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ACCEPT BIOGRAPHY
Accept is a German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled in the early 1970s by Udo Dirkschneider. They are considered by many as the most influential German band of the genre and one of the godfathers of speed metal and European power metal.
ACCEPT GENRES Heavy Metal/Power Metal
ACCEPT LYRICAL THEMES Social issues, sex, metal, fantasy
ACCEPT ORIGIN Germany (Solingen/Nordrhein-Westfalen), formed in 1971
ACCEPT CURRENT RECORD LABEL CMC
ACCEPT STATUS Unknown
ACCEPT CURRENT LINE-UP Accept touring line-up 2005:
Udo Dirkschneider - Vocals (U.D.O., The Alex Parche Project)
Wolf Hoffmann - Guitars
Herman Frank - Guitars (Victory (Ger), Sinner (Ger), Hazzard (Ger), Moon Doc, Saeko)
Peter Baltes - Bass, additional Vocals
Stefan Schwarzmann - Drums (Krokus, Helloween, Paradox (Ger), Running Wild, U.D.O., Voice, Cronos Titan, X-Wild) (1994-1995, 2005)
ACCEPT PREVIOUS LINE-UP Vocals:
Rob Armitage (1987-1988)
David Reece (Bangalore Choir, Sircle of Silence, Stream (US)) (1988-1989)
Guitars:
Michael Wagener (became a producer) (1971-?)
Jan Komet (later Bad Steve) (1971-1975)
Gerhard Wahl (1976-1978)
Jörg Fischer (1978-1982, 1984-1988)
Jim Stacey (1989)
Bass:
Dieter ``Rubi`` Rubach (later Bad Steve) (?-1975)
Drums:
Birke Hoe (1971-?)
Frank Friedrich (later Bad Steve) (1976-1979)
Stefan Kaufmann (U.D.O.) (1980-1994)
Ken Mary (1989) (Fifth Angel, ex-James Byrd, Alice Cooper, Chastain, David T. Chastain, Impellitteri, Strike (US), TKO, Randy Hansen, House Of Lords, Soul Shock Remedy)
Michael Cartellone (1995-1998)
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