Career
Rarebell was an important composer in the history of the group, writing classic songs like "Another Piece of Meat", "Falling in Love" and the second single from Savage Amusement "Passion Rules the Game". He wrote the lyrics for some of the most classic songs of the band like "Rock You Like a Hurricane", "Make lieutenant Real", "Dynamite", "Blackout", "Arizona", "Bad Boys Running Wild", "Don"t Stop at the Top", and "Tease Maine Please Maine". Later on, he co-created Monaco Records with Prince Albert of Monaco.
On August 3, 2006 he joined Scorpions onstage at the Wacken Open Air Festival, as a special guest along with Ulrich Roth and Michael Schenker.
Rarebell released I"m Back in June 2007 on Mausoleum Records, with touring in the United States, Europe and Japan. In 2009 Herman returned with his new band Herman Ze German to perform at Rocklahoma.
HZG featured Herman with guitarist Duke Jackson of Strikforce, bassist Joe Council of People United to Save Humanity, and singer Timexx nasty of Drivin Rain and Beggars Jury. Herman Rarebell signed with Dark Star Records in 2010.
To preserve his legacy within Scorpions, Rarebell released his autobiography in late 2011, "And Speaking of Scorpions.." Written with the aid of an American writer, Michael Robert Krikorian of Pleasanton, California, the frank and extremely humorous book chronicles not only his vast contributions to Scorpions but his philosophies on life and music
Rarebell has been a long time user of Ludwig drums and Paiste cymbals, which he used for his entire duration with Scorpions, though he would occasionally alter the amount of drums and cymbals he would have on his setup. Paiste cymbals:
15" 2002 sound edge hi-hats
10" 2002 splash
18" 2002 crash
20" 2002 crash
22" 2002 heavy ride
18" 2002 china
Original 1981 setup:
15" 2002 sound edge hi-hats or 15" RUDE sound edge hi-hats
18" 2002 crash
18" 2002 medium
18" 2002 ride or 18" RUDE crash/ride
19" 2002 medium
20" 2002 medium or 20" RUDE ride/crash
20" 2002 ride
20" 2002 heavy ride
18" 2002 china type
38" Symphonic gong
Rarebell also occasionally used cymbals from Paiste"s 3000 series as well upon their release in 1986, but would still usually stick to a mostly 2002 series setup.