What is Scorpions (band)?
{{Infobox musical artist| | Name = Scorpions | Img = Scorpions (10).JPG | Img_capt = | Img_size = 250 | Landscape = Yes | Background = group_or_band | Alias = | Origin = [[Hanover]], [[Germany]] | Genre = [[Hard rock]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[glam metal]], [[soft rock]], [[psychedelic rock]] (early), [[acid rock]] (early), [[progressive rock]] (early) | Years_active = 1965 - present | Label = [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]], [[RCA Records|RCA]], [[Mercury Records|Mercury]], [[EMI]], [[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], [[Warner Music Group|WEA]], [[BMG]] | Associated_acts = | URL = [http://www.the-scorpions.com/ Official website] | Current_members = [[Klaus Meine]]<br />[[Matthias Jabs]]<br />[[Rudolf Schenker]]<br />[[Mikkey Dee]]<br />[[Paweł Mąciwoda]] | Past_members = See: [[Scorpions (band)#Former members|List of former members]] }} '''Scorpions''' are a [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Ingham |first=Chris |title=The Book of Metal |url=https://archive.org/details/bookofmetalmostc0000ingh |date=14 November 2002 |publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press |isbn=978-1560254195 |pages=g. 104}}</ref><ref>Weinstein, Deena. ''Heavy Metal: The Music and its Culture''. DaCapo, 2000. {{ISBN|0-306-80970-2}}, pg. 29, 36.</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Christe |first=Ian |title=Sound of the Beast |year=2004 |publisher=Allison & Busby |isbn=0749083514 |pages=g. 2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Walser |first=Robert |title=Running with The Devil |date=April 1993 |publisher=Wesleyan University Press |isbn=0819562602 |pages=gs. 2}}</ref>/[[hard rock]]<ref>{{cite book | author=M. C. Strong | title=The great rock discography | publisher=Giunti | year=1998 | isbn=8809215222|pages=g. 722 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author=Philip Dodd | title=The Book of Rock: from the 1950s to today | url=https://archive.org/details/bookofrock0000dodd | publisher=Thunder's Mouth Press | year=2005 | isbn=1560257