Dieter Dierks
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Dieter Dierks is a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 mostly known for his collaboration with the rock band Scorpions
Scorpions (band)
Scorpions are a heavy metal/hard rock band from Hannover, Germany, formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker, who is the band's only constant member. They are known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and many singles, such as "No One Like You", "Send Me an Angel", "Still...

.

Youth

He was born in Stommeln, Germany, son of a Jewish mother and Catholic
Catholicism
Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....

 father. He was the driving force behind the German rock band the Scorpions, from 1975 to 1990. He started out as an actor, but later became a sound engineer and record producer.

Dierks Studios

He is the owner of the legendary Dierks Studios, (audio and video studios) located near Cologne, Germany. Artists that recorded at the studios include high profile names such as: Accept
Accept
Accept is a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled by former vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and bassist Peter Baltes. Their beginnings can be traced back to the late 1960s...

, Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records...

, Tina Turner
Tina Turner
Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...

, Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from Long Island. Musically, the band implements elements of traditional heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, along with a style that is similar to early glam metal bands...

, Scorpions, Timothy Leary
Timothy Leary
Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and writer, known for his advocacy of psychedelic drugs. During a time when drugs like LSD and psilocybin were legal, Leary conducted experiments at Harvard University under the Harvard Psilocybin Project, resulting in the Concord Prison...

, Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen
Die Toten Hosen is a German punk band from Düsseldorf. They have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany.The band's name literally means "The Dead Pants" in English, although the phrase "tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "nothing going on" or "boring"...

, Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher
William Rory Gallagher, ; 2 March 1948  – 14 June 1995, was an Irish blues-rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and bandleader. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, and raised in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste...

, Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...

 and many others.

Krautrock

Dierks started his musical career in the bands: Hush, Ash Ra Tempel
Ash Ra Tempel
Ash Ra Tempel are a German krautrock group of the 1970s, and are an example of cosmic or space rock.-History:The group was originally founded by guitarist Manuel Göttsching, keyboardist/drummer Klaus Schulze, and bassist Hartmut Enke in 1971. All three founding members had previously played...

, Nektar
Nektar
Nektar is a 1970s English progressive rock band originally based in Germany.- History :The band formed in Hamburg, Germany in 1969, members included Englishmen Roye Albrighton on guitars and vocals, Allan "Taff" Freeman on keyboards, Derek "Mo" Moore on bass, Ron Howden on drums, and Mick Brockett...

 (part of the Cosmic Jokers
Cosmic Jokers
The Cosmic Jokers were a German krautrock supergroup, and a primary example of space rock.-History:The Cosmic Jokers was never an ensemble, per se; its members did not play together as Cosmic Jokers, and in fact were not even asked to join the group. Their music was created from sessions put...

 project) and Tangerine Dream, soon becoming one of the figureheads of the "Krautrock
Krautrock
Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...

" music genre.

Scorpions

He found his passion for heavy metal, when he and his ex-wife, Corina Fortmann, discovered the then-unknown band Scorpions. In 1975 he produced their third album together called: In Trance
In Trance
-Personnel:* Klaus Meine – lead vocals* Ulrich Roth – lead guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Dark Lady" and "Sun In My Hand"* Rudolf Schenker – rhythm guitar, backing vocals* Francis Buchholz – bass guitar, backing vocals* Rudy Lenners – drums, percussion...

, then Virgin Killer
Virgin Killer
Virgin Killer is the fourth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions. It was released in 1976 and was the first album of the band to attract attention outside Europe. The title is described as being a reference to time as the killer of innocence. The original cover featured a nude...

 (1976), Taken by Force
Taken by Force
Note that most versions of this album feature an edited version of 'The Sails of Charon'. The editing removes a "psychedelic" like sound-effects introduction. The intro doesn't actually contain any music performed by the band...

 (1978), Tokyo Tapes
Tokyo Tapes (album)
Tokyo Tapes is a live album by German heavy metal band Scorpions."Tokyo Tapes" was Scorpions' first live album, recorded at Nakano Sun Plaza on April 24 and 27, during the band's Japanese tour in 1978....

 (1978), Lovedrive
Lovedrive
Lovedrive is the sixth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1979. Lovedrive was a major evolution of the band's sound, which exhibited their "classic style" that would be later developed over their next few albums. Michael Schenker, younger brother of rhythm guitarist...

 (1979), Animal Magnetism (1980), Blackout
Blackout (Scorpions album)
- Personnel :* Klaus Meine – Lead vocals* Matthias Jabs – Lead guitar, Backing vocals* Rudolf Schenker – Rhythm guitar, Backing vocals* Francis Buchholz – Bass, Backing vocals* Herman Rarebell – Drums, Percussion, Backing vocals...

 (1982), Love at First Sting
Love at First Sting
Love at First Sting is the ninth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1984 . Love at First Sting became the most successful album of the band in the USA where it peaked at number 6 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1984 and went triple platinum...

 (1984), World Wide Live
World Wide Live
World Wide Live is a live album by German heavy metal band Scorpions released in 1985, produced by Dieter Dierks.It was originally released as a 2LP vinyl set, in a gatefold-sleeve, and a cassette...

 (1985), and Savage Amusement
Savage Amusement
Savage Amusement is the tenth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1988. It peaked at #5 in the USA where it became platinum on June 20, 1988. It was also the last Scorpions record to be produced by Dieter Dierks....

 (1988). Scorpions became one of Germany's biggest bands of all time, having world wide success and going several times Gold and Platinum.

Other productions

Dierks also produced hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

/glam metal
Glam metal
Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...

 band Black 'n Blue
Black 'N Blue
Black 'n Blue is a Hard rock band from Portland, Oregon. The current members are singer Jaime St. James, guitarist Shawn Sonnenschein, guitarist Jeff Warner, bassist Patrick Young, and drummer Pete Holmes.-History:...

's 1984 self-titled debut album
Black 'N Blue (album)
Black 'n Blue is the self-titled debut album of Black 'n Blue, recorded in 1984.The track "Chains Around Heaven" had previously appeared on the second pressing of the first Metal Massacre compilation, perhaps best known as the compilation to feature the first commercially-released recording by...

, one album by Twisted Sister, and several albums by Accept and Nino de Angelo
Nino de Angelo
Nino de Angelo is a German singer who participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song, "Flieger", written by Dieter Bohlen and Joachim Horn-Bernges....

. In 2005, he returned to music production when former Michael Jackson manager, Dieter Wiesner, approached him to produce singer Nisha Kataria. The production of her first album was completed in November 2005.

Invention of the DVD-plus

In 1990 he split with the Scorpions going on to invent a new technology, called the DVDplus
DVDplus
The DVDplus is a dual-sided disc similar to the DualDisc. It is an optical disc storage technology that combines the technology of DVD and CD in one disc. A DVD and a CD-compatible layer are bonded together to provide a multi-format hybrid disc...

, which faced some controversy due to the development of a similarly functioning format, the DualDisc
DualDisc
DualDisc was a type of double-sided optical disc product developed by a group of record companies including EMI Music, Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and 5.1 Entertainment Group and later under the aegis of the Recording Industry Association of America...

, by the U.S. recording industry.

His private life

He was married twice and has four children. His son Michael Dierks
Michael Dierks
- Biography :His father is the well-known record producer Dieter Dierks, who produced stars such as the Scorpions and Twisted Sister. Michael grew up at the Dierks Studios. There he entertained stars of the music and movie industry already as a child, usually when they were taking breaks from...

 is an actor and his daughter, Dominique Schilling is a filmmaker, living in Los Angeles. His oldest daughter Michaela Dierks is a Music & TV Artist Promoter and his youngest son, Julien Freundt, is a Breakdancer. His former brother in law is Swiss composer Thomas Fortmann.

Producer and sound engineer credits

1969 - Ihre Kinder / Ihre Kinder

1969 - Various Artists / Atlantic Jazz Fusion

1970 - Orange Peel / Orange peel

1970 - Hairy Chapter / Eyes

1971 - Hairy Chapter / Can't get through

1971 - Dull Knife / Electric Indian

1971 - Embryo
Embryo (band)
Embryo is a musical collective from Munich which has been active since 1969, although its story started in the mid-1950s in Hof where Christian Burchard and Dieter Serfas met for the first time at the age of 10...

 / Embryo's Rache

1971 - Epsilon / Move On

1971 - Frame / Frame of Mind

1971 - Gila
Gila (band)
Gila was a German progressive rock band, best known as one of the early and most important contributors to the Krautrock movement in the late-60s and early-70s.- Biography :...

 / Free Electric Sound

1971 - Rufus Zuphall / Phallobst

1971 - Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...

 / Alpha Centauri

1971 - Witthüser & Westrupp
Witthüser & Westrupp
Witthüser & Westrupp was a German singer-songwriter duo consisting of Bernd Witthüser , guitar, mandolin and Walter Westrupp guitar, ukulele, trombone, harmonium, psalter and many other instruments. The band was formed in June 1969 as "W&W's pop cabaret", singing German texts in a special way. In...

 / Trips und Traeume

1971 - Wallenstein
Wallenstein (band)
The band Wallenstein, founded in Viersen in Lower Rhineland, later based in Mönchengladbach, was a German rock band from 1971 to 1982, which was later ascribed to the so-called Krautrock of the 70s.-History:...

 / Blitzkrieg

1972 - Message / The Dawn anew is coming

1972 - Emtidi / Saat

1972 - Ash Ra Tempel
Ash Ra Tempel
Ash Ra Tempel are a German krautrock group of the 1970s, and are an example of cosmic or space rock.-History:The group was originally founded by guitarist Manuel Göttsching, keyboardist/drummer Klaus Schulze, and bassist Hartmut Enke in 1971. All three founding members had previously played...

 / Schwingungen

1972 - Ash Ra Tempel / Seven Up

1972 - Wallenstein / Mother Universe

1972 - Demon Thor / Anno 1972

1972 - Hoelderlin
Hoelderlin
Hoelderlin is a German progressive rock band that was formed in 1970 as Hölderlin by Joachim and Christian von Grumbkow with Nanny de Ruig. They are influenced by rock, jazz, and folk music...

 / Hoelderlins Traum

1972 - Jeronimo / Time Ride

1972 - Jerry Berkers / Unterwegs

1972 - Nektar
Nektar
Nektar is a 1970s English progressive rock band originally based in Germany.- History :The band formed in Hamburg, Germany in 1969, members included Englishmen Roye Albrighton on guitars and vocals, Allan "Taff" Freeman on keyboards, Derek "Mo" Moore on bass, Ron Howden on drums, and Mick Brockett...

 / A Tab in the Ocean

1972 - Nektar / Journey to the Centre of the Eye

1972 - Midnight Circus / Midnight Circus

1972 - Pell Mell / Marburg

1972 - Tangerine Dream / Zeit

1972 - Twenty Sixty Six & Then / Reflections of the Future

1972 - Walpurgis / Queen of Saba

1972 - Wind / Morning

1972 - Witthueser und Westrupp / Bauer Plath

1972 - Electric Sandwich / Electric Sandwich

1973 - Tangerine Dream / Atem

1973 - Wallenstein / Stories, Songs & Symphonies

1973 - Ash Ra Tempel / Join Inn

1973 - Ash Ra Tempel / Starring Rosi

1973 - Embryo / Rocksession

1973 - Floh de Cologne
Floh de Cologne
Floh de Cologne is a German band, active from 1966 to 1983, regarded as a pioneer of Krautrock. Despite of an importing success at the beginning of the 70's, the band separated in 1983.-History:...

 / Geier Symphonie

1973 - Jane / Here we are

1973 - Lily / V.C.U.

1973 - Message / From Books and Dreams

1973 - Nektar / Sounds like this

1973 - Passport
Passport (band)
Passport is a German jazz ensemble led by saxophonist Klaus Doldinger.Passport was initiated in 1971 as a jazz fusion experimental group, similar to American groups such as Weather Report. The ensemble's first recording was issued in 1971, and through the 1970s had a constantly revolving...

 / Handmade

1973 - Walter Wegmüller
Walter Wegmüller
Walter Wegmüller is a Swiss painter and musician. He is probably best known for the Krautrock album Tarot, which was released on the Cosmic Couriers label in 1973.-References:...

 / Tarot

1974 - Birth Control
Birth Control (band)
Birth Control is a German rock band known for their progressive hard rock sound and provocative album covers.Birth Control formed in the middle of 1968 in Berlin from two other bands, the Earls and the Gents...

 / Live

1974 - Cosmic Jokers
Cosmic Jokers
The Cosmic Jokers were a German krautrock supergroup, and a primary example of space rock.-History:The Cosmic Jokers was never an ensemble, per se; its members did not play together as Cosmic Jokers, and in fact were not even asked to join the group. Their music was created from sessions put...

 / Cosmic Jokers

1974 - Cosmic Jokers / Planeten Sit-In

1974 - Galactic Supermarket / Galactic Supermarket

1974 - Cosmic Jokers / Sci-Fi Party

1974 - Demon Thor / Written in the Sky

1974 - The Eric Burdon
Eric Burdon
Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...

 Band / Sun Secrets

1974 - Sergius Golowin
Sergius Golowin
Sergius Golowin was a Bern writer, myths researcher, librarian, and publicist.- Life :Sergius Golowin was born in 1930 in Prague, Czechoslovakia...

 / Lord Krishna von Goloka

1974 - Grobschnitt
Grobschnitt
Grobschnitt was a West German rock band which existed between 1970 and 1989. Their style evolved as time passed, beginning with psychedelic rock in the early 1970s before transitioning into symphonic progressive rock, NDW and finally pop rock in the mid-1980s...

 / Ballermann

1974 - Passport
Passport (band)
Passport is a German jazz ensemble led by saxophonist Klaus Doldinger.Passport was initiated in 1971 as a jazz fusion experimental group, similar to American groups such as Weather Report. The ensemble's first recording was issued in 1971, and through the 1970s had a constantly revolving...

 / Looking Thru

1974 - Passport / Cross-Collateral

1974 - Popol Vuh
Popol Vuh (German band)
Popol Vuh was a German electronic avantgarde band, in the mainstream-media so called Krautrock, founded by pianist and keyboardist Florian Fricke in 1969 together with Holger Trülzsch and Frank Fiedler...

 / Seligpreisung
Seligpreisung
Seligpreisung is the fourth album by Popol Vuh. It was originally released in 1973 on Kosmische Musik. In 2004 SPV re-released the album with one bonus track .- Track listing :...



1974 - Santiago
Santiago (band)
Santiago is an indie/punk band from Santa Rosa, California that formed in 2002 and has released three full-length albums. Though generally more sophisticated musically, the band claims a staunch punk rock aesthetic to their approach.- Biography :...

 / New Guitar

1975 - Omega
Omega (band)
Omega is one of the most successful Hungarian rock bands.-Biography:Formed in Budapest in September, 1962 by the winds player László Benkő on organ and János Kóbor as a singer and rhythm guitarist, they initially performed covers of British and American rock songs, frequently changing the lineup of...

 / Omega

1975 - Tea
TEA (band)
-History:Out of a jam session in 1971 this Swiss supergroup was born. The three founders were Turo Pashayan on bass and vocals, Roli Eggli on drums and Armand Volker on guitar. Taking the first initial of each of the founders' names, they named their band TEA...

 / The Ship

1975 - The Eric Burdon
Eric Burdon
Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...

 Band / Stop
Sun Secrets/Stop
Sun Secrets is an album by The Eric Burdon Band recorded in 1973 and released in December 1974.It includes some re-recording of songs, with which lead singer Eric Burdon topped the charts a few years before. The band included also Aalon Butler on guitar....



1975 - Scorpions
Scorpions (band)
Scorpions are a heavy metal/hard rock band from Hannover, Germany, formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker, who is the band's only constant member. They are known for their 1980s rock anthem "Rock You Like a Hurricane" and many singles, such as "No One Like You", "Send Me an Angel", "Still...

 / In Trance

1976 - Scorpions / Virgin Killer

1976 - Schicke Führs Fröhling / Symphonic Pictures

1976 - Jackie Carter / Treat me like a Woman

1976 - Lady / Lady

1976 - Passport / Infinity Machine

1976 - Tea
TEA (band)
-History:Out of a jam session in 1971 this Swiss supergroup was born. The three founders were Turo Pashayan on bass and vocals, Roli Eggli on drums and Armand Volker on guitar. Taking the first initial of each of the founders' names, they named their band TEA...

 / Tax Exile

1977 - Schicke Fuehrs Froehling / Sunburst

1978 - Nektar / Down the Ears

1978 - Galaxy / Nature's Clear Well

1978 - Schicke Fuehrs Froehling / Ticket to Everywhere

1978 - Scorpions / Taken by Force

1978 - Scorpions / Tokyo Tapes

1979 - Scorpions / Lovedrive

1979 - Scorpions / The Best of the Scorpions

1980 - Scorpions / Animal Magnetism

1981 - Rory Gallagher
Rory Gallagher
William Rory Gallagher, ; 2 March 1948  – 14 June 1995, was an Irish blues-rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and bandleader. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland, and raised in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste...

 / Jinx

1981 - Bullet / Execution

1982 - Plasmatics
Plasmatics
The Plasmatics were an American heavy metal and punk band formed by Yale University art school graduate Rod Swenson with Wendy O. Williams. The band was a controversial group known for wild live shows that broke countless taboos...

 / Coup d'État

1982 - Revolver (rock band) / First Shot

1982 - Scorpions / Black Out

1982 - Warning
Warning (French band)
Warning was a French hard-rock band active from 1980 until 1985. They released three albums sung in french language, their second being produced by Dieter Dierks.-Discography:* Warning I, Polydor 1981, CD re-issue by Axe Killer, gold certification in France...

/ Warning II (French Metal Band)

1983 - Accept
Accept
Accept is a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled by former vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and bassist Peter Baltes. Their beginnings can be traced back to the late 1960s...

 / Balls to the Wall

1984 - Scorpions / Love at First Sting

1984 - Scorpions / Love at First Sting (Clean Version)

1984 - Bullet / No Mercy

1984 - Black 'n Blue
Black 'N Blue
Black 'n Blue is a Hard rock band from Portland, Oregon. The current members are singer Jaime St. James, guitarist Shawn Sonnenschein, guitarist Jeff Warner, bassist Patrick Young, and drummer Pete Holmes.-History:...

 / Black N'Blue

1984 - Scorpions / Living for Tomorrow/Bad Boys Running Wild

1985 - Accept / Metal Heart

1985 - Scorpions / World Wide Live

1985 - Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from Long Island. Musically, the band implements elements of traditional heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, along with a style that is similar to early glam metal bands...

 / Come Out and Play

1988 - Scorpions / Savage Amusement

1989 - Accept / Eat the Heat

1990 - New Legend / New Legend

1996 - Various Artists / Bordello of Blood (Soundtrack)

1997 - Scorpions / Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years

1997 - Scorpions / Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years (Clean Version)

1998 - Various Artists / Geffen Vintage 80's Presents: It Rocks

1998 - Klaus Doldinger
Klaus Doldinger
Klaus Doldinger is a German saxophonist, especially well-known for jazz and as a composer of film music. He was the recipient of 1997's Bavarian Film Awards .-Life and work:...

 / Cross Collateral

1998 - Various Artists / Heard it on the Radio: FM Hits, Vol.1

1999 - Elisabeth White
Elisabeth White
Elisabeth White is an Australian singer/songwriter, abstract painter and record producer, who has gained a large international following.-Musical career:Elisabeth White was born in Sydney to an American father and an Australian mother...

 - Maybe God's A Woman Too

1999 - Various Artists / Jawbreaker (Soundtrack)

2000 - Scorpions / In Trance / Virgin Killer (re-release)

2000 - Michael Schenker
Michael Schenker
Michael Schenker is a German rock guitarist, best known for his tenure in UFO, in addition to his solo band. He first rose to fame as a founding member of the Scorpions, then achieved fame in the mid 1970s as the lead guitar player for UFO. Since leaving UFO in 1978, he has been leading the...

 / Into the Arena 1972-1995 (Highlights & Overtures)

2001 - Various Artists / Heart of Metal, Vol.2

2001 - Scorpions / 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection

2001 - Black N'Blue / Ultimate Collection

2002 - Scorpions / Bad for Good: The Very Best of Scorpions

2002 - Tangerine Dream / Alpha Centaury (Bonus Track)

2002 - Various Artist / Like, Omigod! The 80's Pop Culture Box (Totally)

2003 - Tangerine Dream / Atem (remastered)

2003 - Scorpions / Ballads (Bonus DVD)

2004 - Scorpions / Box of Scorpions

2004 - Accept / Metal Hearts (France Bonus Track)

2004 - Nektar / Journey to the Centre (Bonus Track)

2004 - Nektar / Tab in the Ocean (Bonus Track)

2004 - Accept / Eat the Heat (Bonus Track)

2005 - Nisha Kataria / If You Want to Be Mine

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