Jürgen Rosenthal

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Jürgen Rosenthal (born July 28, 1949 in Rosengarten ) is a German drummer . He became known in particular through his membership in the Scorpions and Eloy .

At the age of seven, Rosenthal received classical lessons in recorder and violin . When he was around 15 he finally found his instrument, the drums , which he learned self-taught . He founded his first band, The Generations , in 1965. In 1968 he met his future colleague Klaus-Peter Matziol and founded the band "Morrison Gulf" with him. When Uli Jon Roth's drummer Fritz Randow switched to Eloy in the early 1970s , he received the offer to take his position and was able to establish the band name “Dawn Road” there. Dawn Road finally merged with the Scorpions , which at that time only consisted of Klaus Meine and Rudolf Schenker . Together they recorded the second Scorpions album “Fly to the Rainbow” in Musicland Munich and in Studio Maschen.

After his military service , Jürgen Rosenthal actually wanted to get back into the Scorpions, but received a visit from Frank Bornemann and Klaus-Peter Matziol, who were looking for a drummer for the new Eloy formation. There he could let his creativity run free and delivered from 1976 to 1979 next to the drumming much of concepts as well as the majority of the texts for the Eloy studio albums.

Jürgen Rosenthal is known to many fans as the most popular and influential Eloy drummer.

After separating from Eloy, he followed the project "Ego on the Rocks" with his band colleague Detlev Schmidtchen , for which three releases were initially planned. Ego protested against any Eloy reference and finally had to finance the first production, "Acid in Wounderland", themselves. The album flopped, further funds were not available, not least because of a legal dispute with the former Eloy colleagues, so that they finally separated again in 1982. This was followed by participation in solo projects by other musicians, particularly from the Eloy environment.

Discography

  • 1974: Scorpions - Fly to the Rainbow
  • 1976: Eloy - "Dawn"
  • 1977: Eloy - Ocean
  • 1978: Eloy - "Live"
  • 1979: Eloy - "Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes"
  • 1981: Ego on the Rocks - "Acid in Wounderland"
  • 1983: Klaus-Peter Matziol - "Matze"
  • 1983: Klaus Hess (ex Jane) - "Star Dance"
  • 1988: Echo Park (Klaus-Peter Matziol, Michael Flexig and others) - "Echo Park"
  • 1989: Shade (ex Eloy) - "Faust - The Rockballet"
  • 1991: Eloy - "Rarities" (two previously unreleased pieces with JR)
  • 1997: Ego on the Rocks - "Acid in Wounderland" (re-release with five bonus tracks)
Scorpions
Rudolf Schenker  • Klaus Meine  • Matthias Jabs  • Mikkey Dee  • Pawel Maciwoda
Johan Franzon (live) • Herman Rarebell  • Francis Buchholz  • Achim Kirschning  • Uli Jon Roth  • Michael Schenker  • Ralph Rieckermann  • Rudy Lenners  • Jürgen Rosenthal  • Wolfgang Dziony  • Lothar Heimberg  • Karl-Heinz Vollmer • Joe Wyman • Ken Taylor  • Curt Cress  • Barry Sparks  • Ingo Powitzer • James Kottak


Studio albums

Lonesome Crow  (1972) • Fly to the Rainbow  (1974) • In Trance  (1975) • Virgin Killer  (1976) • Taken by Force  (1977) • Lovedrive  (1979) • Animal Magnetism  (1980) • Blackout  (1982) • Love at First Sting  (1984) • Savage Amusement  (1988) • Crazy World  (1990) • Face the Heat  (1993) • Pure Instinct  (1996) • Eye II Eye  (1999) • Moment of Glory  (2000) • Unbreakable  (2004) • Humanity - Hour I  (2007) • Sting in the Tail  (2010) • Comeblack  (2011) • Return to Forever  (2015)

Live albums

Tokyo Tapes  (1978) • World Wide Live  (1985) • Live Bites  (1995) • Acoustica  (2001) • Live 2011 - Get Your Sting and Blackout  (2011) • MTV Unplugged - in Athens  (2013)

Compilation albums

Best of Vol. 1  (1979) • Hot & Heavy  (1982) • Best of Vol. 2  (1984) • Gold Ballads (1988) • Best of Rockers 'n' Ballads  (1989) • Still Loving You  (1992) • Deadly Sting  (1995) • Deadly Sting - The Mercury Years (1997) • Best  (1999) • Millenium Edition (2001) • Bad for Good - The Very Best of (2002) • The Platinum Collection (2005) • Deadliest Stings (2008) • Icon (2010) • Icon 2 (2010) • Still in Trance (2012) • Born To Touch Your Feelings (Best of Rock Ballads) (2017)

Video albums

First Sting (1985) • World Wide Live (1985) • To Russia with Love and Other Savage Amusements (1988) • Crazy World Tour Live (1991) • Moment of Glory - Live (2000) • Acoustica (2001) • A Savage Crazy World (2002) • Unbreakable World Tour 2004 - One Night in Vienna (2005) • Live at Wacken Open Air 2006: A Night to Remember - A Journey Through Time  (2007) • Amazonia - Live in the Jungle (2009) • Scorpions Live in 3D (Blu-Ray 3D) (2011) • MTV Unplugged - in Athens  (2013) • Forever and a Day (2015) • Forever and a Day: Live in Munich (2016)

Singles

Is There Anybody There? • Lovedrive • Make It Real • The Zoo  • Blackout • No One Like You • Still Loving You • Can't Live Without You • Rock You Like a Hurricane  • Big City Nights • Rhythm of Love • Passion Rules the Game • Don't Believe Her • Wind of Change  • Send Me an Angel • Alien Nation • Under the Same Sun • White Dove • Does Anyone Know • When You Came Into My Life • Where the River Flows • To Be No. 1 • Moment of Glory • You Are the Champion • Humanity • Raised on Rock • The Good Die Young • Still Loving You - Je t'aime encore (feat. Amandine Bourgeios) • Dancing with the Moolight / Where the River Flows • We Built This House • Eye of the Storm • Going out with a bang

personal data
SURNAME Rosenthal, Jürgen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German drummer, including Scorpions
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH rose Garden