Peter Baltes
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In the past 26 years, Peter has made 14 albums with his heavy metal group Accept, selling 30 million records to fans around the world. Peter's music helped forge a new heavy metal musical style during the 70's, 80's and 90's that became part of mainstream popular culture, and which made ACCEPT one of the biggest worldwide stars in that genre. 8 years after the band's separation, a search on Google still reveals the band's fan page as the number one link for the word "accept". A quick browse of record indexes list ACCEPT's inclusion on more than 50 albums, and dedications from millions of fans around the world define ACCEPT as one of the most historically significant and loved metal bands of the past 30 years. Peter has also played bass on Dokken's Breaking the Chains album (1983) and on Don Dokken's solo album Up From The Ashes (in 1990). Other credits include:
Recording background vocals on the Scorpions "Savage Amusement" album. Played the 1984 Monsters of Rock festival world tour. Toured with Van Halen, AC/DC, Judas Priest, Ozzy Ozbourne, Ted Nugent, Elton John, KISS, Cheap Trick, ZZ Top, and many many more. Played on John Norum’s (Europe's guitar player) albums "Face The Truth", "Worlds Away", and more. Voted #1 bass player in Burn Magazine reader's poll 1985 Voted best bass player in Europe, Metal Hammer magazine 1985. Studio performances with Simon Wright (AC/DC), Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, Steve Vai, etc.), Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), Gary Moore, and many more.
Peter currently lives in Pennsylvania where he is actively involved with the Christian Life Center. He continues to compose and perform regularly and stays involved with teaching at the RockFactory. He has two sons, named Zen (who loves his hat) and Sebastian (who doesn't hate his hat, but just doesn't wear it as much as Zen), and a close family friend named Ciaran Wall (who has too much hair to wear a hat). Together they have formed a local band called Family Affair (band). Their first gig was at First Night in Newtown, on Janurary 1, 2007. Peter on bass, Sebastian on lead guitar, Ciaran on rhythm guitar, and Zen on drums. They are going to play around town in the near future for local events.
[edit] External links
- personal home page - Personal Home Page
- rockfactory - Pete's Teaching Studio
- accept archive - Official Home Page of Pete's Band
- schlared.com - Accept fan site
| Accept |
| Udo Dirkschneider | Wolf Hoffmann | Peter Baltes | Stefan Kaufmann |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Accept | I'm a Rebel | Breaker | Restless and Wild | Balls to the Wall | Metal Heart | Russian Roulette | Eat the Heat | Objection Overruled | Death Row | Predator | Rich & Famous |
| Live albums: Kaizoku-Ban | Staying a Life | All Areas - Worldwide |
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