ACCEPT: THE TEUTONIC TERRORS!

GERMAN METAL BAND ACCEPT, WAS ORIGINALLY ASSEMBLED BY LEAD SINGER UDO DIRKSCHNIDER, GUITARIST WOLF HOFFMAN, AND BASSIST PETER BATES IN SOLINGEN, GERMANY. UDO STARTED IN 1968 IN BAND X,WHICH EVENTUALLY BACAME ACCEPT. THE BAND WENT THROUGH MANY LINE-UPS. THEIR PROFESSIONAL CAREER STARTED IN 1976, WHEN THEY RECIEVE AN INVITE TO PLAY ONE OF THE VERY FIRST MUSIC FESTIVALS,"ROCK AM RHEIN". FOLLOWING THAT APPEARANCE, THE BAND WERE OFFERED A RECORDING CONTRACT. THEIR FIRST SELF TITLED RELEASE DID NOTHING AT ALL.A LINE UP CHANGE ENSUES, AND THEY RELEASED "I'M A REBEL" IN 1980. THE TITLE TRACK HAD BEEN WRITTEN FOR AC/DC, BUT THEY NEVER USED IT. 1981 BROUGHT "BREAKER", AND THE BAND JOINED jUDAS pRIEST ON THEIR U.S. TOUR, GIVING THEM EXPOSURE OUTSIDE OF EUROPE FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEIR NEXT LP, "RESTLESS AND WILD" FOLLOWED MORE OF A 'SPEED METAL' DIRECTION. YET, IT WAS 1983'S "BALLS TO THE WALL" THAT BROKE THE BAND INTO THE BIGTIME.THIS ALBUM WAS MORE COMPLEX, WITH LYRICS ABOUT POLITICS AND SEX. THE SONG "BALLS TO THE WALL" REFERS TO SLAVES REVOLTING AGAINST THEIR MASTERS. SONG WRITING CREDITS ON THIS LP WERE CREDITED TO "ACCEPT AND DEAFLY" IT WAS LATER LEARNED THAT 'DEAFLY' WAS ACTUALLY THE BAND'S MANAGER,GABY HAUKE, WHO WROTE THE LYRICS FOR THE ALBUM. ( IT WASN'T UNTIL THE SECOND BREAK UP OF THE BAND THAT GABY OFFICIALLY CLAIMED OWNERSHIP OF HER LYRICS.) 1985 SAW THE RELEASE OF "METAL HEART", WHICH WAS PRODUCED BY SCORPIONS PRODUCER DIETER DIRKS. THE BAND TOURED THE WORLD, CAPPING IT OFF WITH THE RELEASE OF A LIVE MINI LP, "KAIZOKU-BAN".
THEIR NEXT OPUS CAME OUT IN 1986, TITLED "RUSSIAN ROULETTE". IN 1987, UDO DIRKSCHNIDER DECIDED TO GO SOLO, AND THE BAND ENCOURAGED HIM. THE SONGWRITING CORE OF ACXCEPT WROTE THE ENTIRE SOLO ALBUM FOR THE SINGER, WHICH WAS RELEASED AS "ANIMAL HOUSE' BY U.D.O.. IN 1988, ACCEPT FOUND A NEW VOCALIST, AMERICAN DAVID REECE,K AND RELEASED "EAT THE HEAT". IN LATE '89, THE BAND DECIDED TO STOP FOR THE TIME BEING. 1990 SAW THE RELEASE OF THE LIVE LP, "STAYING A LIFE", ORIGINALLY RECORDED IN 1985, AS A SOUVENIR OF THE BANDS CAREER. IN 1993, THE BAND RE-UNITED WITH EACH OTHER, AND WITH UDO,AND RELEASED "OBJECTION OVERRULED".THE ALBUM WAS A SUCCESS IN THE US AND THE UK. ACCEPT EMBARKED ON A WORLD TOUR. "DEATH ROW' CAME OUT IN 1994,AND IN 1996, "PREDATOR" WAS RELEASED. THEY TOURED NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA,EUROPE AND ASIA, WITH THEIR LAST CONCERT TAKING PLACE IN TOKYO, JAPAN. BETWEEN 1997 AND 2005 THE MEMBERS OF ACCEPT WORKED ON THEIR OWN PROJECTS. IN 2005,THE ORIGINAL BAND RECIEVED AN INVITATION TO PLAY A SHORT SUMMER TOUR OF MUSIC FESTIVALS IN EUROPE.IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS, THE LAST SHOW BEING ON AUGUST 27,2005 IN BULGARIA. IN MAY 2009, UDO STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT BE A PART OF A RUMORED UP-COMING RE-UNION OF THE BAND. BY THE END OF '09, MORE RUMOURS LED TO THE BAND NABBING T.T. QUICK VOCALIST MARK TORNILLO, AND RE-UNITING. A NEW LP, "BLOOD OF THE NATIONS" WAS THE FIRST ORIGINAL LP FROM ACCEPT IN 14 YEARS. THE NEW LINE UP HAD THEIR LIVE DEBUT IN N.Y.C., MAKING IT THE FIRST U.S. SHOW IN 15 YEARS. IN MAY, 2010, THE VIDEO "TEUTONIC TERRORS" WAS $5 ON THE WORLDWIDE VIDEO CHARTS,AND #1 IN ALL GENRES ON MYSPACE. JUNE,'10, THEY OPENED FOR AC/DC IN GERMANY, AND HEADLINED THE SONISPHERE FESTIVAL IN ROMANIA AND TURKEY. AUGUST,2010, BROUGHT THE EUROPEAN RELEASE OF "BLOOD OF ALL NATIONS", AND IT DEBUTED AT #4 ON THE OFFICIAL GERMAN CHARTS. THE ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN THE U.S IN SEPTEMBER,2010. THE BAND SPENT 80 DAYS ON TOUR, TRAVELING OVER 65,000 KM,AND PLAYING TO MORE THAN 450,000 FANS. IN OCTOBER,2010, THEY PLAYED THE JAPANESE FESTIVAL LOUDPARK OUTSIDE OF TOKYO TO 40,000 FANS, ALONG WITH OZZY AND MOTORHEAD. IN APRIL,2012, THE BAND RELEASED"STALINGRAD".