Francis Buchholz

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Francis Buchholz

b, eb, *1954 DE, Hanover
Musician of Rock

Francis Buchholz (born 19 February 1954 in Hannover, Germany) is a German bassist best known as a former member of the rock/hard rock band Scorpions.Buchholz discovered rock music at the age of 11. His first public appearance as a bass player was at age 15 while in a high school. From then on he played in different rock, blues and jazz bands in his hometown of Hannover. While a mechanical engineering student at the University of Hannover and taking classes at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, Buchholz joined Dawn Road, whose lineup included guitarist Uli Roth. Eventually the musicians from Dawn Road and the Scorpions merged into a new incarnation of the Scorpions in 1973, with Buchholz on bass. Buchholz' first recording with the Scorpions was 1974's Fly to the Rainbow,

Instruments

Bass
Bass guitar
Backing Vocals
Synthesizer

Genres

Rock
Pop
Spoken Word

Plays With

Michael Schenker's Temple Of Rock

Phantom 5

Scorpions

The Rasselbande

Band Members

External Links

Home Page

Wikipedia

MusicBrainz

Discogs

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Acknowledgements

To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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