{"id":7843,"date":"2011-07-22T13:19:23","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T20:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/?p=7843"},"modified":"2011-07-20T23:11:55","modified_gmt":"2011-07-21T06:11:55","slug":"accept-at-getaway-rock-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2011\/07\/accept-at-getaway-rock-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Accept at Getaway Rock Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Mark<\/a>

Mark Tornillo and Wolf Hoffmann of Accept<\/p><\/div>\n

25 years ago, perhaps to the day, I had a ticket to see Accept<\/a> open for Dio in the summer of 1986. The concert was cancelled and so that experience never happened. Accept faded from view; Dio died. I had seen Dio a few years earlier while I was in high school, but I never got to see Accept.<\/p>\n

I never thought for a moment that 25 years later I would witness Accept in Sweden from the base of the stage. This was fun–a lot<\/b> of fun.<\/p>\n

\"accept<\/a>

Accept<\/p><\/div>\n

\"getaway<\/a>

Wolf Hoffmann of Accept<\/p><\/div>\n

Wolf Hoffmann was full of energy, faces, and smiles all night long. He looked about half his years, and the crowd loved his enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

\"Herman<\/a>

Herman Frank of Accept<\/p><\/div>\n

Herman Frank, Accept’s “other guitarist”, has only been with the band when they were at their IMO best (Restless and Wild, Balls to the Wall, and now). He was hurt (four broken ribs and a punctured lung) in a stage fall just a couple months before. This may have been his first show back in action.<\/p>\n

\"Peter<\/a>

Wolf Hoffmann and Peter Baltes<\/p><\/div>\n

Peter Baltes, on bass, is the only other constant member of Accept, along with Wolf Hoffmann.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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