EMP Magazine Nov 2014 | Page 14

ROCK LIVES ON Setting Down with Wolf Hoffmann Billy Pharoh Ramsey When you think of power bands of the 1980’s Accept is at the top of the list along side the likes of AC-DC, Van Halen, and others. But, the band goes back even further than that. Accept was founded by Wolf along with Udo Dirkschneider in Solingen, Germany. Had it not been for Accept the likes of a Slayer or Testament may not have been around today. Accept is accredited as being one of the most important figures in the development of speed and thrash metal that we love today. I took a moment to sit down with the Juggernaut himself Mr Wolf Hoffmann to discuss just how important Accept has been to the music industry as whole as well as the German music scene.