No question Scorpions, Germany'sloudest and proudest rock band ever, have been one of that country's mostsuccessful musical exports. Taken by Force: Sixty Years of Scorpionsdocuments the band's career with analysis of every song on every album theTeutonic tone-masters ever crafted. Beginning with Lonesome Crow back in'72 through to the triumphant "retirement" album Sting In The Tail,and into Rock Believer— the stories of their making are all here. Takenby Force: Sixty Years of Scorpions draws on the authors interviews withall of the principals and beyond, including Klaus Meine, Uli Jon Roth, HermanRarebell, Rudolf Schenker and Matthias Jabs, along with the likes of legendarymanager David Krebs, Ralph Rieckermann and Francis Buchholz.