Rock Believer has some serious classic Scorpions vibes – be honest, how much do you miss the 80s?
“Ha ha ha! When you look back to the musical history from the 60s right up to now, it was just the best. The 60s and 70s were very inspiring for all the bands that came out – that’s what made me want to be in a band in the first place – but the 80s were where anything could happen.”
So was it important to capture that on the album?
“Of course – just look at what’s happening right now! We are talking about a time where there wasn’t sound design or anything in the studio – you really had to play. So we wanted that to come across with Rock Believer -this is a band in the studio, really playing these songs. You can feel it in the music, like the opening song Gas In The Tank says, [starts singing loudly] ‘LET’S PLAY IT LOOOUDER!’”