Staying a Life

Performer: Accept
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: For several years in the 1980s, Accept was one of heavy metal's most exciting live acts. But for years a six-track live EP (1985's KAIZOKU-BAN, currently out of print) was the only live document of these German heavy metal terrors. That all changed with the 1990 release of STAYING A LIFE. The group was a hard rocking sensation in Japan, and like the aforementioned KAIZOKU-BAN, STAYING A LIFE was recorded live in that country in 1986. All 15 tracks are outstanding, but highlights include "Metal Heart," "Up to the Limit," "Living for Tonight," "Restless and Wild," "Flash Rockin' Man," and the killer album-closing one-two punch of "Fast as a Shark" and "Balls to the Wall."

Forming in Germany in 1971, Accept is lauded as one of the originators of the German heavy metal movement. Led by razorblade-gargling vocalist Udo Dirkschneider and guitar god Wolf Hoffmann, Accept took the melodic elements of fellow countrymen Scorpions and infused them with the back alley menace of AC/DC. This led to a string of Billboard Top 200 charting albums and the band's signature song in 1983, "Balls to the Wall." Since the late '80s, the members of Accept launched successful solo careers, but every now and again, they reunite to give the world another dose of streetwise aggression.

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