Accept

On Tour
Play Radio
Listen to Accept Radio, featuring artists like U.D.O., Saxon, Running Wild, Judas Priest and more…

7,146,377 plays (352,074 listeners)

Shop now at Amazon | Send Accept Ringtones to Cell
More options
Add to my Library

Solingen, Germany

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 of 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.
Read more… Edit

Popular tags: heavy metal, hard rock, metal, german, power metal  See more

Shouts: 976 shouts

Share this artist:

Top Albums

See more

Top Tracks

1
1,236
2
824
3
731
4
596
5
542
6
496
7
480
8
464
9
456
10
454
11
377
12
368
13
359
14
334
15
319
Buy all tracks at Amazon MP3
See more

Shoutbox

Leave a comment. Log in to Last.fm or sign up (it’s free).

  • octopuss22

    We are waiting Stalingrad. Blood of The Nations is awesome, and i expect if not better, than the same good stuff for the new album. Tornillo proved himself and i think that most of Accept fans accepted him because he is really great singer.

    yesterday afternoon

  • xuemeihengxing

    TRUE METAL GODS

    yesterday afternoon

  • ander-tv

    I'm from Volgograd - formerly Stalingrad ... I hope for good texts of the new album ...

    Monday afternoon

  • BakariKone

    I can't wait for Stalingrad!!! my god.. i can't wait...:(

    Monday afternoon

  • sebastianfan

    Balls To The Wall

    Saturday evening

  • CommanderGrief

    Haven't really heard a heavy metal/hard rock album as good as Blood Of The Nations, since it came out.

    last week

  • achujwie

    @Maelstroem - lol

    last week

  • Ritual_Suicide

    v People who post stupid shit like this prove that they have never listened to either band.

    last week

  • Maelstroem

    AC/DC on steroids /,,/

    12 days ago

  • Drow_Elf666

    I ACCEPT this line up >:)

    14 days ago

  • Metal_Queen666

    I wasn't sure if I would like the new vocalist. After watching their live stream show at the Keyclub..I came to realize that..hey..I like him! Sure he isn't U.D.O. But he brings a totally new feel to Accept. I love Teutonic Terror =). As well as other classic tracks such as Metal Heart ! I ACCEPT NEW ACCEPT!!

    18 days ago

  • cabeludoinferno

    accept will be accept forever..

    21 days ago

  • TheJudasMaster

    Udo sucks now.

    last month

  • hovado666

    Tornillo sucks, I want Udo back !!!

    last month

  • EvilDev

    Mark Tornillo substituted Udo in a higher level! That's my opinion! :-)

    last month

  • rafael_freitas

    There is no Accept without Wolf Hoffmann! [2] Mark Tornillo substituted Udo in the same level, in my opinion

    last month

  • Suhl

    Metalheads, join the group if you're KNARCK!!! http://www.lastfm.de/group/KNARCK%21%21%21

    last month

  • CrionicImpaler

    There is no Accept without Wolf Hoffmann!

    last month

  • hovado666

    There is no Accept without Udo !!!

    last month

  • B-eatchSkin

    Someone that wanna help change the awful chards in this group? http://www.lastfm.se/group/Holli+Would

    last month
See all 976 shouts

Videos

See more

Events

See more Add event

Listening Now

Top Listeners

See more

Recent Activity

Related Journals

See more

Groups (247)

See more

More Information

Links
Band Members
Labels

Email Newsletter

Universal Music Group Get exclusive tour, release & promotion updates on Accept from Universal Music.

“Things Happen After a Last.fm.”

More Last.fm Sites: Blog | Music Manager | Build | Playground (Subscriber VIP zone) | Best of 2011

© 2012 Last.fm Ltd. All rights reserved. | Terms of Use and Privacy Policy | Updated Feb 11, 2009
Some user-contributed text on this page is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Text may also be available under the GNU Free Documentation License.