The track pays homage to the iconic venue located in the West London district of the same name.
“The song,” says Klaus Meine, “takes us back to a time when we played in the smallest clubs, just dreaming about being able to perform in the Temple of Rock, the Hammersmith Odeon.”
The venue – which has seen performances from music royalty throughout the decades – has changed names several times since it opened in 1932, with its longest tenure under the Hammersmith Odeon banner (1962-1992); it is currently known as the Eventim Apollo.
The Scorpions scored a US Top 5 debut with “Rock Believer” to deliver the group their highest-charting effort ever on the 30-year-old Billboard Top Albums chart.
The band is gearing up to launch a North American tour August 21 in Toronto, ON; the series recently made headlines when Whitesnake announced that they had to pull out of the trek while singer David Coverdale continues to deal with an upper respiratory infection.
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