HERMAN RAREBELL – NIP IN THE BUD LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK 1981 SCORPIONS ROCK METAL

Herman Rarebell – Nip In The Bud
(Harvest Records  1981  SHSP4118)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
– some wear to edges/corners
Plain White EMI Inner Sleeve

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are a few surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Herman Rarebell (born 18 November 1949 as Hermann Josef Erbel) is a German musician, best known as the drummer for the band Scorpions from 1977 to 1995, during which time he played on eight studio albums. Aside from playing drums, Rarebell wrote or co-wrote several songs for the group such as “Another Piece of Meat”, “Falling in Love” and “Passion Rules the Game”. He composed the lyrics for some of the band’s most well known songs such as “Rock You Like a Hurricane”, “Make It Real”, “Dynamite”, “Blackout”, “Arizona”, “Bad Boys Running Wild”, “Don’t Stop at the Top”, and “Tease Me Please Me”.

Herman Rarebell received his education in the subjects drums and piano at the Musikhochschule Saarbrücken. Rarebell played drums from 1965 with the band The Mastermen, from 1968 with The Fuggs Blues and RS Rindfleisch, with whom he released one single and performed in the clubs of the US military throughout Germany. In 1972-73 he played on three albums by the Krautrock band Missus Beastly, with a line-up consisting of three RS Rindfleisch members with a new singer and two additional musicians. The following year he joined the band Onyx after the name change to Vineyard. During his time in Scorpions, Rarebell released two solo albums Nip in the Bud (1981) and Herman Ze German (1986).

Nip In The Bud is a solo album by Herman Rarebell, drummer of German heavy metal band Scorpions.