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Accept

German heavy metal band

Musical groupheavy metal band musical groupQ25507

Founded: 1968
Members / parts: Mark Tornillo
, Wolf Hoffmann
, Peter Baltes
+6 more
Genre: heavy metal music
Label: Nuclear Blast
, Back on Black Records
Country of origin: Germany
Formed in: Solingen

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Accept is a German heavy metal band from Solingen, formed in 1976 with their first consistent lineup featuring lead singer Udo Dirkschneider, lead guitarist Wolf Hoffmann, bassist Peter Baltes, rhythm guitarist Jörg Fischer and drummer Stefan Kaufmann. Their current lineup consists of Hoffmann, vocalist Mark Tornillo, guitarist Philip Shouse, drummer Christopher Williams and bassist Martin Motnik. Accept has undergone numerous lineup changes, with Hoffmann being the only constant member. To date, the band has released seventeen studio albums, five live albums and ten compilation albums.

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Discography: Accept discography
Website: acceptworldwide.com language: English
Member category: Category:Accept (band) members
Has list: list of band members of Accept
Start of work period: 1976
Name: Accept
Different from: Accept criterion used: brand, trademark, band name or organization name refers to multiple entities
Social media followers: 217,000(May 31, 2025) youtube channel id: UCyhVxwsqif2_ATAHtTHn7zg
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72,037(February 7, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 142455605
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155,000(February 17, 2023) youtube channel id: UCyhVxwsqif2_ATAHtTHn7zg
123,000(October 27, 2021) youtube channel id: UCyhVxwsqif2_ATAHtTHn7zg
67,824(September 21, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 142455605

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