Klaus Meine

He was influenced by Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, Little Richard, Tommy Steele, Roy Orbison, the Beatles, the Everly Brothers and the Rolling Stones. Meine writes most of the lyrics to Scorpions' songs. He and former Scorpions drummer Herman Rarebell also shared lyrical authorship on some songs, including the major hits "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and "Still Loving You". Meine composed some songs alone like "Wind of Change", "You and I", "But the Best for You", "Does Anyone Know", "A Moment in a Million Years", "Moment of Glory", "I Wanted to Cry", "Back to You", "My City, My Town", "Follow Your Heart", "Rock'n' Roll Band", "The World We Used to Know" and "Who We Are". He has played guitar on two Scorpions songs: "Coast to Coast" and "Follow Your Heart". After a 1981 world tour and during the recording of the Blackout album, Meine lost his voice to the extent that he could not even speak properly. He was advised by his doctor to consider another profession. However, Scorpions stuck together and, after therapy and two vocal cord surgeries, Meine's voice recovered. Meine and Scorpions performed on the Live in Berlin rendition of Roger Waters' "The Wall" in 1990. He was a featured singer during the performance. Meine was awarded the city of Hanover plaque in 2000. as well as the Cross of Merit First Class (Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse) of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit. …