ACCEPT - BAND OF THE WEEK MAY 93

 

"ONE DAY VERY SOON THIS BAND IS GOING TO MAKING LIKE TOUGH FOR THE PIONEERS OF THE HEAVY ROCK BROTHERHOOD, LIKE "BLACK SABBATH, STATUS QUO OR AC/DC", DECLARED KERRANG MAGAZINE ON THE FUTURE OF THIS FIVE-PIECE GERMAN BAND.

THE BANDS THEY HAVE SUPPORTED SO FAR IS A PRESS MAN'S DREAM. THEY HAVE SUPPORTED KIZZ, OZZY OSBOURNE, MOTLEY CRÜE AND OTHERS. AND IN 1984 THEY PLAYED AT THE DOONINGTON "MONSTERS OF ROCK FESTIVAL"

THEIR STYLE HAS BEEN SEEN AS TEUTONIC ROCK, AND UDO DIRKSCHNEIDERS PIERCING HIGH VOICE MIGHT CAUSE PAIN TO THOSE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO IT...

HOWEVER, UDO'S SIREEN SCREAM IS BALANCED WITH THE SHARP VIRTUOSO ROCK OF THE REST OF THE BAND, MANY OF WHOM WERE CLASSICALLY TRAINED.

DESPITE BEING SEEN AS THE 'SOONS OF "JUDAS PRIEST", GUITARIST WOLF HOFFMANN SEES ACCEPT AS DESCENDENTS OF SLIGHTLY MORE CLASSICAL FATHERS.

ACCEPT HAVE PURPOSELY FOUGHT AGAINST THE STANDARD METAL STYLE, AND BEING CLASSED AS A METAL OUTFIT. ON THEIR CURRENT ALBUM THEY HAVE EVEN BORROWED SOME THEME FROM BEETHOVEN & TCHAIKOWSKI. SO SHOULD YOU LISTEN TO METAL HEART, AND THINK IT SOUNDS FAMILIAR, IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE THE RIFF IS TAKEN FROM FÜR ELISE.

ACCEPT'S BREAKTHROUGH IN THE STATES CAME IN 1985 - 86, WHEN THEY PLAY 100'S OF GIGS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY (PERSONALLY I WOULD SAY THAT RESTLESS AND WILD 82 OPENED UP THE WAY AND THAT BALLS TO THE WALL 83 WAS ACCEPT'S BREAKTHROUGH AND THAT THEY JUST CONTINUED AND MADE THE SUCCES EVEN BIGGER IN 1985 - 86). THEY HAVE ALSO CAUSED A STIR IN THE FAR EAST, WITH TWO TOURS IN JAPAN 85 AND 86 (THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN JAPANESE TOURS ON THE COMEBACK ALBUMS).

THESE LENGTHY TOURS TOOK THEIR TOLL AND THE BAND SPLIT UP, TO HOWLS OF PROTESTS FROM THEIR FANS. IT WAS THE RELENTLESS PRESSURE FROM FANS THAT LED TO A JAM-SESSION IN APRIL 92.

THE MAGIC WAS STILL THERE, AND ACCEPT REFORMED, WITH OBJECTION OVERRULED RELEASED IN FEBRUARY 93. (END OF MTV'S SRIPT SO HERE'S THE REST SHORT FROM ME: ACCEPT DID THREE REUNION ALBUMS AND TOURED THE WORLD AGAIN, THEY SPLIT UP AGAIN IN 96 BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS AGAIN)

MTV'S SCRIPT AGAIN: TEN THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT ACCEPT!

1. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, THEY PERFORM ON STAGEIN THE SAME LINE-UP WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SONGWRITING AND RECORDING LINE-UP.

2. FOR THE FIRST TIME, ACCEPT PLAY SONGS OFF ALL THEIR ALBUMS FOR A MINIUM OF TWO HOURS AND FIFTEEN MINUTES.

3. FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER TEN YEARS, THEY PLAY CLUBS WITH LIMITED AUDINCE - AND THEY LOVE IT!

4. ACCEPT PLAY ALL THE SONGS IN THEIR ORIGINAL DEMO-JAM VERSIONS.

5. MTV'S HEADBANGERS BALL WERE ACCEPT'S FIRST EUROPEAN WIDE TV APPEARENCES.

6. THE BUSTOUR/HARDROCK CAFE PARTY IN BERLIN WAS THEIR FIRST ALBUM LAUNCH PROMOTION TOUR FOR RETAIL/MEDIA EVER.

7.DRUMMER "STEFAN KAUFMANN" IS AN EXCELLENT COOK AND LOVES HOT AND SPICE CHICKEN WINGS!

8.UDO LOVES GOING OUT WITH HIS WIFE DRESSED FANCY (TUXEDE/EVENING DRESS)!

9. WOLF PREFERS PHOTO-SESSIONS AT 5.00 AM!

10. PETER FAVOURS VEGETARIAN FOOD!