Monday, July 23, 2007

Quiz #39 - Accept "Balls to the wall"

Another week, another contest. Discount season still valid in The Netherlands. Drove "Dutch Boy" crazy. Tomorrow shopping by myself.

UPDATED:

With their brutal, simple riffs and aggressive, fast tempos, Accept was one of the top metal bands of the early '80s, and a major influence on the development of thrash. Led by the unique vocal stylings of screeching banshee Udo Dirkschneider, the band forged an instantly recognizable sound and was notorious as one of the decade's fiercest live acts.

Despite recording two of the best heavy metal albums of the decade in "Restless and Wild" and "Balls to the Wall", Accept remained too heavy and extreme for American audiences to embrace -- even when they tried to tone down their act with more melodic songs. Ultimately having conquered the rest of the world, but with their career stalled in the U.S., Accept fell apart, and by the time they reunited years later there was nothing left for them to say.


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Accept "Balls to the wall"
Album "Balls to the wall" - 1983















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