Matthias jabs biography

German guitarist

Musical artist

Matthias Jabs (born 25 October 1955) is a German musician, best known as the lead/rhythm guitarist of the hard rock band Scorpions.

Matthias jabs biography

He has played on all but the first five Scorpions studio albums starting with Lovedrive (1979). He owns a music store, MJ Guitars, in Munich.

Career

Jabs was discovered by Scorpions' bassist Francis Buchholz, who had tutored him in mathematics to earn extra money while still in school.

Buchholz subsequently recommended the band give him an audition after lead guitarist Uli Roth quit the band in 1978.^[1] Before joining the Scorpions, Jabs played for the bands Lady, Fargo and Deadlock.

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Departure of Uli Roth

For Taken by Force, RCA Records made a determined effort to promote the album in stores and on the radio. The album's single, "Steamrock Fever", was added to some of RCA's radio promotional records, but Roth was not happy with the commercial direction the band was taking.

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