Scorpions

Scorpions left Hanover like someone crossing an invisible border: first heavy psychedelia, then melodic steel, and finally arena anthems that could make the Berlin Wall look like a music-video set and an open wound at the same time. From Uli Jon Roth to Matthias Jabs, from Blackout to Crazy World, the band turned accent, riffs and ballads into a worldwide passport for European hard rock.

Why listen to Scorpions?

The sound of an electric Germany discovering that a riff could also bring down walls.