Photographers: Mark Weiss; Gutchie Kojima; Ulf Magnusson.
Translator: Sylvie Simmons.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Peter Baltes; Udo Dirkschneider; Wolf Hoffmann ; J?rg Fischer .
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."
