Dieter Dierks

German producer Dieter Dierks is best-known for his work with his native country's top heavy metal exports, The Scorpions -- helping guide the group to worldwide commercial success by the mid-'80s. As with most producers, Dierks got his start as a studio engineer. Back in the early '70s, Dierks' name was linked to albums by a variety of German prog rock outfits, including such oddly named groups as Ash Ra Tempel, Nektar, and Tangerine Dream. In addition to engineering and producing albums, Dierks was known to even pick up an instrument from time to time, especially as part of The Cosmic Jokers, supplying bass for several releases by this side project of Ash Ra Tempel guitarist Manuel Göttsching.



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