Amoeba Music

Accept might not have ever achieved the worldwide fame of Judas Priest or the Scorpions, but they remain a seminal influence on the development of the core heavy metal tradition that has always been on the fringe of popular music.  As the band began to cast off the arena swagger and excess of early hard rock inspirations to achieve a distilled angst-filled core aimed at nothing in particular, the rules of the metal genre were becoming codified.

            Accept began as Band X in 1968 in Solingen, Germany, with vocalist Udo Dirkschneider (born April 6, 1952 in Wuppertal, Germany) and guitarist Michael Wagener serving as the two principle members. ... Read More

Genre:

Rock, Heavy Metal

City Of Origin:

Solingen, Germany

Formed Date:

1968