Accept

This article is about the band Accept. For their debut album, see Accept (album) .

Accept
Accept live 2013, v. l. To the right: Peter Baltes, Herman Frank, Wolf Hoffmann, Stefan Schwarzmann, Mark Tornillo
General information
Genre (s)	Heavy metal , speed metal , power metal
founding	1971, 1992, 2004, 2009
resolution	1989, 1997, 2005
Website	www.acceptworldwide.com
Current occupation
singing	Mark Tornillo (since 2009)
guitar	Wolf Hoffmann (since 1976)
bass	Martin Motnik (since 2019)
guitar	Uwe Lulis (since 2015)
Drums	Christopher Williams (since 2015)
former members
singing	Udo Dirkschneider (1971–1986, 1992–2005)
singing	Rob Armitage (1987)
guitar	Stergios Katsiprounas (1988–1992)
singing	David Reece (1988-1989)
guitar	Michael Wagener (1971–?)
guitar	Jan Koemmet (1981-1982)
guitar	Gerhard Wahl (1976–1978)
guitar	Jörg Fischer (1978–1981, 1984–1989)
bass	Dieter Rubach (? –1976)
bass	Peter Baltes (1976-2018)
Drums	Birch Hoe (1971–1972)
Drums	Frank Friedrich (1972–1978)
Drums	Stefan Kaufmann (1978–1994)
Drums	Ken Mary (1989)
Drums	Michael Cartellone (1996)
guitar	Herman Frank (1982-1984, 2004-2014)
Drums	Stefan Schwarzmann (1994–1995, 2004–2014)

Accept is a German heavy metal - tape , in Solingen was founded in the 1980s alongside the Scorpions of the world's most famous groups of German rock scene counted. Accept is one of the pioneers of the German heavy metal scene and shaped the international style of various orientations of metal , especially speed metal and true metal . This status is underlined by several tribute albums and cover versions by established bands such as Amon Amarth , Dimmu Borgir , Hammerfall , Darkane , Rage and Grave Digger . Accept also had a significant influence on even more successful bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden in their early stages.

history

1971–1980: The early years

Accept emerged from the band X , founded in 1968 by Udo Dirkschneider and renamed Accept in 1971 , an album title of the Chicken Shack . In addition to singer Dirkschneider, this included guitarists Michael Wagener and Gerhard Wahl , drummer Stefan Thimm and bassist Rainer Bickehoer . After Stefan Thimm left the band a short time later, Frank Friedrich became his successor. With the replacement of bassist Rainer Bickehoer for Dieter Rubach and the addition of the second guitarist Hansi Heitzer , the first formation existed that soon made a name for itself regionally. From 1976, with the entry of guitarist Wolf Hoffmann and bassist Peter Baltes, a permanent line-up was established. Michael Wagener trained as a sound engineer, moved to the United States and took up the profession of music producer . In this role he later worked again with Accept. Peter Baltes took over from Dieter Rubach in 1977. He left the band to play in a Frankfurt band. Before that, Baltes played in the band Pythagoras .

With this line-up they gave their first concerts in the Haus der Jugend in Solingen. From the beginning the band played their own songs. She also covered songs by Queen and the Rolling Stones. At the band competition Pop-Rhein - Festival on September 5, 1977 in Düsseldorf , Accept took third place. Udo Dirkschneider, Wolf Hoffmann, Gerhard Wahl, Frank Friedrich and Peter Baltes were there. There a production team became aware of the band, in whose studio a first demo was recorded, which was presented to various record companies. Ultimately, they agreed with Metronome to record an album. After the recordings for the debut, the drummer Friedrich was replaced; he didn't want to devote himself to music professionally. Friedrich left the band to study, and Stefan Kaufmann came over for him. At that time, Kaufmann was already a roadie for the band and drove the band's truck. Stefan and Jörg Fischer applied together as guitarists before recording their debut. They played together in the school band Frenzy . Jörg Fischer replaced Gerhard Wahl. On the debut LP Same , also called Lady Lou among the fans , Stefan Kaufmann was mentioned on drums, but had not worked on the record. Frank Friedrich was not available for the photo session for the record, so Stefan stepped in. Frank Friedrich later became a manager at Lufthansa .

1979 released the debut Accept and the single Lady Lou . The album is characterized by catchy hard rock numbers. The focus is on Dirkschneider's voice and Hoffmann's guitar work. The production of the rhythm guitars leaves them a bit in the background and so the album doesn't seem very riff oriented.

His scalpel-like singing earned Udo the reputation of a screamer among the critics. In Germany the LP received only mediocre reactions. The British magazine Sounds rated the LP as "beautifully produced, beautifully cleanly arranged, beautifully boring". After the release, the band had sold 3000 records, which was a failure.

This was followed by a tour through southern Germany. They played in small clubs and played a lot for American soldiers. The tour also went through Holland and Belgium. In Holland the band was already popular, in contrast to Germany. They played another tour with Extrabreit, but it turned into a debacle.

On September 24 and 25, 1979, the Brain record company hosted a rock festival. Bands were featured that were signed by the company, including Accept.

The follow-up album I'm a Rebel (1980) was in the same vein as the debut and contains the band's first small hit with the title track. The single of the same name reached number 6 in the English heavy metal charts and was able to place itself well in various radio playlists.

In Germany, the album, like its predecessor, met with disinterest. The record company tried to push Accept into a completely different image. With the advent of the Neue Deutsche Welle, they should sing in German. Although Accept were on their way up, the record company barely supported the band. She did not do a promotion and there were hardly any live performances. Accept played I'm a Rebel at Manfred Sexauer's music store on German television .

At that time the band had a lot of debts and conflicts with their management. In order to become professional musicians, they had to be on sound business ground. The band spent 1980 getting rid of many disruptive factors.

1981–1986: The successes

With their album Breaker , released in March 1981, the band showed themselves clearly influenced by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and reached an international audience for the first time. The band produced the LP itself. Dirk Steffens was mentioned as a producer, but did not contribute much to the record. The production is much more mature and the guitar riffing harder than its predecessor. Accept are even more aggressive. After the recordings of Breaker , they met Gaby Hauke ​​at a festival in Remscheid. She became a manager and became an integral part of the band. Under the pseudonym "Deaffy" she also became a songwriter and lyricist for the group in 1983.

The lyrics of Son of a Bitch were not allowed to be published on the inside of the LP by the record company. In the song, the band targets the dubious practices of agents and the bad salaries of record companies.

Through Gaby Hauke, Accept switched to the professional camp. Together with Def Leppard they played in the opening act for Judas Priest on their European tour. The tour also went through England and Germany. Although they lost a lot of money through the tour, they established themselves across Europe and their popularity increased. Breaker sales picked up and they became popular in Germany.

Dirkschneider used his idiosyncratic, siren-like voice even more consistently on the album. The two-pole guitar playing by Wolf Hoffmann and Jörg Fischer became the band's trademark. Breaker received good reviews at home and abroad.

After the tour, Jörg Fischer left the band for private reasons. Jan Koemmet , who was only 18 years old, joined him for the first time , but he left the band shortly before the recording of the next album, so that Wolf Hoffmann had to play the guitar parts on his own. The second guitar was later taken over by Herman Frank .

The band's self-produced Restless and Wild (September 1982) moves in the field of hard rock and heavy metal and includes Fast As A Shark , one of the first speed metal pieces. It increased the band's success, reached the English charts and made it to number 27 in Sweden. Wolf Hoffmann recorded all guitar parts in the Dierks Studios Pulheim alone. Accept didn't play much for the record as the end of their collaboration with the record company Metronome was in sight. She made a big step forward in terms of sales. The record received very good reviews. In England, Sounds Accept was celebrated as a German heavy metal sensation. In Germany, the reactions were not always overwhelming.

In May 1983 Accept gave two test concerts in Sweden. The fans and the press were thrilled. Many fans stayed in sleeping bags in front of the ticket offices. Then the band played in Germany with Samson in the opening act. The tour of Germany was a triumphal procession. In June they performed with Trance, Raven and Mercyful Fate at Aardschokdag in the Netherlands.

Michael Wagener and Udo produced the band Raven together. Udo sang the single Born to be Wild with Raven . According to rumors, Udo would then join Raven as the lead singer. He had never thought of leaving Accept then.

In 1983 they signed a long-term contract with Dieter Dierks' production company Breeze Musik . After a short time, Breeze succeeded in realizing international releases of the album Restless and Wild , including in America. A long-term contract with CBS America was signed for Balls to the Wall , which also included a tour and promotional activities. RCA is responsible for Germany.

In autumn 1983 the band played sold-out concerts in Scandinavia. On October 28, 1983 the band made a guest appearance in Stockholm and played in front of 6,000 fans. Appearances in Holland and France followed, including with Whitesnake .

During the studio recordings for Balls to the Wall in 1983 it became clear that the hoped-for symbiosis with Hermann Frank did not materialize. Hoffmann had to play all the guitar tracks on his own one more time. Hermann is mentioned on the plate and is shown on the enclosed poster, but had no part in the plate. He left the band in December 1983 for personal reasons. They met Jörg Fischer again at a Christmas concert on December 26, 1983 in the Wuppertal town hall. They found that their arguments had been quite adolescent. Then he got back to work with Accept.

The album Balls to the Wall followed . The producer was Stefan Kaufmann. The proportion of hard rock versus heavy metal pieces is higher than its predecessor. Fans of the harder pace turned their backs on the band, but at the same time they were able to gain new fans, among other things with Winterdreams , a pop-heavy ballad on the record. Lyrically the Americans could not do much with the pieces, songs like Balls to the Wall , London Leather Boys and Love Child were misunderstood. The album was still more successful than its predecessor. Accept toured again with Jörg Fischer as the second guitarist.

At the end of January they played five concerts in England. The last two concerts were well attended, the others only moderately. On January 29, 1984, the band performed in front of 2000 fans at the legendary Hammersmith Odeon . A tour of Germany was scheduled for February, but it did not take place. On February 25, 1984 Accept toured America for the first time for more than 100 concerts for five months, as a special guest of Kiss , then with Saxon , in between with Blue Oyster Cult , Aldo Nova and Ozzy Osbourne . In addition, they organized their own headlining appearances in clubs with 350 to 2500 spectators, which were constantly sold out. The highlight of this tour was her appearance at an open air festival in Iowa in front of 100,000 spectators. Accept were so convincing on their American tour that they were broadcast live on June 10, 1984 on New York's King Biscuit Flower Hour , one of the most prominent radio shows in the USA. A tour with Mötley Crüe , Dokken and Black 'n Blue followed , which further increased Accept's success.

In the US, the record entered the Billboard charts at number 106, rose to position 74 and sold over 250,000 copies. Musik Week listed the album in the top ten. In the middle of the recordings for the successor Metal Heart, they received their first gold award for Balls to the Wall in Canada. The album reached gold status in the US in 1990 for 500,000 units. In Europe, they sold over 100,000 copies in the first few weeks. On August 18, 1984, the band performed at the legendary Monsters of Rock Festival in Castle Donington (England) in front of 100,000 spectators, alongside Van Halen , Ozzy Osbourne , Gary Moore , Y&T , Mötley Crüe and AC / DC . After the Monsters they played six concerts in Spain and four concerts in France with Iron Maiden on their World Slavery Tour. Balls to the Wall is Accept's best-selling album to date. Accept took top positions out of 5987 submissions for the Metal Hammer Heard & Heavy Poll 1984.

The next album was released in 1985, Metal Heart . The title song attracted attention by embedding themes from Tchaikovsky and Beethoven's Für Elise and thus reflected Hoffmann's preference for classical music. Metal Heart was in the charts in Germany, Finland, Sweden, England, Switzerland and the USA. In Germany, 75,000 units went over the counter in just a few days. Accept played in Japan for the first time in the course of the album's tour activities. After the Japan tour in 1986 the live EP Kaizoku-Ban recorded there was released. Another trademark of the band had meanwhile become military outfits (peppered with carnival medals) and Dirkschneider's camouflage suit.

In 1986 the band also released the album Russian Roulette . It again contained a mixture of hard rock and heavy metal, the use of choirs was significantly increased. At number 5, the album reached the highest ranking Accept ever had in Germany, and was also able to assert itself in Finland, Sweden, England and the USA. A European tour with Dokken in the opening act as well as a tour through Germany with UFO as support further expanded the band's status.

1986–1989: commercialization and disbandment

Although Accept's success was unbroken in 1986, the band leaned in a more commercial direction to do well in the American market. Dirkschneider's grating voice and the "dull" image were supposed to get in the way. Accept split from Udo Dirkschneider. By then the band had sold over 2 million records. The first album by Dirkschneider's newly formed band UDO , Animal House , was composed in 1987 by his former bandmates.

Accept meanwhile presented the former Baby Tuckoo singer Rob Armitage as Dirkschneider's successor. But Armitage didn't get around to recording with the band. After nine months of fruitless collaboration, he was replaced by David Reece in late 1987 . With Reece and new second guitarist Jim Stacey , Accept recorded the album Eat the Heat in 1989 . It was a commercial flop. The band toured the US as the opening act for WASP . Stefan Kaufmann had to pass due to a back problem and was replaced by Ken Mary . The unsatisfactory situation escalated on the tour when singer Reece and bassist Peter Baltes got violent after an argument. Accept broke up.

1993–1997: reunification and renewed dissolution

The double live album Staying a Life , released in 1990 and recorded on the 1985 Japan tour, was originally intended as a worthy end to the band's history. Instead, it was a success and encouraged fans in their ongoing urge to reunite since the split. In 1993 there was a reunion, and the comeback album Objection Overruled was released , which was able to assert itself in the European charts. A world tour took the band to the USA, Japan, South America, Russia and Europe. At that time the band consisted of Udo Dirkschneider, Wolf Hoffmann, Peter Baltes and Stefan Kaufmann.

Kaufmann's back pain meant that he could no longer record the next album Death Row in 1994 and had to end his career. His replacement was the former UDO, Running Wild and X Wild drummer Stefan Schwarzmann .

Predator was released in 1996 , with former Damn Yankees drummer Michael Cartellone . For the first time since the Accept debut album and the title Breaking up Again from the album Breaker , lead vocals by bassist Peter Baltes can be heard on three songs.

Disagreements within the band led to the renewed breakup after the tour to Predator . In 1997 the live album All Areas - Worldwide was released . Dirkschneider reorganized his band UDO and recorded the album Solid together with Stefan Schwarzmann and Stefan Kaufmann on guitar . Hoffmann meanwhile withdrew from the music business and became a photographer in Nashville .

2005: Reunification for a festival summer

In 2005 the band came together again with the line-up of Udo Dirkschneider, Wolf Hoffmann, Herman Frank, Peter Baltes and Stefan Schwarzmann for a few appearances at festivals in Europe, indoor concerts and for a tour through Japan, only to split up again afterwards.

2009: restart with a new singer

Wolf Hoffmann in Minsk, 2011

In 2009 the band reformed. The new singer is Mark Tornillo (formerly TT Quick ), other members are Wolf Hoffmann (guitar), Peter Baltes (bass), Herman Frank (guitar) and Stefan Schwarzmann (drums).

Udo Dirkschneider and Stefan Kaufmann were not interested and stayed with UDO

At the end of 2009 / beginning of 2010, the band with producer Andy Sneap recorded the studio album Blood of the Nations , which contains 12 or 13 songs (in Japan 14 with the bonus track Land Of The Free ).

They signed a long-term record deal with Nuclear Blast . On May 21, 2010 the EP The Abyss was released . Blood of the Nations was released in Europe on August 20, 2010.

A first small European tour started in May 2010, including appearances as the opening act for AC / DC , including on May 25, 2010 in front of 80,000 spectators in Hanover.

Blood of the Nations became the most successful chart album for Accept. The album came in 6th place in Germany, 11th in Europe and 35th worldwide. The album was named album of the year more than 50 times by renowned media worldwideand the US TV show "The Metal Show" crowned the album the "Heavy Metal album of the century". This success was also the subject of renowned media such as CNN , Financial Times , BBC News and the New York Times or the Spiegel .

In 2012 the album Stalingrad was released , which was produced again with Andy Sneap. It rose to 4th place in the album charts in Germany, and in the USA Accept entered the top 100 on the official Billboard charts for the first time in their band's history. They played over 100 shows in Europe, the USA, South America and Asia.

In 2013 a tour of South America followed (April 2013) and a European festival tour. On August 15, 2014, the album Blind Rage was released , with which they reached number 1 in the official German album charts for the first time. The tracks Stampede and Final Journey had previously been heard on the Internet. On December 28 of the same year, the band announced that they had separated from their guitarist Herman Frank and drummer Stefan Schwarzmann. Ex-singer Udo Dirkschneider also confirmed that the decision to split up was not made by Schwarzmann and Frank, but by the band. Uwe Lulis (guitar) and Christopher Williams (drums) were signed as replacements.

In 2018 the band announced the departure of Peter Baltes on their Facebook page. This makes Wolf Hoffmann the only member of the "original cast". Martin Motnik was announced as replacement on bass.

At the end of 2019, Accept announced that they would expand the band with Philip Shouse by adding a third guitarist to form a sextet.

Occupations

1976-1979 Udo Dirkschneider - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Gerhard Wahl - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Frank Friedrich - drums 1979-1982 Udo Dirkschneider - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Jörg Fischer - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Stefan Kaufmann - drums 1982 Udo Dirkschneider - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Jan Koemmet - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Stefan Kaufmann - drums 1982-1983 Udo Dirkschneider - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Herman Frank - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Stefan Kaufmann - drums 1983-1987 Udo Dirkschneider - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Jörg Fischer - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Stefan Kaufmann - drums 1987 Michael White - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Jörg Fischer - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Stefan Kaufmann - drums

1987-1988 Rob Armitage - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Jörg Fischer - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Stefan Kaufmann - drums 1988-1989 David Reece - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Stefan Kaufmann - drums 1989 David Reece - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Jim Stacey - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Stefan Kaufmann - drums 1989 David Reece - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Jim Stacey - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Ken Mary - drums 1989-1992 SPLIT 1992-1994 Udo Dirkschneider - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Stefan Kaufmann - drums 1995-1997 Udo Dirkschneider - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Michael Cartellone - drums 1997-2005 SPLIT

2004 Udo Dirkschneider - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Herman Frank - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Francesco Jovino - drums 2005 Udo Dirkschneider - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Herman Frank - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Stefan Schwarzmann - drums 2005-2009 SPLIT 2009-2014 Mark Tornillo - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Herman Frank - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Stefan Schwarzmann - drums 2015-2018 Mark Tornillo - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Uwe Lulis - guitar Peter Baltes - bass Christopher Williams - drums since 2019 Mark Tornillo - vocals Wolf Hoffmann - guitar Uwe Lulis - guitar Martin Motnik - bass Christopher Williams - drums

Timeline

Trivia

• The song "I'm a Rebel" is a never released track by AC / DC from 1976. AC / DC recorded it but didn't want it on their album. Accept got the 8-track tape with the voice of Bon Scott, re-recorded it and released “I'm a Rebel” on the album of the same name. It is the only song on an Accept studio album that was not written by Accept.
• The album Russian Roulette was originally supposed to be entitled "Wargames". Because of the film of the same name , the band changed the title. The last resort to call the album “Russian Roulette-The Games Of War” was dropped.
• The title “Lay Down the Law” was originally supposed to appear on “Russian Roulette” by Accept, but was only released on the first UDO LP “Animal House” (“Including super track“ Lay Down the Law ”by Accept & UDO ").
• The track "Balls to the Wall" is part of the soundtrack of " The Wrestler " (2008) with Mickey Rourke.
• The cover of Russian Roulette was shot by Didi Zill, who became famous for pictures in Bravo in the sixties and seventies.
• Accept was decried as a Nazi band in France for a few years because the French misunderstood Udo's combat suit and the "Heidi-Heido-Heida" intro.
• Accept were again misunderstood with their stage show on "Russian Roulette" because they appeared on stage in uniforms that were hung with carnival medals, in keeping with the anti-militarist texts.
• Accept had worked out their stage show so meticulously that it was also called "heavy metal male ballet".
• The cover of "Deathrow" was based on an actual case that had happened in the USA. The printed data of the person concerned are authentic.

Discography

→ Main article : Accept / discography  and list of songs by Accept

Studio albums

year	Title music label	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	SE	FI
1979	Accept Brain Records	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: January 16, 1979
1980	I'm a Rebel Brain Records	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: June 2, 1980
1981	Breaker Brain Records	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	First published: March 16, 1981
1982	Restless and Wild Brain Records	-	-	-	UK89 (2 weeks) UK	-	SE27 (8 weeks) SE	-	First published: October 2, 1982
1983	Balls to the Wall RCA Records	DE59 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	US74 gold (26 weeks)US	SE10 (6 weeks) SE	-	First published: December 10, 1983 Sales: + 550,000
1985	Metal Heart RCA Records	DE13 (17 weeks) DE	-	CH14 (5 weeks) CH	UK50 (1 week) UK	US94 (14 weeks) US	SE4 (6 weeks) SE	-	First published: May 25, 1985
1986	Russian Roulette RCA Records	DE5 (12 weeks) DE	-	CH23 (3 weeks) CH	UK80 (1 week) UK	US114 (9 weeks) US	SE9 (5 weeks) SE	-	First published: April 21, 1986
1989	Eat the Heat RCA Records	DE15 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	-	US139 (9 weeks) US	SE26 (2 weeks) SE	-	First published: May 11, 1989
1993	Objection Overruled RCA Records	DE17 (12 weeks) DE	-	CH22 (4 weeks) CH	-	-	SE21 (3 weeks) SE	-	First published: February 1, 1993
1994	Death Row RCA Records	DE32 (9 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	SE27 (2 weeks) SE	-	First published: October 1, 1994
1996	Predator RCA Records	DE56 (7 weeks) DE	-	CH49 (3 weeks) CH	-	-	SE28 (3 weeks) SE	FI27 (3 weeks) FI	First published: January 15, 1996
2010	Blood of the Nations Nuclear Blast	DE4 (5 weeks) DE	AT19 (2 weeks) AT	CH15 (3 weeks) CH	-	US187 (1 week) US	SE7 (4 weeks) SE	FI9 (3 weeks) FI	First published: August 20, 2010
2012	Stalingrad Nuclear Blast	DE6 (6 weeks) DE	AT32 (2 weeks) AT	CH17 (3 weeks) CH	-	US81 (1 week) US	SE10 (8 weeks) SE	FI8 (4 weeks) FI	First published: April 6, 2012
2014	Blind Rage Nuclear Blast	DE1 (6 weeks) DE	AT18 (3 weeks) AT	CH9 (4 weeks) CH	UK85 (1 week) UK	US35 (2 weeks) US	SE16 (3 weeks) SE	FI1 (7 weeks) FI	First published: August 15, 2014
2017	The Rise of Chaos Nuclear Blast	DE3 (5 weeks) DE	AT13 (2 weeks) AT	CH4 (4 weeks) CH	-	US140 (1 week) US	SE10 (1 week) SE	FI5 (2 weeks) FI	First published: August 4, 2017

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Claus Hulverscheidt, New York: "Metal has long since arrived in the middle of society" . In: sueddeutsche.de . 2017, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed June 4, 2019]).
2. ↑ Newsflash
3. ↑ http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=58678528 (video not available)
4. ↑ Nuclear Blast Online Shop . Nuclearblast.de. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Nuclear Blast online shop . Nuclearblast.de. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
6. ↑ Nuclear Blast Online Shop . Nuclearblast.de. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
7. ↑ Accept | Home . Acceptworldwide.com. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
8. ↑ Accept kills Twitter
9. ↑ Accept The new Accept disc is on its way! ( Memento from April 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Accept with “Blind Rage” at number 1 on the German album charts
11. ↑ Album charts: German heavy metal legend ACCEPT at number one for the first time.
12. ↑ ACCEPT - Guitarist Herman Frank and drummer Schwarzmann have left! . Stormbringer news. December 28, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
13. ↑ Udo Dirkschneider says Herman Frank and Stefan Schwarzmann were 'fired' from ACCEPT. January 27, 2015. From BlabberMouth.net, accessed November 14, 2019.
14. ↑ ACCEPT Recruits Bassist MARTIN MOTNIK ( en ) In: News . Blabbermouth. April 16, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
15. ↑ Phil Shouse Joins Accept. November 1, 2019. Accessed November 14, 2019 at AcceptWorldwide.com.
16. ↑ I'm a Rebel: Accept: Music . Amazon.com. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
17. ↑ AC / DC - I'm a rebel . Crabsodyinblue.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
18. ↑ AC / DC: I'm A Rebel, original version, ac dc . En.allexperts.com. September 9, 2007. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved July 5, 2010.
19. ↑ Details on the soundtrack

Web links

Commons : Accept  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Accept at Nuclear Blast
• Accept at laut.de