Achim Kirschning

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Joachim "Achim" Kirschning (born January 5, 1952 ) is a German musician and composer who played keyboarder with the Scorpions from 1973 to 1974 .

Life

First Achim Kirschning played together with Jürgen Rosenthal , Uli Jon Roth and Francis Buchholz in the group Dawn Road, which merged with the Scorpions in 1973. Together with Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine they signed a recording contract with RCA Records and recorded the album Fly to the Rainbow . For the album Serene , Kirschning is not only a keyboardist, but also a composer and lyricist.

Kirschning later worked as a teacher and was Rector of the Robert Koch Secondary School in Langenhagen between 1990 and 2013 .

Discography

Scorpions

Serene

  • 1981 Serene

literature

  • Rainer M. Schröder : Scorpions - Germany's most successful rock group. Series: Heyne Diskothek, Wilhelm Heyne, Munich 1980 ISBN 3-453-80048-6 .
  • Hollow Skai, Erich Pabel: Scorpions. Arthur Moewig KG, 1992, ISBN 3-8118-3095-3 .
  • Heinz P. Hofmann: Rock: interpreters, authors, technical terms . Lied der Zeit Verlag, Berlin 1983.
  • Olaf Benzinger: Rock Hymns: The Lexicon . Bärenreiter 2002, ISBN 3-761-81567-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b rock.ednetz.de: Biography of Scorpions ( Memento from May 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ discogs: Serene. Retrieved July 11, 2013 .
  3. ^ Robert Koch Secondary School Langenhagen ( Memento from August 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Review at www.babyblaue-seiten.de .
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 Kirschning, Achim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kirschning, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician
DATE OF BIRTH 5th January 1952