Herman Rarebell

German drummer

Person human Q57923

Facts

19 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[11]
Date of birth: November 18, 1948
Place of birth: Saarbrücken
Country of citizenship: Germany^[7]
Occupation: drummer, composer, musician, bandleader
Genre: hard rock^[12]
Official website: www.hermanrarebell.com^[17]
Work location: Brighton^[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed: German, English^[20]^[21]
Birth name: Hermann Josef Erbel^[22]
Family name: Erbel^[13]
Given name: Hermann, Josef^[14]^[15]
Instrument: drum kit^[19]
Member of: Scorpions, Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock^[9]^[10]
Native language: German^[8]
P14750: 8454-2B30-01AB-AC1B-7434^[24]
Pseudonym: Herman Rarebell^[16]
Start of work period: 1977^[23]

🏷️ Also known as

en Herman Rarebell en Herman ze German en Hermann Erbel en Hermann Josef Erbel cs Hermann Erbel de Rarebell es Hermann Erbel fa هرمان راربل fr Hermann Erbel it Hermann Erbel ja ハーマン・ラレベル ru Герман Раребелл ru Раребелл, Герман ru Раребелл, Херман sv Rarebell uk Герман Ребелл uk Ребелл uk Ребелл Герман

🔖 Identifiers · 32

ISNI: 0000000108994044
VIAF cluster ID: 49425695, 290020252
Library of Congress authority ID: no2006087398
GND ID: 135181046
Image (Wikimedia Commons): HermanRarebell.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000676269
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 140515998
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 135181046
Discogs artist ID: 454220
Encyclopaedia Metallum artist ID: 32624
Europeana entity: agent/base/77513
Facebook username: herman.rarebell.1

Show all 32 identifiers +20

Freebase ID: /m/082ks4
IMDb ID: nm0710983
IPI name number: 00046475761, 00046475663
Last.fm ID: Herman+Rarebell
Museum-digital ID: 149486
MusicBrainz artist ID: f8c5d264-c107-4fa6-806c-d7951624a477
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 276582
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000073973
Myspace ID: hermanrarebell
NL CR AUT ID: xx0131353
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0): XX1083014
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 073540463
Obálky knih ID: xx0131353
Open Library ID: OL11167327A
Prabook ID: 2348077
Rate Your Music artist ID: herman_rarebell
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 3196
Songkick artist ID: 996194
TMDB person ID: 213461
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PCjJY3KjkPGQXq94jCw6HqP, E39PBJfxdJTt7qJrkb7Grch4MP

🔗 Connections

Mb:lyricist 16

Rock You Like a Hurricane, Rock You Like a Hurricane, Another Piece of Meat, Another Piece of Meat, Blackout, Blackout, Hey You, Hey You +8 more

Given name 2

Josef, Hermann

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

English, German

Mb:composer 2

Another Piece of Meat, Another Piece of Meat

Mb:member of band 2

Scorpions, Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock

Belongs to 1

Scorpions

Country of citizenship 1

Germany

Genre 1

hard rock

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

drum kit

Member of 1

Scorpions

Native language 1

German

Occupation 1

drummer

Place of birth 1

Saarbrücken

Sex or gender 1

male

Work location 1

Brighton

← Lyricist 1

Rock You Like a Hurricane

← SNARC ID 1

David Lloyd George

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Summary

Herman Rarebell was born on November 18, 1948^[1], in Saarbrücken^[2]. He has worked as a drummer^[3], composer^[4], musician^[5], and bandleader^[6].

FAQs

Where was Herman Rarebell born?

Herman Rarebell was born in Saarbrücken^[2].

What did Herman Rarebell do for work?

Herman Rarebell worked as a drummer^[3], composer^[4], musician^[5], and bandleader^[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Herman Rarebell — place of birth (P19): Saarbrücken. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-10. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Herman Rarebell — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Herman Rarebell — country of citizenship (P27): Germany. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Herman Rarebell — native language (P103): German. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Herman Rarebell — occupation (P106): drummer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Herman Rarebell — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Herman Rarebell — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Herman Rarebell — occupation (P106): bandleader. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Herman Rarebell — genre (P136): hard rock. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Herman Rarebell — member of (P463): Scorpions. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Herman Rarebell — member of (P463): Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Herman Rarebell — date of birth (P569): November 18, 1948. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Herman Rarebell — family name (P734): Erbel. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Herman Rarebell — given name (P735): Hermann. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Herman Rarebell — given name (P735): Josef. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Herman Rarebell — pseudonym (P742): Herman Rarebell. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Herman Rarebell — official website (P856): http://www.hermanrarebell.com/. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Herman Rarebell — work location (P937): Brighton. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-04-02. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Herman Rarebell — instrument (P1303): drum kit. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Herman Rarebell — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Herman Rarebell — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Herman Rarebell — birth name (P1477): Hermann Josef Erbel. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Herman Rarebell — start of work period (P2031): 1977. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Herman Rarebell — P14750 (P14750): 8454-2B30-01AB-AC1B-7434. wikidata.org.

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23w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Official website → http://www.hermanrarebell.com/

Instance of → human

Languages spoken, written or signed → German, English

Given name → Hermann, Josef

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