Back in 1985, it seemed like the right thing to do. German
\nmetallers Accept were riding the tallest wave of their popularity
\nthanks to albums like
\nBalls To The Wall<\/i> and
\nMetal Heart<\/i>, so why not capitalize on that popularity by
\nreleasing a live EP?<\/p>\n
Why, indeed.
\nKaizoku-Ban<\/i>, the first live effort from Udo Dirkschneider
\nand company (and their seventh release overall) does seem like the
\nlogical place for a group to put out a live disc. But the EP
\nconcept turns out to be the downfall for Accept, as it captures
\nvery little of the intensity of the music and cuts out a good
\nportion of the catalog. In effect, Accept shoots themselves in the
\nfoot.<\/p>\n
Granted, this was Accept’s first time in Japan, as Dirkschneider
\npoints out on stage. (Would it be safe to guess, then, that Accept
\nwas probably opening for someone else at the time? I can’t find
\nanything on the Web which backs this up.) But despite their
\ndedication of this album to “the wildest fans in the world,” often
\nit doesn’t sound like the Japanese crowd quite knows what they
\nshould be doing in terns of cheers. Part of this is most likely due
\nto the language barrier – exacerbated by Dirkschneider’s heavy
\nTeutonic accent.<\/p>\n
Musically,
\nKaizoku-Ban<\/i> has a few strong moments, but in the end
\ndisappoints the listener. Knowing they had a nice sized catalog to
\ndraw songs from, one has to wonder why only these six songs were
\nselected. Sure, it starts out strong with “Metal Heart” and
\n“Screaming For A Love Bite,” but that represents the best material
\non this one. “Up To The Limit” and “Living For Tonite” just fall
\nflat, not really carrying much energy or passion with them, while
\n“Love Child” fails to live up to hit-single expectations. (For that
\nmatter, “Love Child” hasn’t really aged that well, while other
\nsongs still sound fresh.) Don’t even get me started on the one-note
\nbass solo which kicks off “Head Over Heels”.<\/p>\n
So, one has to wonder, what could have made
\nKaizoku-Ban<\/i> better? Let’s make the assumption that this
\ndoesn’t represent their complete set that night. Why not substitute
\n“Balls To The Wall” for “Up To The Limit”? “Fast As A Shark” for
\n“Love Child”? “Midnight Mover” for “Living For Tonite”? Better yet,
\nwhy not include all of these songs and turn this into a full
\nalbum?<\/p>\n
\nKaizoku-Ban<\/i> is short on time, but unfortunately for Accept,
\nit’s also short on passion, and remains one that’s strictly for the
\nfans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[5941],"rating":[5619],"class_list":["post-37751","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-accept","rating-rating-c"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37751"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=37751"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=37751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}