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Matthias Jabs (born 25 October 1955) is a German guitarist and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead guitarist in the hard rock band Scorpions. He has played on all but the first five Scorpions studio albums starting with Lovedrive (1979). He has a music store, MJ Guitars, in Munich, Germany.

Matthias Jabs
Matthias Jabs live with Scorpions in 2014
Background information
Born (1955-10-25) 25 October 1955 (age 67)
Hannover, West Germany
Genres
  • Hard rock
  • heavy metal
  • glam metal
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Guitar, vocals
Years active1978–present
LabelsRCA, Mercury, New Door

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.


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. Although he performed on the band's Japanese tour, he departed to form his own band, Electric Sun, prior to the release of the follow-up live album Tokyo Tapes. Tokyo Tapes was released in the US and Europe six months after its Japanese release. By that time in mid 1978, after auditioning around 140 guitarists, Scorpions recruited Matthias Jabs to replace Roth.


Michael Schenker's short stint back in the group


Following the addition of Jabs, Scorpions left RCA for Mercury Records in the United States and Harvest/EMI Electrola worldwide to record their next album, Lovedrive. Michael Schenker also returned to the group for a short period during the recordings for the album. This gave the band three guitarists (though Schenker's contribution to the final release was limited to only three songs). The result was Lovedrive, an album which some critics consider to be the pinnacle of their career. Containing such fan favourites as "Loving You Sunday Morning", "Always Somewhere", "Lovedrive", "Holiday" and the instrumental "Coast to Coast", it firmly cemented the 'Scorpions formula' of hard rock songs mixed with melodic ballads.

After the completion and release of the album the band decided to retain Michael in the band, forcing Jabs to leave. However, in April 1979, after only a few weeks on the tour, Michael quit. Jabs was immediately brought in to permanently replace him.

Jabs' playing style was a large part of Lovedrive's fresher, newer, heavier sound. This "Van Halen-like"[2] sound would become the band's signature as it would propel them into superstardom in the 1980s.

In 2000, he was awarded the city of Hanover plaque and the Cross of Merit on Ribbon (Verdienstkreuz am Bande) of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit.


References


  1. "Metal Rules". Metal Rules. 15 January 2007. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  2. Weber, Barry. "Lovedrive - Scorpions". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 February 2012.



На других языках

[de] Matthias Jabs

Matthias Jabs (* 25. Oktober 1955 in Hannover) ist ein deutscher Gitarrist und seit 1978 Mitglied der deutschen Hard-Rock-Band Scorpions.
- [en] Matthias Jabs

[es] Matthias Jabs

Matthias Jabs (Hannover, Alemania Occidental, 25 de octubre de 1955) es un músico, compositor y empresario alemán, conocido mayormente por ser guitarrista líder de la banda de hard rock y heavy metal Scorpions desde 1978 hasta la actualidad. Inició su carrera profesional en 1975 en Fargo, luego pasó a la banda de rock melódico Lady y en 1978 ingresó a su banda actual en reemplazo de Uli Jon Roth. Después de Rudolf Schenker, Jabs es el guitarrista que más tiempo ha permanecido en el grupo alemán, además ha colaborado en todos los álbumes desde Lovedrive de 1979 como guitarrista líder y compositor. Por otro lado, en 2007 abrió su tienda MJ Guitars en Múnich, que se especializa en venta y reparación de guitarras, bajos y otros instrumentos de cuerda, como también en la comercialización de otros equipos y accesorios asociados.[1]

[ru] Ябс, Маттиас

Матти́ас Ябс (нем. Matthias Jabs; 25 октября 1955) — немецкий рок-музыкант, гитарист группы Scorpions.


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