Klaus Meine is known to fans as the leader of the cult band Scorpions. Meine is the author of most of the band's hundred-pound hits. He realized himself as a guitarist and songwriter.
The Scorpions are one of the most influential bands in Germany. For several decades, the band has been pleasing "fans" with excellent guitar parts, sensual lyrical ballads and Klaus Meine's perfect vocals.
Childhood and youth
The celebrity's date of birth is May 25, 1948. He was born on the territory of colorful Hannover (Germany). Klaus' parents have nothing to do with music. He was born in the most ordinary, working-class family.
Klaus became interested in music as a child. Then he was attracted by creativity "The Beatles"and Elvis Presley. Then he simply enjoyed driving melodies and could not even imagine that someday he himself would become the idol of millions.
When the parents noticed that their son was drawn to music, they decided to make a heartfelt gift. They gave Klaus his first guitar. A couple of months after that, he will independently master playing a musical instrument.
From that moment on, Klaus pleases his household with impromptu concerts. Even today, the German singer does not leave a smile on his face when he remembers what evenings he arranged for his relatives.
Soon Klaus takes vocal lessons from a local teacher. The teacher had a rather strange way of teaching. When the guy could not take the right note, the teacher pricked his upper limbs with a needle.
After receiving a high school diploma, he became a student in a design college. After some time, he worked as a driver, and sang in local bands - The Mushrooms and Copernicus.
While in college, he met the musician Rudolf Schenker. The guitarist invited Klaus to join forces and create a common brainchild. Meine was forced to refuse the offer, because at that time he did not have the funds.
Only after the breakup of the Copernicus collective did Klaus accept Schenker's offer. The guys joined Michael, and their brainchild was called Scorpions.
The creative path and music of Klaus Meine
In the early 70s, Meine officially joined the Scorpions. He will become an indispensable member of the group. Soon they will talk about him as the "father" of the rock band.
Together with the rest of the team, he caught the stage of the formation of the Scorpions style. Every year the band's albums became harder and harder. Thus, each new longplay brought the musicians a new round of development.
The peak of the popularity of Scorpions came at the end of the 70s of the last century. It was then that the band members released the LP Lovedrive. Note that this is the first record that won the hearts of demanding American music lovers and critics.
In the early 80s, the musicians were at the top of the musical Olympus. During this period of time, they are just about to record the Blackout compilation, when it suddenly turns out that Meine has serious problems with his voice. The singer believed that the voice was gone due to the common cold, but medical research revealed a fungus on the vocal cords.
He did not want to become an obstacle to the success of the team, so he announced to the participants about the decision to leave the project. The guys did not want to let the frontman go, and said that they were waiting for him in the lineup after a full recovery.
It took him several years to recover. He underwent several operations and a long rehabilitation course. As a result, the Blackout LP took the position of one of the band's most successful collections. Moreover, the collection hit the 10th line of the prestigious Billboard music chart.
Two years will pass, and fans will enjoy the sound of the new LP. We are talking about the album Love at first Sting. He achieved the so-called platinum status. The tracks Rock you like a Hurricane and Bad boys running wild brought special popularity to Klaus and his team.
New tracks and albums
At the end of the 80s, the rockers added Savage amusement to their discography. In addition to classical compositions, the album contained songs with elements of progressive rock. On the wave of popularity, the musicians present the album Crazy World. Music critics consider this collection to be one of the team's strongest works.
The new LP contained the cult compositions Wind of change and Send me an angel. It won't be long before this album gets multi-platinum status.
In 2007, the band's discography was replenished with the disc Humanity: Hour I. Recall that this is the 16th studio album in a row. In addition to the band members, a number of popular rock bands worked on this disc.
A couple of years later, especially for the birthday of Freddie Mercury, Maine performed the composition of the band “Queen» - Love of my life. A year later, Klaus and his team pleased with the release of another collection, which was called Sting in the Tail. As in previous cases, the collection was appreciated by fans and music critics.
The 18th studio album Return to forever in the music world was born in 2015. He absorbed 12 worthy tracks. In honor of the release of the album, Klaus and the members of the rock band went on a large-scale tour.
Details of the personal life of Klaus Meine
Klaus Meine, unlike many of his stage colleagues, leads a moderate lifestyle. In one of his interviews, he said that he considers himself to be monogamous. With his future and only wife, Gabi, the musician met at one of the concerts of his band.
At the time of meeting, Gaby was only 16 years old. But, neither she nor the singer was embarrassed by this information. Klaus devoted a lot of time to his beloved. Despite the tight tour schedule, he always tried to be there and support her. Young Gabi was very jealous of Maine at first, but after several years of marriage, he managed to prove that there was nothing to worry about.
In 1977, he made a marriage proposal to the girl. Some time later, the woman gave birth to Klaus' sons, who were named Christian.
Interesting facts about the singer Klaus Meine
- He loves to play tennis. Before concerts, he does a press 100 times. This is a long established tradition.
- Off stage, he is focused, attentive and serious.
- The brightest performances of the group are considered to be a concert in California in front of 325 thousand spectators, as well as a performance that took place in Brazil in front of 350 thousand people.
Klaus Meine at present
During the existence of the rock band, Klaus has already announced several times the dissolution of the group. The musicians traveled all over the planet about three times with a farewell concert. In 2017, Klaus and Rudolf Schenker confirmed the information that the Crazy World Tour is not the end of the Scorpions, and after the concerts are over, the guys will continue their work. They gave a number of concerts in America, the USA, and France.
In 2020, it turned out that Klaus Meine underwent surgery - while touring Australia, the artist suffered a kidney attack. The musicians were forced to cancel concerts.
