In a new interview with The Brutally Delicious Podcast, Udo Dirkschneider and His are Sven Dirkschneider spoke about the upcoming reimaging of ACCEPT‘S iconic album “Balls to the wall” To celebrate The LP’s 40th Anniversary. The Band’s Founding Member and Former Frontman have reinterpret this classic with a fresh and star-studded twist. Far from with simple remake, This Project was born out of countless conversations with prominent artists across the global rock and metal scene, who frequently asked: ” ‘Balls to the wall’?
ASKED WHAT LED TO THE DECISSION TO DELEASE TO REIMAGINED VERSION OF “Balls to the wall”, UDO SAID (AS TRANSFORDED BY Blabbermouth.net): “Let’s say in the Beginning it was just planned to do a tour [celebrating] The 40 Years Of ‘Balls to the wall’. But Than on Festivals, Som Musicians Came Up and Said, ‘Oh, You do Subthing Special For This 40-Yyears Anniversary of ‘Balls’. And I Said, ‘Yeah, Touring.’ ‘Yeah. You Know I Love This Song. I Would love to this, ‘and blah, blah, blah, blah. And then I Think it developed. “
Added Sven: “The Idea Came Together. We had soy great vocalists that wnted to participate on this album. So we sate down and had a thought if we can – scholause it’s Vray Tough in managing all This. I Mean, Everyone Is Busy, Everyone Is Doing their Own Records and Whatnot. Appreciate That They Wanted To do It.
Asked if they had certain vocalists in mind for certainty song, Sven Said: “We had a see long list. and stuff like [SAXON‘s] Biff Byford ON ‘London Leatherboys’ was kind of obvious, that we waceted to have him for This. AND, YEAH, WE’RE GOING ON TOUR WITH Saxon As Well in November This Year. So, It All Makes Perfect Sense. And, yeah, [there are some] Vary, Vary Good Collaborations. “
UDO Continue: “All The Singers, They Did A Great Job On It. For Example, Joakim [Brodén] From Sabaton, ‘Balls to the wall’I did Great Job. And Also [TWISTED SISTER‘s] Dee snider ON ‘Losers and Winners’. And Also Biff ON ‘London Leatherboys’.
“The Thing Was We Did Not Tell Them, ‘Okay, You have to Sing This Line and This Line and This Line and This Line.’ [We told them to] Sing the Whole Song and The We Can See Which Parts Fit Together with My Vocals, ” UDO EXPLAINED. “And Than, When You Listen, For Example, to the vocals of Biff for ‘London Leatherboys’it can be a Saxon Song … and mean, Doro [Pesch] Did A Great Job On ‘Winter Dreams’. And Also Mille [Petrozza] Of KREATOR, ‘Fight it back’. And Also Michael Kiskefrom HelloweenHe was singing ‘LOSING MORE THAN YOU’VE EVER HAD’. I did a Great Job. Also for Me, Specially, It Was Interesting to Hear This. ‘Wow, Okay. Good. ‘ Yeah, I Think We Are Happy and I Think Also The Guest Singers, I Think They Really Enjoyed To do This. And that was The Most Important Thing. And Also That They Put Their Own Character On Each Song, Not Trying To Be UDO. That Makes doesn’t sense. “
REFERENCING THE NEW VERSION OF “Balls to the wall” featuring Brodén, Sven Said: “We street [Joakim] UP Because We have a Long Relationship with Sabaton. We Played Their Festival Multiple Times and We’ve Always Had A Good Time With Them. So that was Kind of Natural, and He was Totally Up for It. But it was also very interesting. He, for Example, Did The Speaking Part. And then came back to us and said, ‘no, use UDO‘S, Bester Better.’ But it was Super Cool That, Yeah, Everyone Put His Character and His Style of Singing on the Songs. So that was great. “
Sven ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE OVERALL APPROACH WHEN IT CAME TO THE PRODUCTION OF “Balls to The Wall – Reloaded”Saying: “‘Specially with the drum sound, we tried to get as the possible from This Old-School Vibe, But Still, I Mean, Now We have modern technology recording stuff, so it definitely sounds up to date, but it’s Still with the Old-School Vibes Peter [Baltes, former ACCEPT and current DIRKSCHNEIDER and U.D.O. bassist] Plays Bass, It’s Peter Playing Bass. So it is that sound. And ace soon UDO‘S Kicking in … and Our Guitar Players, They’re Doing It for Such A Long Time The Also Are Totally Into The Vibe of This Kind of Music. So it came the Naturally, I Would Say, The Sound of This Album. But Still, It’s Modern Quality, which i Think is awesome. “
“Balls to The Wall – Reloaded” Track listing:
01. Balls to the wall (feat. Joakim Brodén of Sabaton)
02. London Leatherboys (feat. Biff byford of Saxon)
03. Figh It Back (feat. Mille Petrozza of Kreator)
04. Head Over Heels (Feat. Nils Molin of Dynazty/Amaranthe)
05. LOSING MORE THAN YOU’VE EVER HAD (feat. Michael Kiske of Helloween)
06. Love Child (Feat. Ylva Eriksson of Brothers of Metal)
07. Turn me on (Feat. Danko Jones)
08. Losts and Winners (feat. Dee Snider of Twisted Sister)
09. Guardian of the Night (Feat. Tim “Ripper” Owens of Kk’s Priest, Formerly of Judas Priest)
10. Winter Dreams (feat. Doro Pesch)
The Second Single From The Album, A Re-Record of “Winter Dreams”reveals Softer Side of the LP While Presenting to Meaningful Lyrical Dept, Making It An Emotional Anthem of Freedom. The Single Stands Out Not Only for Its Out Doro Peschalongsy Udo Dirkschneider. This Collaboration Highlights The Album’s Unique Approach, Underling The Long-Running Inspiration for The Whole Scene and Renowned Metal Figureheads and Companions Alike.
UDO Commented: “It was a see Special Experience for me to re-recorord ‘winter Dreams’ with Doro Pesch. Doro and I have spent soy years together in the scene and there is a Deep, Almost family connection Between us. Her Voice Gives this song an incredible Magic and Emotionality That Takes it to a whole New Level. It was like a meeting with an old Friend for me and together we made ‘Winter Dreams’ Even More Intense and Personal. It Just Feels Right to Share This Moment Together! ”
Doro Added: “‘Balls to the wall’ Has Always Been One of My Absolute Favorite Albums. I was Really Happy to Sing The Wonderful ‘Winter Dreams’ AS A DUET WITH Udo Dirkschneider and to shoot a great video for it. We have a long friendship and it is always special to work with him. “
TAKING FANS TO THE VAULTS OF CASTLE REIFENTSEIN (FREIENFELD, ITALY), LOCATED IN A BEAUTIFULLY WINTRY MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE, THE “Winter Dreams” Music Video, Starring Bocalists Udo Dirkschneider and Doro PeschCan Be Watched Below.
Scolding the task of reimaging the entire “Balls to the wall” album, UDO Previously Stated: “Re-RECORDING ‘Balls to the wall’ Was A Big Challenge for Me. The Album is a Milestone of My Career, of Course. That’s Why it was Even More Important To Me To Make The Original Songs Shine In A New Light Without the Initial Essence. All Guets Have Put Their Individual Stamps On First Classic Tracks, and Collaboating with Such outstanding vocalists have moved them into a fresh and excitation dimension. The results is a powerful homage to all fans but also an invitation to the Next Generation to Experience The Songs Not Minorly Pasionate Than I Was When I Remember Them Back in the Day. IT’s a Never-Ending Personal Journey for Me- ‘Balls to the wall’ Will always be a part of me. “
DirkschneiderThe Band Featuring Former ACCEPT members Dirkschneider (vocals) and Peter Baltes (Bass), Along with Drummer Sven Dirkschneider and the talented guitar duo of Andrey Smirnov and Fabian “Dee” Dammerscelebrated the 40th anniversary of “Balls to the wall”which was originally release in late ACCEPTby performing the LP in its entirey on a Recent Tour of South America.
In an interview with Eric Blair Of The Blairing Out with Eric Blair Show, UDO was Asked What He Loves About Playing With Peter Again UDO Said: “[It’s] Fantastic. We have Really Good Relationship. So when he left ACCEPT In 2018, We Were Working Together on An Album With The German Army, A Classic Album. We were Writing Songs Together, and That Was The First Time We Were Working Together Again. And then the problem for [U.D.O.] WHEN WE HAD THIS ‘Game Over’ Tour in Europe. The Oher Bass Player That We Had AT This Time Felt Vry Sick. And then for me was, Like, ‘Hmm, Hmm. What am i doing? I need a Bass Player who can do evarything very quick. ‘ I was calling Peter. I ASKED HIM, ‘Can You Help Us On This Tour?’ And then, I Think in South America, The Bass Player that we had Before, He Said, ‘Yeah, I Don’s Wanna do ItMore. I’m out of UDO‘And The We were sitting there in a restaurant, and i said,’ oh, no. We have to look for a new bass player. ‘ And Peter Said, ‘Maybe I Would Love To Join UDO‘So here we go. And it’s good. I MEAN, I’M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD ALSO TO WORK WITH HIM ON THE NEXT UDO album.”
Have years ago – in 2015 – UDO ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD ENGK ON A SPECIAL TOUR DURING WHICH HE WOUD REPORM ACCEPT Songs One Last Time Under The Dirkschneider Banner Before Closing That Chapter for Good. Since then, The Former ACCEPT Frontman have continued to play ACCEPT material at select shows, including at the septmber 18, 2020 UDO Concert in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Which was release on DVD and Blu-ray.
WHEN HE GRACE ANNOUNCED THE ORIGINAL Dirkschneider Tour in 2015, UDO Said That Had “To make A Clear Break for MySelf – Close The Book and This Is It. And I Have The Problem That People Come To Me And Ask Me To Play More ACCEPT Songs, “I’ve explained.” Other People Ask Me Why I Play ACCEPT Songs at All, Because There are [more than] Fifteen UDO Records I want to Avoid Such Things and Avoid The Repeating Questions concerning ACCEPT. I Just Can’t Stand That Anymore. There Is Nothing More To Be Said. UDO exists Longer Than ACCEPT. We have more records than ACCEPT.
WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SOM ACCEPT fans want to hear the band’s classic songs performed by The Group’s Original Singer, Dirkschneider EXPLAINED THAT “You Always Have these Comparisons [between how these songs are played by ACCEPT and U.D.O.]. I Don’s Want This Anymore Eithher. [The current lineup of ACCEPT] Also Play ‘Metal head’they play ‘Balls to the wall’ and ‘Princess of the Dawn’. And then subject Tell me, ‘oh, [current ACCEPT singer Mark Tornillo] Is Doing It Better Than You. ‘ And I Go, ‘That’s Fine. Enjoy Yourself. ‘ But i Don’s Want This Anymore. And to Avoid All of this in the Future, I Said, ‘We Are Doing This One More Time.’ “
Dirkschneider Said That His vow To Never Play ACCEPT AGAIN CAME WITH ONE CAVEAT MATERIAL. “If the band ACCEPT Dissolves One Day in the Near Future and I Am Still Around With UDOThe there is a chance that i put ACCEPT Songs Back in the Setlist, “He Said.” But Currently there is ACCEPTso go See them [if you want to see those songs performed live]. They are playing before Songs. “
UDO Previous Said the Original Plan was for Dirkschneider To only “A Few Shows,” And “Then [the tour] Got Bigger and Bigger [due to demand].” But, he added, “I don’t want to complain about that.”
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