I've never heard Breaker, but everything from Restless and Wild through Russian Roulette is great, and their three '90s albums are good, too. I don't like the reunion albums; no Udo, no Accept, as far as I'm concerned.
― 誤訳侮辱, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 11:48 (ten years ago) link
Breaker is worth hearing. "Son of a Bitch" might be one of the goofiest songs ever, but that riff is nasty.
― A. Begrand, Tuesday, 15 October 2013 17:42 (ten years ago) link
New Accept album, Blind Rage is out 8/19. I'd say the last two are decent, but it's hard to compete with Udo era, even the 90s albums.
The band actually existed in the form of Band X since 1968! Anyone hear anything from that era?
― Fastnbulbous, Monday, 21 July 2014 15:02 (nine years ago) link
The new album's a blast, I'd say it's the strongest of the three. "Stampede" is a bit rote, but the rest of the thing is the kind of cantankerous heavy metal you expect from them. This reunion has worked out better than anyone could have imagined.
― A. Begrand, Monday, 21 July 2014 15:12 (nine years ago) link
Listening to Restless & Wild and reading that a version of the band had been going since the late 60s. I have a real hard time imagining Udo singing Beatles and Stones covers, but he had to just that, right? I'd love to see some pictures.
I don't doubt it, as even Ronnie Dio himself was around playing music forever before hitting it big in the hard rock game.
― earlnash, Sunday, 22 November 2020 05:05 (three years ago) link
i don't doubt it and was gonna quote RJD as th obvious exemplar but as much as that's entirely possible
RESTLESS AND WILD
there's an invention
― Bandscamp Fryday (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 22 November 2020 05:10 (three years ago) link
Classic.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Sunday, 22 November 2020 17:41 (three years ago) link
who the fuck was Robert A Smith-Diesel and why did he write so many lyrics on Restless and Wild
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link
I guess he was a Ray Haligan, Jr type songwriter except for Accept he did lyrics instead of music?
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:08 (three years ago) link
I saw some youtube video about Accepts history and I think they mentioned that it was a pseudonym for Wolf Hoffman's then girlfriend.
― Marty8501 (Marty Innerlogic), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:11 (three years ago) link
doing a trad heavy metal run now and man, the ratchet up in intensity between verse and pre-chorus for the title track to "Balls to the Wall" is a helluvan escalation. goes from a run of the mill mid-album sounding track to an outright anthem in no time.
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:14 (three years ago) link
One of the band's girlfriends/wives did write lyrics for them, but this Smith-Diesel seems to be a real person with multiple songwriting credits for numerous acts on Discogs?
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:20 (three years ago) link
Wolf's g/f was Deaffy
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
Mr Smith-Diesel:
https://img.discogs.com/g3pcnWr_HG72Y5UzSNoQ0Qi-t0c=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(40)/discogs-images/A-1070373-1475788208-1630.jpeg.jpg
― a degree in bullshit from glasters uni (Matt #2), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 23:00 (three years ago) link