![]() Of course you can still spot some Psychedelic tendencies but the eerie elements are gone for the sake of a much stronger Bluesy Rock ‘N’ Roll vibe. Even though they are still in search for a musical identity, it is on this album where Scorps begin slowly to establish their trademark Hard Rock sound while at the same time, they abolish their remaining Psychedelic musical remnants. So Fly To The Rainbow is the only Scorpions album featuring those two great guitarists.Īs a whole, this album can be scoped as a demonstration of the band’s mixed up influences. Schenker kept his part of the bargain and wrote three songs. However, on this album, his songwriting presence was confined due to Michael Schenker’s deal with his former band to “help” them with the songwriting of the new album before he departs. As for his amazing guitar playing abilities, it can only be said, that with Roth’s contribution the compositions were enriched to the maximum. ![]() His advent provided the band with potential and a specific character. Roth’s arrival marked the beginning of a fruitful period for him and for Scorpions alike. Uli Roth filled in Michael’s position and the new line up recorded Fly To The Rainbow. Jurgen Rosenthal took his place behind the drum kit and Francis Buchholz undertook Bass duties. Shortly afterwards, Rudolf gave a rebirth to the band, keeping only Meine from the previous line up. Michael’s departure led to the breakup of Scorpions. Members of the band witnessed Michael Schenker’s playing and decided to invite him to the squad and acquire his services. During their tour, Scorps served as the opening act for a prominent and promising British outfit, UFO. Heavily influenced by Psychedelic Rock and Krautrock and with a little bit of Jazz to add to the mix, Lonesome Crow derived from a band that focused on deep, dark, Sabbath-esque melodies with very few harmonic elements. ![]() Their debut was released two years later and it was nothing their forthcoming material would sound like. ![]() Things didn’t start coming together until 1970 when Schenker’s younger brother Michael and vocalist Klaus Meine joined the band. Starting as an obscure Pop cover band and with Rudolf Schenker handling both the rhythm guitar and vocal duties, they wasted their first years covering pop songs. Fly to the Rainbow is another growing experience for the Scorpions and the band would truly hit the jackpot with the following year's In Trance.Review Summary: Progressive, ethereal and mystical, Fly To The Rainbow is a superb album and the first collaboration between Uli Roth and Scorpions.īy the time Scorpions had released their debut Lonesome Crow in the early 70’s, they already had 7 years under their belt. Roth insists, however, on taking center stage for "Drifting Sun," which exposes his shameless Hendrix-isms, down to the opening riff lifted straight out of "Spanish Castle Magic." And while it closes the album in rather schizophrenic fashion, the epic nine-minute title track would become a concert standard - albeit without its senseless folky intro. In fact, the band bursts out of the gate in surprisingly straightforward fashion with the hard rocking "Speedy's Coming" before resorting to the aforementioned bad habits on otherwise promising tracks such as "Fly People Fly" and "They Need a Million" the first never really gets off the ground, seeming almost like a prelude to the title track, and the second is let down by the weak vocals of guitarists Rudolf Schenker and Uli Jon Roth, who have no business competing against vocalist Klaus Meine. On their second effort, Fly to the Rainbow, the Scorpions begin to establish their trademark hard-rock sound while exorcising the last of their remaining psychedelic hippie tendencies.
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