🎵 2022-03-17 13:59:51 – Paris/France.
Round Hill Music acquired Herman Rarebellmusic rights, which include its writer's share of publishing, neighboring rights, and main royalty revenue. rare bell is best known as the original drummer of the SCORPIONSplaying a major role in the band's success with his songwriting.
rare bell writes song lyrics like "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Make it real", "Dynamite", " Blackout ", “arizona”, "Bad Boys Go Wild", "Don't Stop at the Top" et "Provoke me, please me".
SCORPIONS were formed in 1965 in Hannover by Rudolf Schenker and have sold over 100 million records worldwide. They are one of the best-selling hard rock and heavy metal bands with twelve studio albums that were in the top 10 in Germany. Three consecutive albums reached the Top Ten on the Billboard 200 in the United States. Two of the songs from their ninth studio album, " Love at first sight ", are considered classics of the heavy metal genre. These bachelors are "Rock You Like a Hurricane" et " Still loving You ".
" The SCORPIONS are a truly legendary band with a truly iconic catalog of music that helped define the heavy metal genre,” says Josh Grussfounder and CEO of Round Hill Music. " Hermann played a pivotal role in their success by writing credits to some of their most enduring songs and is a welcome addition to our list of world-class writers and performers. »
" The SCORPIONS are one of my favorite rock bands," says Robin Godfrey-Cassgeneral manager of round hillfrom the London office. "Represent HermannAll of his work as songwriter and performer of the band's first 11 albums is an incredible honor. »
“It is with pleasure that I register with Round Hill Music", Adds rare bell. “I feel like I'm with the right company. I am grateful to Josh Gruss, Robin Godfrey-Cass and his team, and Marvin Katzmy lawyer, for making this possible. »
last september, Hermann lambasted his former bandmates in the SCORPIONScalling them "rude" and accusing them of "greed" for their apparent refusal to allow him to join the group.
rare bellwho was a member of SCORPIONS from 1977 to 1995, discussed the possibility of his return to the band in an interview with Classic Rock magazine. When asked if he was disappointed not to be invited back after the longtime drummer was fired in 2016 James kottak, Hermann said, "I'll tell you how disappointed I am. I sent them a message offering my services, and I never even received a response. I thought that was very rude. Now I hear the SCORPIONS say their new album will be a throwback to the glory days of the eighties. If they serious about it they should get [former bassist] Francis [Beech] and me back, and also Dieter Dierk who produced all those classic albums. Do you know why they won't? Greed. That would mean having to share everything five ways, not three. »
rare bell also criticized his former bandmates for apparently not giving him enough credit for their commercial success in the 1980s. "The band never mentions me in interviews, which I find ridiculous," he said. declared. “But there is a new documentary in the pipeline of TVI on the tape. I'm being interviewed for this, so I can finally set the record straight on my role. »
In an interview with Classic rock revisited, Hermann reports the enormous commercial success of SCORPIONS1982 album " Blackout ": " Mercury Records was totally behind us and they believed in us. They wanted us to keep making albums. They wanted us to grow and do better with each outing. 'Love drive' turned gold. “Animal Magnetism” turned gold and then 'Blackout' was the first to go platinum. [Rudolf] Schenker / [Klaus] My / rare bell was a great team of songwriters. You can see it in the number of hit albums we've had. After I left the band, they had no more hits. »
rare bell also talked about the inspiration for the lyrics of "Rock You Like a Hurricane"which was released as the lead single from " Love at first sight ". “These lyrics were very easy to write,” he said. “I woke up early in the morning after fucking and taking cocaine all night and opened the curtains. 'It's early in the morning, the sun is rising. Last night was rough and quite noisy. My cat purrs and she scratches my skin. ' She had scratched my back during our lovemaking. I sat down and wrote it right away. It was five in the morning and the girl was still in bed as I sat there writing it. The next day I said to Rodolphe“I have really good lyrics for that riff you have. » »
Hermannthe solo album of "Nipping in the bud"originally recorded 40 years ago, was re-released last August, remastered and available digitally for the first time.
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SOURCE: Reviews News
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