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2	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * EpicRiff:
3	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** "Balls to the Wall"
4	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** "Teutonic Terror"
5	* FanonDiscontinuity: The band decided to adopt a more mainstream approach in the late 80's, and the result was the GlamMetal-leaning ''Eat the Heat'', which wasn't taken well by fans, and is nowadays rarely referenced.
6	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample - How?) * GrowingTheBeard: After two uneven albums (which were even called Music/{{Scorpions\|Band}} ripoffs), ''Breaker'' solidified the band's heavy metal sound.
7	* HilariousInHindsight:
8	** "Wrong Is Right" from ''Metal Heart'' is an anti-commercialization song. Then, in the late 80's, the band released the blatantly commercial ''Eat the Heat''.
9	** In the music video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_3TlrZLpQ0 "Balls to the Wall"]], the video ends with Udo riding a wrecking ball that crashes into a building. Thirty years later, [[Music/MileyCyrus another musician]] became famous for riding a wrecking ball in one of her music videos.
10	* HoYay:
11	** The cover of ''[[http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=825 Balls to the Wall]]'', which is focused on some half-dressed guy's nether regions.
12	** Some of the lyrics were accused of having these themes, due to them being written by a female (Gaby "Deaffy" Hauke, now wife of the guitarist Wolf Hoffman). The song "Love Child" ''has'' been confirmed by WordOfGod to be about a gay man, but it's meant more as a GayAesop, focusing on homosexuals as one subset of wrongly "suppressed" minorities.
13	* MusicToInvadePolandTo: The band got into a bit of trouble with this trope because of "Fast as a Shark". As an inside joke, they decided to use an old recording of their producer Dieter Dierks singing a traditional German song named "Ein Heller und ein Batzen" ("A Farthing and a Penny") as the introduction (quoted in the main page under CarefulWithThatAxe), to contrast with their heavy sound. However, they were not aware that it was a popular marching song in Nazi Germany, causing some controversy when the album came out.
14	* {{Narm}}:
15	** The band sometimes had problems with English pronunciation and English idioms. Some examples:
16	--> "He was a leader, malicious and '''wiolent'''" ("The King")\
17	"I know you would like some light, but sorry, here is no lamp" ("Turn Me On")\
18	"The force is too strong, it's '''breaching''' the chains" ("The Beast Inside")
19	** Then, there are some of their lyrics that are just strange:
20	--> "Icicle brains, bicycle chains" ("Breaker")\
21	"Write a letter, what's the matter? You'll feel better, write a letter." ("Losers and Winners")
22	* NarmCharm: Trying too hard is usually a shortcut to straight {{Narm}}, but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_3TlrZLpQ0 "Balls to the Wall"]] tries so hard to be over-the-top badass that it actually '''SUCCEEDS'''.
23	* ReplacementGoldfish: Mark Tornillo. Some fans were initially skeptical, but after his performance on ''Blood of the Nations'', they were all won over. You have to try very, very hard to find someone who takes issue with him nowadays.
24	* ReplacementScrappy: David Reece, who sang in the Glam-oriented ''Eat the Heat'', as he sounded nothing like Udo Dirkschneider.
25	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * SignatureSong:
26	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** "Balls to the Wall" for Dirkschneider's era
27	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) ** "Teutonic Terror" for Tornillo's.
28	* SpiritualSuccessor: Udo's first solo album is seen as an Accept album in all but a name, as it was written his former band members.
29	%% (Administrivia/ZeroContextExample) * TearJerker: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLkKypY9rYI "Seawinds"]].
30	* WinBackTheCrowd: After having been in several years of hiatus, ''Blood of the Nations'' proved that the band still got it what it takes.

Context YMMV / Accept