Effective period / Period of releases: 1979 - 2023

Members: Michael Wagener, Herman Frank, Uwe Lulis, Udo Dirkschneider, Stefan Kaufmann, Peter Baltes, Jörg Fischer, Wolf Hoffmann, David Reece (2), Jim Stacey, Michael Cartellone, Ken Mary, Stefan Schwarzmann, Dieter Rubach, Martin Motnik, Mark Tornillo, Frank Friedrich (2), Rob Armitage, Jan Komet, Philip Shouse, Michael White (23), Christopher Williams (13)

German heavy metal band from the town of Solingen, originally assembled in the early 1970s by vocalist Udo Dirkschneider.

Their beginnings can be traced back to the late 1960s, when the band got its start under the name Band X. Accept's lineup has changed over the years, which has included different singers, guitarists, bassists and drummers. Accept have broken up and reformed multiple times. They first split up in 1989, several months after the release of Eat the Heat (which was their only album with Dirkschneider's initial replacement David Reece), but reformed in 1992 and released three more albums before disbanding again in 1997. After briefly reuniting in 2005, Accept announced their third reunion in 2009, with former T.T. Quick frontman Mark Tornillo replacing Dirkschneider.