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Solingen, Germany (1971 – 1996, 2005 – 2005, 2009 – present)

Accept is a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled in the early 1970s by Udo Dirkschneider. They played an important role in the development of speed metal and Teutonic thrash metal, being part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s along with bands such as Helloween, Running Wild, Grave Digger, Sinner, and Rage. The band’s 1983 album, Balls to the Wall, subsequently became their most successful release, featuring its well-known hit with the same title.

Early years (1976-1982)

Accept was originally founded in 1968 by Udo Dirkschneider and Michael Wagener under the name Band X. For many years after its founding, Accept went through constant changes to its line-up and was essentially kept on an amateur level, making sporadic appearances in festival concerts. Their professional career began in 1976, when they were invited to play at one of the first rock and roll festivals from Germany — Rock am Rhein. Following the festival, the band received a recording deal. Their first recording was the self-titled Accept album which did not achieve much commercial success.

The first stable line-up of Accept was composed of vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, guitarists Wolf Hoffmann and Gerhard Wahl, bassist Peter Baltes and drummer Frank Friedrich. Friedrich and Wahl quit the band after the release of Accept, since they did not intend to pursue a professional career in music.

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Raku92 wrote:
Thursday afternoon

BALLS TO THE FUCKING WALL

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lisazoom88 wrote:
14 days ago

eine legende

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NitrousBlond wrote:
14 days ago

Teutonic heavy metal for the win!

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Haz567 wrote:
16 days ago

son of a bitch kiss my ass

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Pentfixion wrote:
17 days ago

Udo doesn't HAVE to sing. Though even when he does it's still entertaining. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejr95tgecoo

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Sewer007 wrote:
19 days ago

Restless and Wild!

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PrinceAmled wrote:
20 days ago

Udo can't sing, which actually makes this band cool on some points.

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MIKOLCA wrote:
21 days ago

гениальная группа!!!

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fry1077 wrote:
27 days ago

http://www.last.fm/group/Black+Iron+Priest

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lastfmgs wrote:
28 days ago

Balls to the Wall is overrated, Restless and Wild is their best imo. I love that album.

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lordpkp wrote:
last month

accept porque Rock não é pra quem quer é pra quem merece.

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TheAssassinX wrote:
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@RioGrandeFuck: Yeah we all got problems. You're everyone's problem. Kill yourself. 'tard.*click*

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eugene_ripper wrote:
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SCREAMIN FUCKIN METAL!!

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nakata362 wrote:
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BEST HEAVY (2)

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Minisai wrote:
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awesome band

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TuomariNurmio wrote:
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this is metal

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xlachtanx wrote:
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Holy shit, this is real metal haha

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Qbiak00 wrote:
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Vote: http://www.last.fm/music/Accept/+images/36429027

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x_therion_x wrote:
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Accept fucking rules, one of my favs bands ever :D

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HEHY wrote:
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BEST HEAVY

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