The Beat Goes On
ACCEPT: THE INEVITABLE
DETROIT—I first heard of Accept by way of Rock-a-Rama— which is a page way in the back of CREEM, originally established to review records that might otherwise be overlooked, now existing to keep Richard Riegel out of debt to the Greater Cincinnati Power & Light Co.
ACCEPT: THE INEVITABLE
DETROIT—I first heard of Accept by way of Rock-a-Rama— which is a page way in the back of CREEM, originally established to review records that might otherwise be overlooked, now existing to keep Richard Riegel out of debt to the Greater Cincinnati Power & Light Co. Mr. Riegel somewhat light-heartedly described their American debut album, Balls To The Wall (CBS/Protrait), as “gaymetal.” I couldn’t imagine what Mr. Riegel was talking about until I saw the cover of the album and listened to (for instance) “Love Child,” featuring truly oblique lyrics like “Feeling the power of lust when the guy’s passing by.” At which point I realized why Mr. Riegel is a veritable magician of analysis.
