Ep 10: It’s a Blackout, Baby!

On our tenth episode, we take on German metal gods, The Scorpions and their breakthrough 1982 album, Blackout. Does this intoxicating mix of irresistible hooks, technical, precise musicianship and extremely juvenile (and just plain gross) lyrics stand the test of time? We do our best to answer this question and along the way, we find out: How the band eschewed their native metric system in order to better sate our hunger pangs Why The Scorpions probably hold the Guinness Book of World Records as the artists with the most banned album covers When a "used" pair of rockstar jeans may have helped to bring down the Iron Curtain Why you probably don't want to visit Klaus Meine in Alcatraz Why there was likely a well-worn copy of Physical Graffiti in their tour bus tape deck Check us out on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/culturalfutures/)  for links and additional content related to this and other episodes as well as clues to upcoming shows or write to us at [email protected]   All audio clips are used under the "Fair Use" Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act in 1976; Allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. All rights and credit go directly to its rightful owners. No copyright infringement intended.