“You get the old albums and listen tothem until four in the morning”: Ex-Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz dies at 71

During his long tenure with the Scorpions, Buchholz gained his only songwriting credit for the track Kicks After Six from his final album with the band, 1990’s Crazy World. That album featured the ...
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“You think back over what you have done and you drink a bottle of red wine and get out all the old albums and listen to them until four o’clock in the morning”: Ex ...

Francis Buchholz, the former Scorpions bassist who played on all of the band’s classic albums, died on 22 January 2026 at the age of 71. Buchholz, a native of Hanover, joined the Scorpions in 1973 at ...

Francis Buchholz dies: The Scorpions' longtime bassist who played on its biggest hits was 71

Francis Buchholz, who played bass for The Scorpions for nearly two decades including the German hard rock band’s most successful era, died Thursday of cancer. He was 71. His family shared the news on ...