What’s it like to be a hero to players like Kirk Hammett, Yngwie Malmsteen and Zakk Wylde?
—Daniel Levine The truth is I wouldn’t know where to place myself on a scale, or know if I’m even good or bad as a player. But those guys tell me how much I mean to them, and it helps me understand where I fit in, which is great. Without their statements, I would have no idea. How did you come to join the Scorpions? —John Zane My brother always got me my gigs in the early days. I had been in bands since I was 11, and one day my brother told me that he wanted me to hook up with this great singer he knew, and that was Klaus Meine. Rudolf introduced us, and we started a band together called the Copernicus. Our rehearsal space was right next to the Scorpions, and one day we were rehearsing and they were listening to us—their singer was late for rehearsal— and they approached Klaus and me about joining the band, and we did. What is it about the Flying V shape that you like so much? —Tom Giordano For me, it’s not really about the shape; I came to play a V by accident. I was playing with the
