Mention the Scorpions to casual music fans, and their mental inventory likely will have the German hard-rockers filed away as just another ’80s band.
The thing is, the Scorpions were churning out anthemic riffs before that decade, and — as their headlining appearance at Usana Amphitheatre in West Valley City this coming Tuesday illustrates — they have remained a popular force in the rock world longer after it.
“I mean, to put a five-zero on your poster for a tour, it’s kind of a scary thing to do. You go, ‘What?!’ ” singer Klaus Meine said in a phone interview with The Salt Lake Tribune.