
color:lguitar
bar:Rudolf from:start till:31/10/1967 width:7
bar:Karl from:start till:31/10/1967
bar:Ulrich from:01/12/1967 till:30/11/1969
bar:Michael from:01/01/1970 till:13/06/1973
bar:Uli from:13/06/1973 till:27/04/1978
bar:Rudolf from:01/05/1978 till:31/08/1978
bar:Michael from:01/09/1978 till:30/04/1979
bar:Matthias from:01/09/1978 till:end
bar:Rudolf from:01/05/1979 till:end width:7
bar:Michael from:03/08/2006 till:03/08/2006
bar:Uli from:03/08/2006 till:03/08/2006
color:rguitar
bar:Rudolf from:start till:27/04/1978
bar:Karl from:start till:31/10/1967 width:3
bar:Rudolf from:01/05/1978 till:31/08/1978 width:7
bar:Rudolf from:01/09/1978 till:end
bar:Matthias from:01/05/1979 till:end width:7
color:bass
bar:Achim from:start till:28/02/1968
bar:Lothar from:01/04/1968 till:13/06/1973
bar:Francis from:13/06/1973 till:15/10/1992
bar:Ralph from:01/11/1992 till:01/06/2003
bar:Pawel from:11/01/2004 till:end
color:keys
bar:Achim2 from:13/06/1973 till:31/12/1973
bar:Achim2 from:01/01/1974 till:31/10/1976 width:5
bar:Herman from:18/01/1991 till:31/12/1991 width:7
bar:Francis from:01/08/1983 till:31/12/1983 width:7
color:drums
bar:Wolfgang from:start till:30/04/1972
bar:Werner from:01/05/1972 till:14/07/1972
bar:Wolfgang from:15/07/1972 till:31/10/1972
bar:Joe from:01/11/1972 till:25/12/1972
bar:Helmut from:01/01/1973 till:13/06/1973
bar:Jurgen from:13/06/1973 till:30/06/1974
bar:Fechter from:01/07/1974 till:31/01/1975
bar:Rudy from:01/02/1975 till:05/05/1977
bar:Herman from:18/05/1977 till:30/11/1995
bar:Curt from:01/12/1995 till:31/08/1996
bar:James from:01/09/1996 till:12/09/2016
bar:Herman from:03/08/2006 till:03/08/2006
bar:Mikkey from:12/09/2016 till:end
color:bvocals width:3
bar:Wolfgang from:01/02/1967 till:30/04/1972
bar:Rudolf from:01/02/1967 till:07/02/1974
bar:Wolfgang from:15/07/1972 till:31/10/1972
bar:Rudolf from:11/07/1974 till:end
bar:Matthias from:01/09/1978 till:end
bar:Francis from:01/09/1981 till:15/10/1992
bar:Herman from:01/09/1981 till:30/11/1995
bar:Ralph from:01/11/1992 till:01/06/2003
bar:James from:01/09/1996 till:12/09/2016
bar:Pawel from:11/01/2004 till:end
}}
Lineups
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| scope="col" style="width:20em;"|Period
!scope="col" style="width:25em;"|Members !scope="col" style="width:20em;"|Releases |
|---|
| scope="col"|1965 – 1967
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|rowspan="4" {{n/a|none}} |
| scope="col"|1967
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| scope="col"|1967 – March 1968
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| scope="col"|April 1968 – November 1969
|
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| scope="col"|December 1969 – May 1972
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| scope="col"|May – July 1972
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|rowspan="5" {{n/a|none}} |
| scope="col"|July – October 1972, December 1972
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| scope="col"|November – December 1972
|
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| scope="col"|January – April 1973
|
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| May - June 1973
|
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| scope="col" |July 1973 – May 1974
|
|
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| June 1974 - January 1975
|
|{{n/a|none}} |
| scope="col"|February 1975 – May 1977
|
|
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| scope="col"|May 1977 – April 1978
|
|
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| scope="col"|August 1978 – December 1978
|
|
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| scope="col"|February 1979 – April 1979
|
|
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| scope="col"|April 1979 – October 1992
|
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| scope="col"|November 1992 – January 1996
|
|
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| scope="col"|January 1996 – August 1996
|
|
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| scope="col"|August 1996 – December 2003
|
|
|
| scope="col"|January 2004 – September 2016
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|
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| scope="col"|September 2016 – present
|
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References
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