Scorpions Forever and a Day DVD (2015 Documentary)

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Released March 26, 2015 DVD-R Format After 50 years on stages all around the world, Germany’s Scorpions decided it was time to embark on one last tour. This fully authorized documentary follows the hard rockers from their beginnings as young music fans to the present day. The band reflects on their fans, their long-time crew and each other. FOREVER AND A DAY is the portrait of a life long journey. In German with English subtitles.

As the film shows, during the 2011-2012 tour, the band members were so energized by the response from fans that they decided to scrap their retirement plans. Founding SCORPIONS guitarist Rudolf Schenker says that if you watch “Forever And A Day”, you can see the veteran rockers come to the realization that they weren’t ready to call it quits.
Schenker explains, “Seeing all these old fans, the new fans coming, everything was sold out, and getting told by the fans what the music means for them, then we more and more” understood that the time wasn’t right for the band to retire.
Among the interesting career highlights covered in the movie is the SCORPIONS’ historic 1991 visit to the Kremlin in Moscow to meet Mikhail Gorbachev. The band presented the then-Soviet president with a gold record for its hit ballad “Wind Of Change”, which celebrated the end of the Cold War.

Describing “Wind Of Change” as “the soundtrack of the most peaceful revolution on Earth,” Schenker says the SCORPIONS’ visit with Gorbachev was “something very special” since they were the first, and possibly the only, Western band ever invited to the Kremlin. He adds that the SCORPIONS are still friendly with Gorbachev, who makes an appearance in “Forever And A Day”, commenting about the group and the impact of “Wind Of Change”.
SCORPIONS recently wrapped up the 2015 U.S. leg of their 50th-anniversary tour, which also is in support of their latest studio album, “Return To Forever”. With regard to the band’s future, longtime SCORPIONS guitarist Matthias Jabs says, “It doesn’t look like the end is near. You know, we keep ourselves open now. We tried the farewell tour, and we [called] it afterwards the ‘went well’ tour.”