History Music / Accept

* CoolHat: Mark's signature army officer's cap, which never actually seems to leave his head.

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->''Fast as a shark he'll cut out of the dark''
->''He's a killer -- he'll rip out your heart''
->''On a one way track and you're not coming back''
->'''cause the killer's on the attack!''

Despite never achieving the same level of popularity as some of their contemporaries (namely Music/{{Judas Priest}}, Music/{{Iron Maiden}} and Music/{{Scorpions}}), the influence that Accept had on a number of genres such as [[Main/ThrashMetal thrash]], [[Main/SpeedMetal speed]] and [[Main/PowerMetal power metal]] (thanks to such hits as "Fast as a Shark" and "Balls to the Wall") has secured their place as one of the most important bands in heavy metal music. As such, they have influenced a plethora of hard rock and heavy metal acts like Music/GunsNRoses, Music/MotleyCrue, Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/{{Megadeth}}, Music/{{Slayer}}, Music/{{Anthrax}}, [[Music/ExodusBand Exodus]], Music/{{Testament}}, Music/{{Overkill}}, Music/{{Helloween}}, Music/{{Metal Church}}, Music/{{Pantera}}, Music/{{Skid Row}}, Music/{{Soundgarden}}, Music/{{Alice In Chains}}, Music/{{Celtic Frost}}, Music/{{Kreator}}, Music/{{Sodom}}, Destruction, Music/{{Blind Guardian}}, Music/{{Iced Earth}}, Music/{{Grave Digger}}, Doro and Music/{{Gamma Ray}}.

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* BaldOfAwesome: Wolf Hoffmann.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Wolf
** TheLancer: Martin
** TheSmartGuy: Uwe
** TheBigGuy: Christopher
** TheHeart: Mark
** SixthRanger: Philip

** TheLeader: Wolf Hoffmann
** TheLancer: Pete Baltes
** TheSmartGuy: Uwe Lulis
** TheBigGuy: Christopher Williams
** TheChick: Mark Tornillo

* Mark Tornillo: Lead vocals
* Wolf Hoffmann: Guitars, backing vocals
* Uwe Lulis: Guitars
* Martin Motnik: Bass
* Christopher Williams: Drums

* Udo Dirkschneider: Lead vocals
* Michael White: Lead vocals
* Rob Armitage: Lead vocals
* David Reece: Lead vocals
* Gerhard Wahl: Rhythm and lead guitars
* Jörg Fischer: Rhythm and lead guitars
* Jan Koemmet: Rhythm and lead guitars
* Herman Frank: Rhythm and lead guitars
* Jim Stacey: Rhythm guitars
* Peter Baltes: Bass, backing and occasional lead vocals
* Frank Friedrich: Drums
* Stefan Kaufmann: Drums, backing vocals
* Stefan Schwarzmann: Drums
* Michael Cartellone: Drums

Despite never achieving the same level of popularity as some of their contemporaries (namely Music/{{Judas Priest}}, Music/{{Iron Maiden}} and Music/{{Scorpions}}), the influence that Accept had on a number of genres such as [[Main/ThrashMetal thrash]], [[Main/SpeedMetal speed]] and [[Main/PowerMetal power metal]] (thanks to such hits as "Fast as a Shark" and "Balls to the Wall") has secured their place as one of the most important bands in heavy metal music. As such, they have influenced a plethora of musicians like Music/GunsNRoses, Music/MotleyCrue, Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/{{Megadeth}}, Music/{{Slayer}}, Music/{{Anthrax}}, [[Music/ExodusBand Exodus]], Music/{{Testament}}, Music/{{Overkill}}, Music/{{Helloween}}, Music/{{Metal Church}}, Music/{{Pantera}}, Music/{{Alice In Chains}}, Music/{{Skid Row}}, Music/{{Celtic Frost}}, Music/{{Kreator}}, Music/{{Sodom}}, Destruction, Music/{{Blind Guardian}}, Music/{{Iced Earth}}, Music/{{Grave Digger}}, Doro and Music/{{Gamma Ray}}.

!!Band provides examples of:

->''He's a killer - he'll rip out your heart''

* GalleySlave: "The Galley" from ''Stalingrad'' is about them.

Accept is a German HeavyMetal band. Initially started as Band X in 1968, Accept is one of the oldest and influential German metal bands. [[JustForPun Accept]] no substitutes!

* Letters2Numbers: "Stand 4 What U R" from ''Eat the Heat''.

Accept is a German Music/HeavyMetal band. Initially started as Band X in 1968, Accept is one of the oldest and influential German metal bands. [[JustForPun Accept]] no substitutes!

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Wolf Hoffmann
** TheLancer: Herman Frank
** TheBigGuy: Mark Tornillo
** TheSmartGuy: Stefan Schwarzmann
** TheHeart: Peter Baltes

** ''Breaker'' was this to their first two albums, with the rationale being "we're not getting anywhere by being commercial, so let's just play what we want to play". [[AwesomeMusic It worked]].

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Whoever directed the music video for "Midnight Mover" definetely believed so. The result is somewhat nauseating.

* EpicRocking: "Heaven Is Hell" [[strike:and "Mistreated"]].
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Whoever directed the music video for "Midnight Mover", he definetely believed so. The result is somewhat nauseating.

* IAmTheBand: Wolf Hoffman currently.

* Letters2Numbers: "Stand 4 What U R" from, you guessed it, ''Eat the Heat''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Udo's first solo album is seen as an Accept album in al but a name, as it was written by them.