What’s In A Name? The Reason These Bands Were Named After Animals

Scorpions Other Name Choice Was Stalingrad

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Producer Conny Plank suggested Stalingrad since it sounded aggressive and he wanted to make the group into an early Rammstein.

Vocalist Klaus Meine recalled on the moment in an interview with Louder Sound. “Scorpions we thought was alright, but there were names like Led Zeppelin and Jefferson Starship, we thought our named sounded too simple.”