Who is on the cover of the Scorpions Blackout album?

artist Gottfried Helnwein
A self-portrait of artist Gottfried Helnwein is featured on the cover of the album.

When did blackout come out scorpions?

March 29, 1982Blackout / Release date

Did Michael Schenker play on blackout?

The line up that plays on Blackout got together when Matthias Jabs was drafted in to replace Michael Schenker on guitars in 1980. When the line up of Jabbs, Rudolf Schenker, Kluas Meine, Herman Rarebell, and Francis Buchholz got in the studio to record Blackout they created a masterpiece between them.

Are the Scorpions retired?

German hard rockers the Scorpions have announced that their next album and tour will be their last as they are retiring. A post on their official website revealed that the band were to go out on a high following their next studio album, Sting In The Tail, which is out on 19 March.

Is Klaus Meine a nice guy?

“Klaus is just a damn nice and pleasant guy,” says Michael Schenker. The former Scorpions guitarist has been in a clinch with his brother Rudolf for some time now, and he likes to sound it out into the world – just to emphasize in the next sentence that he has no grudge against “Klausi Mausi” (Michael Schenker).

Who is Gottfried Helnwein?

Gottfried Helnwein (born 8 October 1948) is an Austrian-Irish visual artist. He has worked as a painter, draftsman, photographer, muralist, sculptor, installation and performance artist, using a wide variety of techniques and media.

Is Gottfried Helnwein in Los Angeles’s Dark grip?

Lynell George: Gottfried Helnwein is in L.A.’s dark grip, Los Angeles Times, 27 January 2008. Gottfried Helnwein | PRESS | Selected Articles | GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN – DARK INSPIRATIONLos Angeles Times, “Dark Inspiration”

Why Helnwein sculpture?

Helnwein is part of a tradition going back to the 18th century, to which Messerschmidt’s grimacing sculptures belong. One sees, too, the common ground of his works with those of Arnulf Rainer and Hermann Nitsch, two other Viennese, who display their own bodies in the frame of reference of injury, pain, and death.

What does Helnwein do for a living?

Gottfried Helnwein (born 8 October 1948) is an Austrian-Irish visual artist. He has worked as a painter, draftsman, photographer, muralist, sculptor, installation and performance artist, using a wide variety of techniques and media. His work is concerned primarily with psychological and sociological anxiety, historical issues and political