Staying a Life

by Accept

Overview

Shortly after Accept's inaugural split in 1990, Epic dusted off some live tapes and issued the group's first live full-length, Staying a Life. Although not the group's first-ever live release (it was predated five years earlier by the EP Kaizoku-Ban), Staying a Life does a faithful job of capturing Accept at the peak of their arena metal powers, circa their Metal Heart era. The proof why the German band was handed opening slots on quite a few popular mid-'80s tours (Kiss, Iron Maiden, etc.) is evident throughout -- rocking versions of "Metal Heart," "Screaming for a Love Bite," "Restless and Wild," and "London Leatherboys" surely got a few mullets headbanging on this fateful night. And of course, Accept's two best-known tracks -- "Fast as a Shark" and "Balls to the Wall" -- are included, as they close out the set. They may never have reached arena headlining status Stateside, but Staying a Life proves that Accept was on equal footing with just about any metal chart-topper from around this time -- especially when it came to the concert stage. ~ Greg Prato

Product Details

Release Date:	12/13/1990
Label:	Epic
UPC:	0074644694420
Rank:	66627

Tracks

1. Metal Heart
2. Breaker
3. Screaming for a Love-Bite
4. Up to the Limit
5. Living for Tonite
6. Princess of the Dawn
7. Guitar Solo Wolf
8. Restless and Wild
9. Son of a Bitch
10. London Leatherboys
11. Love Child
12. Flash Rockin' Man
13. Dogs on Leads
14. Fast as a Shark
15. Balls to the Wall

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Accept   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Mark Weiss   Photography
Ulf Magnusson   Picture,Photography
Gutchie Kojima   Picture,Photography
W. Howard Hoffman   Composer
Uli Baronowsky   Mixing
Andreas Kraatz   Liner Notes
Sylvie Simmons   Translation
Stefan Kaufmann   Composer,Producer
Dirk Steffens   Composer
Deaffy   Composer
Udo Dirkschneider   Composer
Joerg Fischer   Composer
Wolf Hoffmann   Composer
Peter Baltes   Composer
Accept   Composer