Un golpe duro para los seguidores de Accept y del heavy metal
clásico: el bajista Peter Baltes, miembro histórico de la agrupación
durante 40 años, se va de la banda.
Él mismo lo comunicó
con un mensaje en el Facebook del grupo, sin dar mayores razones y
simplemente agradeciendo por el apoyo en todo este tiempo.
Peter
Baltes, junto al guitarrista Wolf Hoffmann, eran los dos pilares de la
formación actual de Accept, que a fines de octubre estuvo tocando en Sudamérica. Y todo esto ocurre pocos días después que la banda lanzó su más
reciente producción, el registro en vivo “Symphonic Terror – Live at
Wacken”.
La banda y el mismo Wolf Hoffmann emitieron también
comunicados agradeciendo todo este tiempo de compañerismo con Peter
Baltes y aclarando que la banda seguirá adelante, aunque todavía no hay
reemplazante.
To all Accept fans:
I hereby like to announce my departure as Bassplayer from ACCEPT.
I have been with the band from the very beginning. Many of you have been there as well.
I like to thank you all for the great years we shared together.
Keep it Metal.
Peter
Fuente: Radio FuturoWe spent four decades together and went through thick and thin, ups and downs and I remember some incredible moments on stage. There was a blind understanding between us, personally and musically, that is very rare in this business!
Looking back, I will forever cherish the carefree early years, the countless hours we spent writing songs, goofing around or roaming the cities together on tour - just having a good ol’time!
Especially these last 10 years, after the revival of ACCEPT being so much fun and so successful that I thought we would continue forever and sail into the proverbial sunset together - maybe until one of us would drop dead on stage. But I guess I was wrong, it wasn’t meant to be.
To see Peter leave ACCEPT now saddens me immensely but there’s nothing I can do but to wish him well - hoping that this is the right decision for him and that he will find whatever he is looking for ...
I will certainly miss my musical brother!
One thing is certain, however :
ACCEPT will continue full steam ahead !!
Wolf
