Listed along with shows are quality ratings, tracks and additional notes. Shows without ratings at all are TV broadcast quality. Ratings on a 1-10 scale.

Shows highlighted green Added October 5, 2005

Show highlighted yellow Added May 17, 2006

Show highlighted red Added July 11, 2006

I am currently seeking 2005 Accept videos/DVDs. I will trade any 3 shows for one 2005 show. Biggest want: Sweden Rock 2005. E-mail me for more details.


ACCEPT:

• Solingen, Germany 1981 1:21
Picture- 3- Black and white.You can't really see the band members well at all, but you can see Udo pacing back and forth with his long hair!

Sound- 5 - Have to turn it up all the way to make out anything. Keep in mind the age of the show when considering these ratings.

Trax- Starlight, Thunder and Lightning, Do It, Save Us, Feelings, Breaker, Run If You Can, Tired of Me, (unknown song- possibly a cover of another band's song), Son of a Bitch, Midnight Highway, The King, Free Me Now, Drum Solo, Guitar solo, Sounds of War, I'm a Rebel, Down and Out, Burning
 

• Switzerland, 1981 0:56
Picture- 7- Surprisingly close, better color and much better overall than Solingen picture wise.

Sound- 7

Trax- Starlight, Thunder and Lightning, Do It, Breaker, Run If You Can, Son Of a Bitch, Midnight Highway, Free Me Now, Solo-Wolf, Sounds of War, I'm a Rebel, Burning

Additional Notes- An absolute cool as hell ending! Stefan lights his stix on fire and Wolf catches his guitar on fire off them.
 

• The American Rock Festival, Michigan 1984 Interview and concert footage with Accept is 80 seconds. Entire program (w/ Ratt, Motley Crue, Ozzy and Triumph) is 0:18

• Staying a Life 1985 Japan (w/ documentary info) 1:05
Picture and Sound- 8 - I have a couple copies and just haven't been real impressed with any of them. If someone loaned me a copy of the pre-recorded cassette and I made the copy myself, I think I'd have a better copy.

Trax- Metal Heart, Breaker (cut off early), I'm a Rebel (song video), Screaming For a Lovebite, Up to the Limit, Living For Tonight, Princess of the Dawn, Midnight Mover (song video), Restless and Wild, Son of a Bitch, Balls to the Wall (song video- black and white), London Leatherboys, Fast as a Shark, Balls to the Wall
 

• Staying a Life 1985 Japan same show only w/ interview in place of docum. footage 1:05
Picture and Sound- 9 - I have a laser disc that I've never watched (quality has to be 10 on this), but my copy available for trade is a copy of the laser disc.

Trax- same as documentary version

Additional notes- This version cuts away from the concert in the same places as the other version.
 

• Stockholm, Sweden 1985 1:32
Picture- 5- An old show filmed from the crowd is going to be shaky to begin with, but the flashing stage lights don't help. This show will give you a headache if you watch it tired!

Sound- 6

Trax- Metal Heart, Breaker, Love Child, Turn Me On, London Leatherboys, Wrong Is Right, Princess of the Dawn, Head Over Heals, Winterdreams, Guitar Solo, Midnight Mover, Screaming For a Lovebite, Too High To Get It Right, Living For Tonight, Up to the Limit, Burning, Fast as a Shark, Restless and Wild, Balls to the Wall

Additional Notes- The crowd must have been getting a little out of control. I can't clearly make out what is going on, but it looks as though Udo tells the crowd to "keep back".
 

• Brussels, Belgium 1986 1:24
Picture- 6 - Stable, good color, and whole stage is shown.... but just too far away.

Sound- 7

Trax- TV War, Living For Tonight, Monsterman, London Leatherboys, Wrong Is Right, Princess of the Dawn, Bass solo/Intro, Heaven is Hell, Guitar Solo, Restless and Wild, Son of a Bitch, Breaker, Love Child, Up to the Limit, Metal Heart, Russian Roulette, Fast as a Shark, Balls to the Wall
 

• Detroit Harpos Club 1986 0:45
Picture- 8 - Minor tracking problems, but close and good camera movement.

Sound- 7 1/2

Trax- TV War, Living For Tonight, Monsterman, London Leatherboys, Heaven is Hell, Screaming For a Lovebite, Up to the Limit, Metal Heart, Balls to the Wall

Additional Notes- Clearly the best 1986 video show that I know of out there.
 

• Toronto 1986 w/ I'm a Rebel Video 0:31
Picture- 3 -I should have another copy around somewhere, but this one I viewed was bad. Needed tracking bad, which I don't have a remote to do it with. Bright stage lights made Udo look like a ghost.

Sound- 5 - Distorted, often screaching.

Trax- Heaven is Hell, Screaming For a Lovebite, Up to the Limit, Metal Heart, Balls to the Wall
 

• Fat Jak's Night Club- Council Bluffs, Iowa- June 23, 1989 1:17

Picture- 8

Sound- 9

Trax- TV War, Living For Tonight, London Leatherboys, Hellhammer, Princess of the Dawn, Generation Clash, D-Train, Metal Heart, Screaming For A Lovebite, Up To The Limit, XTC, Turn The Wheel, Balls To The Wall

Notes- The picture doesn't come into full focus until the third song. No closer shots until the fourth song. After that, this show is very enjoyable! I think the video turned out as well as it could have, because this place was awefully dark and smoke-filled. Stefan Kaufmann was the drummer in this show.

Miscue- HAHAHAHA!! In one of the first lines in Up to the Limit, David Reece substitutes some of his own lyrics (David Reece was the master at that!!). Then after the first chorus he just stops singing? I'm not sure what he was doing, but the band carries on for about the time it would have taken to sing the next set of lyrics. Then Reece comes back and sings those lines, but heavily altered. Towards the end of the song, Peter puts his arm around him and says something to him. Maybe he was affected by the 32 ounce can of beer he was drinking on stage?!

Priceless David Reece lines- When he tells Wolf just before the Generation Clash solo to start "playin' your guitar!"
His "Sign of Victory" in Balls to the Wall.

• Much Music Power Hour 1989 0:08
Interview with Wolf and David. Includes Generation Clash video. Favorite quote from David Reece- "...for one thing, Udo is like 4 feet tall..." I had this originally....listed this now as new because I now have the entire G. Clash video (my old copy was missing a few opening seconds)
• New Album Release Party in Berlin (Headb. B.) 12/6/92 0:14
Notes- A party inside a Hard Rock Cafe. Includes interviews with the band and others.
• Japan TV 1993 0:07
Interview with Wolf and Peter....and a very cool behind the scenes of the making of the Protectors of Terror video.
• Interview on Mind Melt (a video magazine) Peter and Udo commenting on every album. 1993 0:12
Notes- It's cool to hear them say at least something about the first two albums. Ever since the mid 80s, it's like they were hardly ever talked about in interviews, songs off the first album never played live after 81, etc. Very informative interview.
• Sofia, Bulgaria 1993 1:05 Also includes short interviews and the band ariving at an airport or bus terminal.
Picture- 7- Even though it is a TV show. There are occasional lines across screen, and that same orangish-redish-brownish color in the Slaves to the Metal song video. In fact I think that video was probably made from clips of this show.

Sound- 8- Not what you'd expect for a TV show. Some songs sounded like 9's, other's like 7's... inconsistent.

Trax- Starlight, Slaves to the Metal, Screaming For a Lovebite, London Leatherboys, Breaker, Interview w/ wolf and peter, Objection Overruled, Up to the Limit, Burning, Metal Heart, Fast as a Shark, Balls to the Wall
 

• Osnabruck, Germany 4/30/93 2:08
Picture- 7- Camera not steady, some shots thru/around people's heads, color good at times, orange-like haze throughout a lot of the show, no shots of drummer.

Sound- 8

Trax- Starlight, Living For Tonight, Slaves to the Metal, Screaming For a Lovebite, London Leatherboys, Breaker, Bulletproof, Princess of the Dawn, Neon Nights, Winterdreams, Animal House, Restless and Wild, Son of a Bitch, TV War, Too High To Get It Right, The King, X-T-C, Up to the Limit, Objection Overruled, Burning, Metal Heart, Fast as a Shark, Balls to the Wall

Additional Notes- I think this is a must because of the unusual setlist, and it's the longest show out there. It's a real treat to hear Udo singing X-T-C!
 

• Lund, Sweden 5/4/93 0:41
Picture- 7- Good color, but shot from up high and to the side. Way too much zooming in and out, focusing, and overall camera movement.

Sound- 9

Trax- X-T-C (ending), Objection Overruled, Up to the Limit, Burning, Metal Heart, Fast as a Shark, Balls to the Wall

Additional Notes- This is only about half of the show. Just to add to the picture rating, we even get a nice shot of the ceiling during the crowd cheer for the first encore. Trust me, get a hold of the audio tape version of this show instead (the best sounding concert in the universe).
 

Moscow, Russia 10/5/93 TV special (Interviews, clips of band site seeing) 0:26
 
Milano, Italy 5/18/93 0:50 -
Picture- 8 - Color not the best, crowd in the way often.

Sound 10

Trax- Too High To Get It Right (ending), The King, guitar solo, Flash Rockin' Man, Objection Overruled, Up to the Limit, Burning, Metal Heart, Fast as a Shark, Balls to the Wall
 

• On the Road Report (Headb. B.) 5/19/93 0:12
Notes- Peter and Wolf name off the top 5 all time Accept songs as chosen by the band, and give the European fans an idea what to expect on the reunion tour.
• Headbanger's Ball Appearance Foundation's Forum '93 (Interview w/ Udo +Wolf plus Balls video) 0:07 (1038)
Notes- Ricki Rachtman does a rare poor job of interviewing here. He repeats a couple questions twice. It appears his hands are shaking..... nervous about meeting Accept? Who knows.
• Headbanger's Ball Appearance Foundation's Forum '93 (European MTV vesion, different interview) 0:05

• Buenos Aires, Argentina 9/17/93 1:49
Picture- 9 - Not the best focusing, but the color is great! Shot from the balcony but the shots are close. When the camera is shaky at the beginning, I think this is a rare situation where it's not the camera man's fault.... it's the band and the huge crowd tearing the place down!!

Sound- 9

Trax- Starlight, Living For Tonight, Screaming For a Lovebite, London Leatherboys, I Don't Wanna Be like You, Restless and Wild, Son of a Bitch, Breaker, Princess of the Dawn (bass solo included), Guitar solo, Neon Nights, Slaves to the Metal, This One's for You, Bulletproof, Too High To Get It Right, Up to the Limit, Burning, Metal Heart, Fast as a Shark, Balls to the Wall

Additional notes- Cool shot of the banner outside the place before the show. Brief shots of a mosh pit!! This concert is best remembered for Too High To Get It Right. At the beginning, Wolf's equipment goes out. He quickly switches guitars and moves on. Then half way thru the song it happens again, this time he's missing in action for over 2 minutes! The other 3 do a great job of carrying on without him. Wolf finally comes back for the end of the song and Udo gives out a little chuckle at the end :-) In my opinion one of the top 3 Accept videos!
 

• Brooklyn, NY L'Amours 10/15/93 1:04
Picture and sound- Let's see, I'm using a 10 scale..... so I would have to give each a 20!!!!!!! Better picture and sound than any major motion picture ever made.

Trax- Starlight, Living For Tonight, Restless and Wild, Son of a Bitch, I Don't Wanna Be Like You, Princess of the Dawn (includes bass solo), Slaves to the Metal, Bulletproof, Up to the Limit, Metal Heart, Fast as a Shark, Balls to the Wall

Additional notes- The sound missing on the first minute of the show is on all the existing copies I think. A tripod was used, and the shots are so close you feel like you're standing on stage watching it!. Peter has equipment problems on a couple songs and beats up on his stacks! The bouncers are kept real busy in this one!
 

• Tavista Club Helsinki, Finland 11/26/94 1:26 (542)
Picture- 8 - The camera man is positioned great (straight away from the center of the stage), but is jittery and out of focus often.

Sound- 9

Trax- What Else, Up to the Limit, I Don't Wanna Be Like You, Breaker, London Leatherboys, Bad Habits Die Hard, Stone Evil, Slaves to the Metal, Princess of the Dawn, Sodom & Gomorra, Bulletproof, Too High To Get It Right, Metal Heart, Death Row, Fast as a Shark

Notes- Not a complete show, Balls is missing.
 

• Short interview and live on stage clips at a festival 1994 0:02
• Interview on the road in U.S. 1996 0:04
Picture- 6 - very shaky, in fact a VCR counter won't even read that there's anything on the tape!

Sound- 10 - Made for TV

Notes- Only interview I know of including Michael.
 

• Buenos Aires (TV) 1996 0:34
Trax- Son of a Bitch (end of it)- Interview- jam- end of Bulletproof- Fast as a Shark, Metal Heart, Making Me Scream, I'm a Rebel, Balls to the Wall
• Pumphuset Copenhagen, Denmark 5/2/96 1:42
Picture and sound- 10 - Incredible!!!

Trax- Restless and Wild, Son of a Bitch, Living For Tonight, London Leatherboys, Monsterman, Flash Rockin' Man, Slaves to the Metal, Breaker, Crossroads, It Ain't Over Yet, Princess of the Dawn, Bad Habits Die Hard, Hard Attack, Bulletproof, Fast as a Shark, Metal Heart, Making Me Scream, I'm a rebel, Burning, Balls to the Wall

Notes- Some might put this ahead of Brooklyn.... it's a close, close second I think. A must if not for anything else for the scorching setlist! Michael kicks ass at the end of Making Me Scream, even loses a drumstick :-), and gets introduced to the crowd after the song by Udo.....this happens in Buenos Aires 96 too, but this version is better!
 

• Gods of Metal Festival, Italy- June 12, 2005  0:56

Picture- 8 - Very shaky, especially at the beginning. Shot from around 25 rows back or so. The closer he gets in, the shakier it is. But the color is very good and the focus is above average. Nice camera movement. There are pauses for still shot photos, but not too many of them- not much of a distraction. Overall enjoyable!

Sound- 7 - Poor sound the first song especially but it all seems to get better later on. The biggest problem I thought were the drums. The faster the drums, the more it sounded like a helicopter.

Trax: Starlight, Living For Tonight, London Leatherboys, Metal Heart, Breaker (the end of the song), Head Over Heels, Restless and Wild, Son Of A Bitch, Monsterman, Fast As A Shark, Princess of the Dawn, Balls to the Wall

Miscues: Peter: "This is our last show in Spain, so let's kick some you know what!" Udo: "We're in Italy"... LOL. Then Udo teases him again about this a few songs later. Udo drops the mic before Restless :-)

Notes: Included on this DVD copy that I have are 7 or so still shots that were taken during the show. All of them close shots and a few of them are super clear quality.

• Rockwave Festival- Athens Greece - July 8, 2005 (DVD) 1:10



Picture- 9 - The camera is pretty far away (at least 20 rows), but he does an excellent job here. Most of the shots are close. It is somewhat fuzzy and a little out of focus. Part of that may have had to do with all the stage lights and smoke in a daytime show- I don't know. But what I love about this picture is the color which is great!

Sound- 9 - very good and consistent.

Trax- Starlight, Living For Tonight, London Leatherboys, Metal Heart, Love Child, Breaker, Head Over Heels, Classic Medley, Restless And Wild, Son of A Bitch, Flash Rockin' Man, Monsterman, Fast As A Shark, Princess of the Dawn, Balls To The Wall

Notes- I was slightly dissapointed with the energy or "vibe" from this show. Especially from the crowd. They were wild enough I guess... but this is Greece for gosh sakes! The Accept capital of the world!! But this will still hold me over just fine until an official DVD comes out from '05. Very interesting camera work to start Head Over Heels. He pans around the whole audience to give you a good idea of the crowd size and then shows some good close up shots of some audience members. This one time was enough and I wouldn't have tried it 2-3 more times later in the show like he did. The minor flaws in this show really don't take much away from this cool show. I already mentioned the slight focus problems. Also it's a bit jumpy anytime he moves side to side. The band gets out of synch in Restless and Wild and I think in a song earlier but recover. During the Classical Medley there are  few shots of Wolf. In fact for about the first third of it, he stays fixed on only the other three, which is very distracting (that's Wolf's part of the show!) Perhaps the most noticeable distractions though are the missing portions between songs. The songs themselves are all in their entirety, which leads me to believe the master was later edited down to this shorter version. I can understand maybe taking out 3 minutes of crowd cheering for an encore, but not 5 seconds in between all the other songs!

Availability- I am currently not trading OR copying. The only possible exception would be if you had an Accept 2005 video or David Reece related live show for trade and I recieve first in the trade. No exceptions. Also, any e-mails or messages asking me if this show will be made available for download will be deleted with no reply.


• Song Videos: I'm a Rebel, Balls to the Wall (color and b&w versions), Midnight Mover, Generation Clash, Protectors of Terror, Slaves to the Metal, Death Row

• Belgium (TV) 1988 0:38
Picture- 8

Sound- 9

Trax- Animal House, Go Back To Hell, Interview, They Want War, Interview, Warrior, In the Darkness

Notes- The interviews are lengthy (2nd one is over 10 minutes), with Udo and Mathias, and all in German...which sucks for most of us. They Want War is a combination of footage from the song video and the concert.
 

• Hanover, Germany same show as above
• Gothenburg 4/1/89 0:22
Picture- 8 - Far away but zoomed close, steady, good shots.

Sound- 9

Trax- Painted Love (2nd half)- Mean Machine, We're History, Dirty Boys, Fast as a Shark, They Want War
 

• Making of Heart of Gold video (Japanese TV) 3/20/91 0:06
• Heart of Gold on Hit Studio International 0:04
• Heart of Gold 0:04
• Band History (1991) 0:05
• Hammelina, Finland (TV) 6/7/91 0:57
Trax- Metal Eater, Thunderforce, We Want it Loud, drum solo, Timebomb, Interview (Mathias and Thomas), Princess of the Dawn, In the Darkness, Interview with a person in charge of the event, Kick in the Face, Animal House, Interview with fans, Overloaded, Balls to the Wall, They Want War

Notes- The best UDO video by far!!
 

• 1997 show 1:29
Picture- 7- because the camera for the most part is only fixed on Udo and Stefan K.

Sound- 8

Trax- Break the Rules, Animal House, Independence Day, Metal Eater, Two Faced Woman, Stone Evil, Princess of the Dawn, In the Darkness, Metal Heart, The Punisher, Bulletproof, Living on a Frontline, Balls to the Wall, Metal Gods, Monsterman, I'm a Rebel, They Want War, Fast as a Shark
 

• German TV 1997 0:25
Picture- 8- TV quality if it weren't for the snow. Lots of good angles.

Sound- 6- Faint

Trax- Independence Day, Son of a Bitch, Two Faced Woman, Stone Evil, Princess of the Dawn

Additional Notes- The vocals are a little bit too prominent...especially backing on ID. The band's "AhAhAh- AhAhAh" towards the end is almost comical!
 

• Interview on metal tv show. Includes Heart of Gold and Independence Day videos. Also videos form other bands. Whole show-0:43, UDO portions-approx 0:18

• Norrkoping, Sweden 1/30/98 1:10
Picture- 9- two cameras giving various shots including one from the back of stage early in the show.

Sound- 9

Trax- Stone Evil, Animal House, Independence Day, Metal Eater, Desperate Balls, Princess of the Dawn, In the Darkness, Metal Heart, Monsterman, Too High To Get It Right, Balls to the Wall, Metal Gods, I'm a Rebel, Fast as a Shark

Notes- Stefan S. body surfs at the very end after the final bow!! I was a little disapointed when I first watched this show. Don't get me wrong, it's a great show....but when (I'm assuming the people that filmed it) tried to sell it to me, I was told this show quality wise just blew all the other shows away. Not true at all, and just because 2 cameras were used doesn't make it awesome either. The sharpness and clarity doesn't come anywhere close to a TV broadcast show like Finland 91....and I would also put Brooklyn and Buenos Aires 93 and Copenhagen 96 all ahead of this show in terms of picture.

Miscues- Someone missed a note or was off early on in Independence Day, but the band quickly recovers. Udo's mic seems to be out for almost 1/2 of Metal Heart. Udo almost intros Monsterman as comming from the Restless and Wild album and catches himself.
 

• Eskilstuna, Sweden 1/31/98 1:18
Picture- 8- Good steady shots... color is a little off.

Sound- 8

Trax- Stone Evil, Animal House, Independence Day, Metal Eater, Desperate Balls, Princess of the Dawn, In the Darkness, Metal Heart, Monsterman, Too High To Get It Right, Balls to the Wall, Metal Gods, I'm a Rebel, Fast as a Shark
 

• Rock Cafe- Munich, Germany June 11, 1998

Picture and Sound- 9 (Currently can only watch this dvd on my computer)

Trax- Stone Evil, Freelance Man, Independence Day, Metal Eater, Manhunt, Restless and Wild, Son of a Bitch, No Limits, Princess of the Dawn, In the Darkness, Metal Heart, Animal House, Too High To Get It Right, Balls to the Wall, Metal Gods, Love Machine, I'm A Rebel, They Want War, Fast As A Shark

Notes- Wow!!! The cameraman is positioned perfectly in the middle of the club and he seems to be standing higher up on a platform or something. Incredible shots, very clear and rarely out of  focus. When the white stage lights are on, this video is PERFECT. But they keep switching over to red and blue lights and the quality doesn't hold up as good there. Otherwise this would have been a Brooklyn 93 or Finland 91 quality show. First time I've seen Manhunt and Love Machine. A very funny thing though is the crowd size. It's a USA size crowd! I couldn't believe it, but for the first half  hour there's only 2 rows of people, then after that it increases to a whopping 3 rows!! In several places you can see people casually walk up to the second row. So funny for a European show!

• Livorno, Italy 10/16/98 (probably 97) 1:27
Picture- 9 - Close. Who would have thought there would be Halloween decorations on stage for a UDO show!

Sound- 6 1/2- Very choppy!

Trax- Break the Rules, Animal House, Independence Day, Metal Eater, Two Faced Woman, Stone Evil, Princess of the Dawn, In the Darkness, Metal Heart, The Punisher, Monsterman, Bulletproof, Living on a Frontline, Balls to the Wall, Metal Gods, I'm a Rebel, They want war, Fast as a Shark

Notes- At the end of Metal Heart, Stefan S. gets a little over excited. He stands up on his kit and starts drumming on the lighting equipment on the ceiling and a neon light fixture falls and dangles above the stage! Udo busts out laughing. An equipment dude duct tapes the fixture back to the ceiling during the next song.
 

• Greece 1998 1:25
 Picture-7- A little jumpy, but decent movement. Close. Cuts some.

Sound-7

Trax- Stone Evil, Animal House, Independence Day, Metal Eater, Two Faced Woman, Desperate Balls, Princess of the Dawn, In the Darkness, Metal Heart, Break the Rules, Monsterman, Too High To Get It Right, Balls to the Wall, Metal Gods, They Want War, I'm A Rebel, Son Of A Bitch, Fast As A Shark

Aditional Notes- There's also two brief breaks (probably battery changes). Wild crowd!
 

• Band interviewed in Russia 1998 0:51
Notes- The reason for the long length is the time consumed for the translations. This is very unprofessional. They could have just done the whole thing in English and put the Russian translations at the bottom of the screen. I almost fell asleep.
• 3 songs live Russian TV 1998 0:13
Trax- Stone Evil, Animal House, Independence Day
• Interviews with Udo, Russia 1998 0:23

• Interview with entire band Chelyabinsk (Russia) TV show 1998 0:20
Notes- Conducted in English with pauses for the translations.
• Chelyabinsk, Russia 1998 0:25
Trax- Stone Evil, Animal House, Desperate Balls, Metal Heart, Fast As A Shark

Notes- The stage lights on this show are really great considering this ain't the 80s anymore :-) Very good quality show!
 

• Magnitogorsk, Russia 1998 0:38
Trax- Stone Evil, Animal house, Independence Day, Metal Eater, Desperate Balls, Breaker, Metal Heart, Monsterman, Too High to Get it Right, Balls to the Wall, I'm a Rebel, Restless and Wild, Son of a Bitch, Fast as a Shark

Notes- All these songs yet only 38 minutes......well it's just portions of the songs. A very rough crowd held back by a fence and about a hundred guards dressed like military personel!
 

• Hammerfall: The First Crusade commercial video 1999 1:21
Listed here because it contains 2 live songs with Udo singing with them. Head Over Heels and Balls to the Wall performed 9/19/98 at Karen- Goteborg, Sweden. Balls also features Mikkey Dee on drums.
• Russian TV footage 1999 0:20
A compilation of footage promoting the Russian tour, interviews with band and fans, and histories of Accept and UDO....all in russian.
• Sweden Rock Festival 6/12/99- Solvesborg 1:08

Picture- 7- Five to seven rows from front maybe. Close shots and good color....but very shaky camera movement and crowd is in the way in many of the shots.

Sound- 9

Trax- Metal Heart, Independence Day, Restless and Wild, Son of a Bitch, No Limits, Back With a Vengeance, Animal House, Metal Gods, Up to the Limit, Balls to the Wall, Princess of the Dawn, I'm a Rebel, Fast as a Shark
 

• Wacken Festival, Germany August 6, 1999 0:51 NTSC DVD
  

Picture- 8- Fairly close shots. Shot from an angle (facing stage- camera is to the left). The picture is very clear and steady.... no lines/distortion. However there is a LOT of mist or smoke (?) throughout the show and that is the drawback to this picture.

Sound- 7.5- prominant drums.

Trax- Metal Heart (not complete), Independence Day, Restless and Wild, Son Of A Bitch, No Limits, Princess of the Dawn, Animal House, Balls to the Wall, I'm A Rebel, Fast As A Shark

• Budapest, Hungary May 13, 2000 1:07 NTSC DVD

Picture- 6- The camera position is great. Maybe 15 rows from stage and on a platform and close shots. But I had several problems with the picture of this show. The focus seemed to be just slightly off (for the whole entire show). The stage colors (too many different colors) really threw this show off for me. Also there seemed to be this wavy picture style distortion that either I kept seeing, or maybe my mind was playing tricks on me? It seemed for the most part to affect the middle of the picture. Lastly, the person filming kept using two effects on his camera.... using them too much. This is why I deducted another point to make the rating a 6. One of the effects is where the action slows down. The other effect he used was a tunnel effect where he would tunnel out to show the whole stage area and then tunnel back in to the band shot. Oh, gee... cool. Thanks for doing that over a hundred times in the show (it seemed like). My personal opinion is that bootlegs should look like bootlegs and please leave all the trick photography gimmicks to the DVD creation specialists!

Sound- 7- Several level changes. Drums too prominant. I wasn't all that impressed with the sound.

Trax- Holy, Raiders of Beyond, Midnight Mover, Independence Day, Metal Eater, Drum solo, London Leatherboys, No Limits, Metal Heart, Restless and Wild, Son Of A Bitch, Balls to the Wall, Princess of the Dawn, I'm A Rebel, Fast As A Shark

Notes- Very tame crowd except for the first 2 rows.

• JJ Kelley's Lansing, IL 6/7/00 1:07
 
Picture- 7- The stage lights threw the automatic focusing off. Many of the whole-stage shots are blurry.

Sound- 8

Trax- Holy, Raiders of Beyond, Midnight Mover, Independence Day, Metal Eater, drum solo, London Leatherboys, No Limits, Winterdreams, Metal Heart, Living On a Frontline, Restless and Wild, Son of a Bitch, Balls to the Wall, Princess of the Dawn (battery runs out midway thru this song- show ended with I'm a Rebel and Fast as a Shark)

Notes- This is a master copy that I personally filmed. The minor problems with it stemed from this being my first attempt ever at filming a show. Additional notes about the taping of this show can be found on my Tour 2000 page. I am visible in the song Metal Heart. My wife taped that song.
 

• Hartford, CT 6/30/00 1:09

Picture and sound- 9- Very nice show, excellent camera work.

Trax- Same as the above show minus Princess

• Brooklyn, NY 2000 1:19

Picture and sound- Tough to rate. I can only watch this DVD on my computer. I'll give the picture a 6.

Trax- Holy, Raiders of Beyond, Midnight Mover, Independence Day, Metal Eater, drum solo, London Leatherboys, Animal House, Metal Heart, Living on a Frontline, Restless and Wild, Son of a Bitch, Balls to the Wall, Princess of the Dawn, Metal Gods, I'm a Rebel, Fast as a Shark

Notes- This is one of the most distracting videos I have seen! Where do I begin? The first song has 3-4 breaks in the first song- not sure what was going on there. The person filming seemed to have a lot of problems. At times it seems like a very short person is filming this because the crowd in front of him seems larger than life. Most of the shots are on Udo, quite a bit of Stefan as well. Very few stage shots, and when there is, there are focusing problems. This guy was in and out of focus A LOT- very distracting. Also the lighting in this club didn't seem to be very good, maybe that was one of the problems. Very distracting white strobe effect in a couple of the songs as well. A couple other things to point out: Udo seemed to be a lot more into this show than other shows I've seen.... pumping his fist harder, even beating his head in Independence Day. Also it's very interesting that Metal Gods is in a USA setlist. It was not in any of the shows I saw that year (thankfully).

• Gothenberg, Sweden April 2, 2002 1:33 (not a complete show)

Picture- 8. Shot from front row. Occasionally jumpy and out of focus. Some great angles (obviously) and overall very good job.

Sound- 7. Although for now I can only watch this DVD on my computer. Udo is very faint throughout this show and can barely be heard in a couple of the songs.

Trax- Man and Machine, Private Eye, Metal Heart, Midnight Highway, Animal Instinct, Living For Tonight, Hard To Be Honest, drum solo, TV War, Princess of the Dawn, In The Darkness, Independence Day, Hard Attack, Animal House, Balls To The Wall, Holy, Screaming For A Lovebite (taping stops at the start of the guitar solo).

Notes- The first 5 minutes is an autograph session. Cool wrestling match between Udo and Stefan in Independence Day. For me the two drawbacks to this show are not being able to hear Udo well and the fact that this is shot from the front row. I know it has its advantages (in this show for instance, Igor brings his guitar close up to the camera at one point).... but I still perfer seeing some whole stage shots. Take advantage of your "zoom" option for gosh sakes! :-)

• Nailed to Metal Box Set (2003)

Quite simply put, a MUST HAVE for any UDO fan. Unlike the Accept (Metal blast from the past) dvd., which contained the most widely available video ever- Staying a Life, this was a new concert from the Russian tour. The dvd is just loaded.

Live tracks- Holy, Raiders of Beyond, Metal Heart, X-T-C, drum solo, Fast As A Shark, Princess of the Dawn, Restless and Wild, Thunder in the Tower, Hard attack, Balls to the Wall

Behind the scenes- On tour in Russia, On tour in the USA (a lot of this more likely happened in Sweden), parashoot jump

Photogallery, biography, discography

Video clips- They Want War, Break the Rules, Heart of Gold (video, making of, hit studio international), Timebomb (electronic press kit), Independence Day, Still (with Aria), Go Back to Hell (live), drum solo (Russia '01)

Unreleased audio tracks- X-T-C (from A tribute to Accept II), The Key (No Limits bonus track), Mad Dogs and Loaded Guns (solid), Warchild (solid), Rated X (demo version), Tough Luck (no limits), Recall the Sin (demo version)

Bonus audio cd- Holy, Raiders of Beyond, Metal Heart, X-T-C, drum solo, Fast as a Shark, Princess of the Dawn, Restless and Wild, Thunder in the Tower, Hard Attack, Balls to the Wall

• Song Videos: They Want War, Break the Rules , Heart of Gold, Independence Day

• Concert compilation 1996 (all Accept songs) 1:33
Picture- 9 on the average

Sound- 10

Trax- (a "//" idicates a change in venue, songs taken from 5 shows) Fast as a Shark, Ahead of the Pack, Starlight// TV War, Restless and Wild, Losers and Winners, Turn Me On// Metal Heart, Restless and Wild, Losers and Winners, Up to the Limit, Flash Rockin' Man, Princess of the Dawn, Dogs on Leads, Balls to the Wall// Son of a Bitch, Starlight, London Leatherboys, Fight it Back// Ahead of the Pack, Midnight Mover, Balls to the Wall

Notes- The only drawback to this video is that the crowd is not into the show at all at any of the shows. I would be, because this is a great tribute band! If you liked the tribute cd, this video is a must!