Accept

German heavy metal band
Organization heavy_metal_band Q25507
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Summary

Accept is a heavy metal band[1]. Accept draws 10,552 Wikipedia views per month (heavy metal band category, ranking #9 of 61).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: musical group[3]
  • Genre: heavy metal music[4]
  • Record label: Nuclear Blast[5], Back on Black Records[6]
  • Discography: Accept discography[7]
  • Commons category: Accept[8]
  • Country of origin: Germany[9]
  • Has part(s): Mark Tornillo[10], Wolf Hoffmann[11], Peter Baltes[12], Uwe Lulis[13], Christopher Williams[14], Martin Motnik[15], Philip Shouse[16]
  • Inception: January 1, 1968[17]
  • Location of formation: Solingen[18]
  • Official website: http://www.acceptworldwide.com/[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Accept (band)[20]
  • Commons gallery: Accept[21]
  • Topic has template: Template:Accept[22]
  • Different from: Accept[23]
  • Start of work period: 1976[24]
  • Has list: list of band members of Accept[25]
  • Name: Accept[26]
  • Member category: Category:Accept (band) members[27]
  • Social media followers: 67,824[28], 123,000[29], 72,037[30], 155,000[31], 179,000[32]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[33]

  • Country: DE[34]

  • Began / founded: 1971[35]

  • Genre(s): glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal, thrash metal[36]

  • Community tags: german, german heavy metal, german metal, glam metal, hard rock, heavy metal, metal, power metal, speed metal, thrash metal[37]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 41f4d85a-0bd7-4602-a3e3-8c47f36efb0a[38]

Why It Matters

Accept has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Accept is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

Accept has been cited as an influence by Alice in Chains[41], a rock band[42], in United States[43], founded in 1987[44].

FAQs

Who did Accept influence?

Accept has been cited as an influence by Alice in Chains[41].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [36] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [37] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [38] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 347306
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14536: 347306, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782398664614"
  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → k0005610-Accept-hudebni-skupina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: k0005610-Accept-hudebni-skupina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  3. 21w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member category → Category:Accept (band) members
    Different from → Accept
    Location of formation → —
    Instance of → —
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s): Ken Mary"
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