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29 апр 2025 :	ACCEPT Recruits Producer CHRIS 'ZEUSS' HARRIS For Upcoming 50th-Anniversary Album
23 фев 2025 :	WOLF HOFFMANN On ACCEPT's 50th Anniversary: 'Not Every Band Is Lucky Enough To Be Around For This Long'
7 янв 2025 :	ACCEPT's MARK TORNILLO Isn't Thinking About Retirement: 'I Don't See Any Reason To Stop'
30 дек 2024 :	ACCEPT Singer MARK TORNILLO On Turning 70: 'I Wear It Like A Badge At This Point'
22 дек 2024 :	Former ACCEPT Bassist PETER BALTES: How I Became A Born-Again Christian
13 дек 2024 :	Ex-ACCEPT Bassist PETER BALTES On His Long-Awaited Solo Album: 'I've Been Working On It'
9 дек 2024 :	ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN: 'I Hope That Live Music Will Never Be Replaced' By Artificial Intelligence
26 ноя 2024 :	ACCEPT Live At Wacken Open Air 2024; Pro-Shot Video Released
24 ноя 2024 :	WOLF HOFFMANN On ACCEPT's 50th-Anniversary Tour: 'It's Gonna Be A Completely Different Show With A Lot Of Surprises'
27 сен 2024 :	ACCEPT's MARK TORNILLO Says His Statement That U.S. Is 'Not Metal Territory Anymore' Was 'Just A Passing Comment'
17 сен 2024 :	TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Celebrates 57th Birthday By Joining ACCEPT For 'Balls To The Wall' Performance In New York City
11 сен 2024 :	ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN On 'The True Meaning Of Happiness'
5 сен 2024 :	ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN Marries Violinist AVA-REBEKAH RAHMAN; Photos
3 сен 2024 :	Watch: ACCEPT Kicks Off North American Tour With KK'S PRIEST At Whisky A Go Go
31 авг 2024 :	ACCEPT's MARK TORNILLO Clarifies His Comment That U.S. Is 'Not Metal Territory Anymore': 'I Didn't Mean It In A Derogatory Way'
7 авг 2024 :	ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN Recalls Photographing And Spending Time With LES PAUL
6 авг 2024 :	ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN Says UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER And PETER BALTES Are 'Welcome' To Take Part In 50th-Anniversary Tour
4 авг 2024 :	Watch: TIM 'RIPPER' OWENS Joins ACCEPT For 'Balls To The Wall' Performance At WACKEN OPEN AIR
22 июл 2024 :	ACCEPT Joined By JUDAS PRIEST’s ANDY SNEAP For “Balls To The Walls” In Athens; Video
14 июл 2024 :	ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN: 'The Experience Of A Live Show Has As Much Value As, Or Maybe Even More Value Than, It Ever Did'
2 июл 2024 :	ACCEPT To Celebrate 50th Anniversary With Tour And Album Of Re-Recorded Classics
23 июн 2024 :	ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN Describes His Experience As A German Immigrant Living In America
1 июн 2024 :	HERMAN FRANK On ACCEPT: 'Nowadays They Need Three Or Four Guitar Players To Do What I've Done With WOLF'
26 май 2024 :	ACCEPT's WOLF HOFFMANN Explains Why He Didn't Use His Flying V Guitars In The Studio
16 май 2024 :	UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER And PETER BALTES To Celebrate 40th Anniversary Of ACCEPT's 'Balls To The Wall' On 2025 European Tour
15 май 2024 :	WOLF HOFFMANN Responds To PETER BALTES's Comment That ACCEPT Albums 'Started To Sound The Same'

20 окт 2023

PETER BALTES On Leaving ACCEPT: 'Once You're Not Involved Anymore In The Decision Making, What's The Point?

In a new interview with Jorge Botas of Portugal's Metal Global, former ACCEPT bassist Peter Baltes was asked about his decision to exit the band in 2018 after spending more than three decades with the Wolf Hoffmann-led outfit. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Everybody knows now. I did a lot of interviews, and I really don't wanna talk about it anymore, but basically we used to go up as a band, as friends and stuff, and then these things change business-wise and music-wise. And then it always seems that somebody wants all the influence. Once you're not involved anymore in the decision making, what's the point? I'm not interested in that. So I left."

Baltes went on to discuss his current position as the bassist in U.D.O., the long-running German metal band fronted by original ACCEPT singer Udo Dirkschneider. He said: "It's a unique situation, because here, in this band, I'm very much respected. It's really nice. They're very respectful. There's no egos. That's very new for me. There's no egos in this [band]. Udo doesn't care. He's 71 years old. He's just happy to sing. And that's a good foundation for a band, because he supports all the young players in the band, and it's really relaxed. The music is the number one issue in the band; it's not the business that much. So that just runs automatically. And for me, joining the band was really for my own happiness. I wanna play. I wanna make people happy. I like playing my bass. It wasn't so much a business decision.

"I [was] helping Udo out [as a touring bassist for U.D.O.], and then he asked me — I think we were in South America, and he got an e-mail or text from his old bass player, and he said, 'I don't wanna be in the band anymore.' So now they were stuck. And they asked me if I wanna stay, and I said, 'Sure. Why not? It's a lot of fun.'"

Circling back to his departure from ACCEPT, Baltes said: "In order to be creative and in a good spirit, you have to feel good about what you're doing. That's the number one reason you're doing it in the first place that you started. If you go back, when you were really little and how you started, it was just a love for music. You had no idea how good you were. If you ever had talent, that all didn't matter because you just worked hard on it, and that's where you ended up."

He continued: "I had a lot of fans write, 'Why did he leave the mighty ACCEPT and join the little U.D.O.?' And they just don't get it. It doesn't matter — it really does not matter."

Last month, Udo told Robert Cavuoto of Metal Rules that he was "not surprised" to see Peter leave ACCEPT. "I knew what was coming up already a long time before it was official," Udo said. "But Peter did already some interviews [where he talked about it]. I don't wanna make any comments about this."

This past June, Baltes discussed his departure from ACCEPT in an interview with Rock And A Hard Place. The 65-year-old bassist said: "I wasn't the happiest person in ACCEPT before. In my life, every day counts. When you reach my age — I'm 65 now — I wanna enjoy my life and I don't wanna do anything I don't like. I have that right now."

Asked if Udo's exit from ACCEPT was caused by the singer's disagreements with Wolf and Hoffmann's then-wife Gaby Hoffmann, who also managed ACCEPT for several decades, Peter said: "The problem was always between Wolf and his wife and Udo. I never had a problem with Udo. I guess [Udo] wasn't sophisticated enough. He was a blue-collar guy. He was a singer. It never worked out between them. They just hated each other.

"I said that in another interview a while ago, I said here we made the biggest mistake," he continued. "I was asked, actually, by Metal Hammer [what I thought] the worst ACCEPT album [was], and I said it must have been [1989's] 'Eat The Heat' [which featured David Reece on vocals], because we left our true destiny. The singer, which was the sound of the band, is gone, and we try with an American singer to sound like DEF LEPPARD. What a stupid idea there.

"I think in 2005 we did a reunion tour with Udo. But I kept in touch with Stefan [Kaufmann, former ACCEPT drummer], and through him with Udo. Wolf and Gaby always had their [spats with Udo] back and forth in the media, and I kept out of that."

Peter added: "I told the guys in the [later version of ACCEPT], because they all chimed in, 'Eff Udo,' this and that. And I'm thinking, 'Without Udo, you wouldn't be in this band. You're the singer now and you're drummer. You're all humping on Udo. You never met the man, first of all. You never said a word to him. It is so easy to judge somebody. Without him, you would be nowhere.'"

Asked if he felt like he was stuck in the middle between Hoffmann camp and Dirkschneider, Peter said: "Of course. You grow up together, and you have a band. Fans — people who follow a band — for them it's hard to fathom and understand what you're going through, because you spend half a lifetime together or even longer. And you trust people. And then trust is betrayed. And you think, 'Why? What is there to gain? A little bit more money? Power? Is that it?' And I guess that is what it is. Certain people need control; they can't let go. And if they don't have it, they're not happy."

Baltes also reflected on the Mark Tornillo era of ACCEPT, which began with 2010's "Blood Of The Nations" album and as produced four more LPs so far.

"In the end, when you mention ACCEPT albums, yeah, the first one was really good because that was stuff that mostly I had accumulated over the years," Peter said. "So Wolf and I wrote that first album together; that was killer. But after that, it was so predictable — it was the same riff; it's the same thing. So we were very divided. One side just wanted… I'll never forget that — he said, 'We can just do this and ride in the sunset together.' And I said, 'I think I have a different sunset in mind,' because I wanna be relevant with my music. I don't wanna just keep my fans happy and don't go anywhere else and just keep doing this. I wanna evolve; I wanna explore things. I come from a progressive background — EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER, things like this. So I was, like, 'This is the same stupid riff again, the same vocal line. Just another word.' I didn't wanna do it. [There were] too many things that were just bad — financial situations, trust issues, musical [ideas]. Everything was wrong. So that's why I left."

Baltes previously discussed his departure from ACCEPT in an interview with Finland's Chaoszine. At the time he said: "Well, it was… maybe the last two years, it started to go down. I didn't like it anymore. And I found out some things — I don't wanna elaborate — but I found out some things that are really not nice. I'd been together with Wolf my whole life, and that wasn't really necessary. Some people have to have all the control, and when it started going into the artistic control, then it really bothered me more. So I really wasn't into it anymore. And I was glad I did it, because it was 2018, and it was the last tour. And then corona happened anyway, so I got to record a lot of different albums. I played on Mick Mars's [MÖTLEY CRÜE] solo album. I did so many different things. And I was writing music for television and radio anyway, so I had two years of working [on] other stuff that I wasn't used to. And then, on the other hand, sitting at home for two years, when Udo called [and asked me to join U.D.O. and DIRKSCHNEIDER], that's why I took about five minutes to answer."

Peter's latest comments are similar to those he made in March in an interview with Scott Itter of Dr. Music. At the time, he said about his exit from ACCEPT: "The statement that came from the band literally five minutes after I announced that I'm leaving [back in November 2018], that I wanna spend more time with my family, well, that wasn't true. No, no. I was extremely unhappy. And I found out a few things. I'd been in the band forever, and I found out in the end, in this incarnation of ACCEPT, I wasn't even really a member; I was a hired gun. And it's these things that come out where you don't have any input, insight, and you start getting bitter. And there's no reason to, but somebody else's ego is just so big or whatever — two of 'em — that it just takes them there, and they just need to control everything and have everything and you name it. That's what got Udo out back then, and I think in the end it hit everybody. So I was the last one standing, but I couldn't stand it anymore. I needed happiness in my life, and there was no happiness there. It was just a dead horse. So I left after the tour. And in my case, it was the best I ever could have done."

Baltes also talked about what it was like to play bass for U.D.O., on the group's fall 2022 European tour after U.D.O.'s then-bassist Tilen Hudrap was hospitalized after the band's show in Munich, Germany.

"In retrospect, when I stepped on stage in Berlin [in September 2022] with Udo after so many years — the last time was 2005, I think — it was a moment that I can't even describe it," Peter said. "We went on stage first, and then Udo comes, and he starts singing. And the first note brought me back instantly to our days when we played little clubs. The man is such a legend, and his voice… And it's nothing to do with you're short, you're tall, you're fat, you're skinny, none of that — you're in shape or you're not — none of that matters to me, to him and the audience. [What is important is] when something is authentic. And that's what got me at that moment. I was, like, 'Man, this is the real deal.' I wasn't used to that; I wasn't. I totally forgot. And you can into this where you think, 'We've been doing this all our life.' No, we didn't. We played kind of like it, with people that kind of sound like it. But no. He's the real deal, and the power that comes out of his voice is second to none. Sheer power, meaning volume, power. Bruce Dickinson [IRON MAIDEN] has power. When he sings, you can see it — he has power. Some singers, they have power. And Ronnie [James Dio] had power. Udo has power. That's certain power that just captivates you in your ears, in your stomach, and you go with it."

Baltes was replaced in ACCEPT by Martin Motnik.

Two years ago, Hoffmann was asked by SiriusXM's "Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk" if he had had a chance to talk to Peter since his departure from ACCEPT and if he had gotten clarification on why Baltes left the group. Wolf said: "No, man. That's kind of the sad part about it. He kind of made that decision alone, and we never really had a sitdown and a man-to-man talk that I was hoping we'd have. He just announced it to the world, and that was it, and at that point, it was almost too late. I have to respect his decision.

"I miss him very much, and I think he's always gonna be my buddy or whatever," Wolf continued. "But right now, we don't really have much in common. Because when somebody leaves the band, it's usually that we never really see them much again, as sad as it is. I wish we would, and maybe one day we will. But right now, we don't, really. But we didn't have any fights or anything. I can only speculate why he left the band, but I'd rather not."

Hoffmann was also asked if he was surprised to see Baltes working with Udo on some new music in 2020. He responded: "Yeah, I probably shouldn't say much about that. Again, I can only speculate what that was all about. At the end of the day, we do our thing, and everybody has to know for themselves what they wanna do. Yeah, let me not say as much about that as I can, please."

In January 2021, Hoffmann told Australia's Metal Mal that he was "a little bit heartbroken" when Baltes left ACCEPT. "I felt it was not only a sad day for ACCEPT, it was also a sad day for rock and roll, or heavy metal, in general, because I thought we were gonna be doing this until the sun goes down — I don't know; until forever," he said. "But he all of a sudden decided otherwise, and he made that decision, and that was it. And that's sad, but what can you do, man? I decided, along with everybody else, the show must go on, and we continue without him. So this is what we did. And here's the new album — without Peter. But it's still sad. I still miss him sometimes. It's just the way it is."

In November 2019, Hoffmann told Powermetal.cl that he no longer kept in touch with Baltes after the bassist exited the group a year earlier. "Unfortunately, when somebody leaves the band, they're always kind of out of sight, out of mind," Wolf explained. "It's very sad. I wish it wasn't that way, because we've been friends for so long. But the reality is I haven't really heard from him — even though I reached out a couple of times. He's almost like he wants to disappear or he wants to leave the music business altogether. It's sad and I still don't quite understand what really happened. But it is what it is, and we move on."

Three years ago, Baltes and former ACCEPT drummer Stefan Kaufmann were part of the songwriting team for U.D.O.'s album called "We Are One", a collaboration with Das Musikkorps der Bundeswehr, the military band of the German federal armed forces.

A new U.D.O. album, "Touchdown", featuring Baltes on bass, was released on August 25 via Atomic Fire Records.

Photo credit: Martin Hausler / Atomic Fire Records

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20 окт 2023

Aiming High

Я рад за Балтеса(честно).Надеюсь он не уйдет из этой "группы без эгоизма")

20 окт 2023

Mike Barlow

Сарказм понятен. Но люди вообще и музыканты в частности разные. Как и в "обычной" жизни.бывают коллективы где внутренняя атмосфера - хоть вешайся. А бывают те, в которых если и не тотальная дружба,то хоть ровные уважительные отношения и никто никому мозг не сносит, просто делаем одно дело, а в перерывах травим байки про рыбалку и про то, что раньше было лучше.

20 окт 2023

olly71

Две новости подряд о бегстве бассистов от злобных эгоистов которые их сделали рок-звёздами и обеспечили им бесбедную жизнь. ))))) Ох уж эти эгоисты ))))

20 окт 2023

Rutger

>>>"Почему ты ушёл из великой группы ACCEPT и присоединился к маленькой группе U.D.O.?" Они просто не понимают этого.

Ну почему не понимают, очень даже понимают. Если ты уже не тянешь ни творчески, ни профессионально, ни (вероятно) физически в великой и по прежнему успешной группе, если тебе, еще не уволив, уже фактически нашли действующую замену, более молодую и техничную, то разумеется уютней и комфортней будет в маленькой группе, где ты герой и звезда. На какое-то время, пока душнина и полное отсутствие перспектив не перевесят комфорт для уязвленного самолюбия.

20 окт 2023

olly71

Rutger, Ну величие АССЕРТ в музыке закончилось наверно после увольнения УДО в 1987 ну максимум после альбома 1993 года . А по заработкам они вообще никогда не были великой группой . Да на них пока ещё есть устойчивый спрос но это не стадионы и не большие арены а клубы . Да они не умирают с голоду и вроде бы им не надо больше нигде работать на стороне но купить дом в Майами и феррари они себе позволить не могут. Как я понимаю у УДО примерно такая же финансовая ситуация . Так что по заработкам эти группы примерно равны да и по музыке сейчас тоже ( в среднем серые альбоми с отдельными действительно классными песнями у обоих )

20 окт 2023

Rutger

olly71, Серые, не серые - это вкусовщина. Хофманн с 2010 г. продает примерно в 7-10 раз больше альбомов, чем Удо. Это огромная разница. Напомню, что разница в продажах последних альбомов Мегадет и Метлы сократилась до 3х раз, при этом Мастейн чудовищно комплексует от своей коммерческой вторичности по отношению к бывшей группе. Гораздо сильнее, чем Диркшнайдер. Если бы Ассерт был столь же беден, чего тогда Балтес не ушел туда в 96м, когда Ассерт вообще закрылся? Чего он ждал 13 лет, новой встречи с диктатором? Не сходится.

20 окт 2023

olly71

Rutger, а кто сегодня зарабатывает на продаже альбомов ? Ну очень не многие и эти две группы точно не из этого числа. Возможно АССЕРТ продаёт как ты написал 7-10 раз больше альбомов, чем Удо . Но при нынешних продажах дисков продаёшь ты 2000 копий или 300 разница не сильно большая в кармане музыканта. сейчас все зарабатывают на концертах. И не надо передёргивать я не писал что АССЕРТ беден - они по доходам средняя рок-группа но никак не великая им им как до Луны раком до заработков Металлики Кисс Аэросмит Ганс н Росес и даже Мегадет.

20 окт 2023

Rutger

olly71, Такие "середнячки", как Ассерт, как раз зарабатывают. Винил стоит 30-40 евро, если одна группа за месяц продала в Европе, допустим, 10000 штук на 300000 евро, а другая 1000 на 30000, при одинаковых издержках на запись и студию, это одно и то же? Нет, конечно. Думаю, Ассерт в плане доходности выше UDO примерно в те же 7-10 раз.
Продажи новых альбомов - чистая, не ретро-концертная популярность, а в случае с Ассерт и UDO это сравнение корректное, т.к. они работают строго в одном жанре. Популярность тащит за собой мерч, сувениры, рекламу и т.д.

20 окт 2023

Rutger

olly71, Насчет концертов, да, последний тур Ассерт был относительно в скромных залах, но в целом, по моим оценкам (не стану утверждать), с 2010г. аудитории у Ассерт больше чем у УДО раза в 2-3.
В Штатах Ассерт дал с 2010г. 106 концертов, U.D.O. - 11. Равны по заработкам?

20 окт 2023

olly71

Rutger, Ассерт это давно уже амерниканская группа . Живут в штатах и половина состава американцы и в Америке они уже свои давно. А УДО это чисто европейская группа и по месту жительство и так они себя позиционируют . И поэтому они не могут давать в Америке как инностранная группа столько же концертов в первую очередь сверх большие затраты а во вторую американцы не очень то любят не свои группы ну если это только не Скорпионс и не Айрон Мэйден. ..... И это насчёт 10000 винила кто это его в таких колличествах сейчас продаёт ? Я даже про AC/DC не уверен что он столько его продают сейчас . я вон смотрю европейские группы выпускают винил так там тиражи 200 -500 экз

20 окт 2023

Rutger

olly71, если я правильно понял, от утверждений о коммерческой равности Ассерт и UDO ты плавно перешел к изложению причин их сильной коммерческой неравности)

21 окт 2023

olly71

Rutger, Нет я говорю что сейчас ни первая ни вторая группа на дисках и тем более винилах практически ничего не зарабатывает потому как тиражи очень маленькие . А выступают они примерно в одинаковых по вместимости залах и сппос на них примерно одинаковый . Да Эксепт дают больше концертов в штатах по месту прописки а УДО больше в Европе по этому же принципу. В так что где то у них поровну а по их музыки писал уже выше .

20 окт 2023

Old Nothing

Пора на отдых отцам (дедам).

22 окт 2023

kircore

Да буллили Ньюкида, естественно. И на сцене, и за сценой. Он в 90-х даже дневник вёл.

25 окт 2023

HiddenReload

опаньки! Удо 71 - а орёт дай боже!
его голос не пропьёш... хахаха, это уже по умолчанию до скона
редко кому так везёт