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steelprophet a écrit :je reste dubidatif sur cet album.tout le monde l'encense,le porte aux nues et au panthéon du metal mais pour ma part j'ai du mal a me le passer d'une traite.

Metal Exiles: What's next after this American tour?

Peter: We are going to South America then Europe for some dates. We are doing Sweden Rock with JUDAS PRIEST and the fans are going crazy that we are playing with them on the same day. We are playing some other festivals during the summer then we go home and relax. We will start writing right away and Andy does have studio time already booked so hopefully we will get started and have an album done by early next year.

In a recent interview with Sleaze Roxx, Dirkschneider was asked about his decision to reunite with ACCEPT in 2005 for a number of exclusive shows. "Yeah, we reunited in 2005 for some festival appearances," he said. "I have to point out that there were no plans to do more than these appearances. We did not have plans to record or continue further."

He continued, "There were promoters that wanted us to do this. I was on a break from U.D.O. so at that time I said, 'Okay. Why not?' It was a lot of fun, but as I said, we weren't going to do anything further.

"It was in 2009 that once again I was asked to take part in a reunion.

"Let me make this as short as possible: Wolf [Hoffmann, guitar] has been saying in interviews that he was not interested in a reunion, but this is not true. They asked me. I said to them, 'We have already done a reunion in the '90s and it did not work out.' My thought was this: if I do this reunion, then I have to cut down U.D.O., and U.D.O. has become quite successful. I said to Wolf, 'Okay, when this reunion doesn't work out, I'll have to continue under the name ACCEPT.' I wanted the rights to the name, but Wolf didn't agree to those terms and I said to them, 'I wish you good luck.'"

When asked why it would not have been possible to do both U.D.O. and ACCEPT, Udo said, "For me I would rather not have two bands at the same time. I want to be able to concentrate on just one band. I have restarted U.D.O. twice at this point; the band has been in existence this time for 14 to 15 years now. I've been together with some of these guys in this band longer than I have been with the guys in ACCEPT. [laughs]!"

Regarding whether his decision had to do with a struggle for control of the name, money or both, Dirkschneider replied, "Well, money, of course, but money isn't the most important thing in the world to me. I wanted assurance that I could continue under the name ACCEPT if things didn't work out because I had the most to lose by putting U.D.O. aside. So when they wouldn't agree to this, I said, 'Thank you very much, Wolf!'" [laughs]"

On why he thinks he is constantly being asked about the possibility of him rejoining ACCEPT:

Udo: "I did a reunion back in the '90s with ACCEPT. We did three albums — 'Objection Overruled', 'Death Row' and 'Predator' — but in the end, it [didn't] work out. They did the same mistake with 'Predator' — they tried to be too commercial, so that was already a point when [it was clear] the reunion [wasn't going to] work out. In between, in 2005, we did, not a reunion, but just special festival shows in Europe. But there was no thinking to do a real reunion with a studio album or something like that. [And then] in 2009, they phoned me up and [asked me] if I'm interested to do a reunion. [chuckles] And then I said, 'Guys, this is a very hard thing for me. I mean, I would have to cut down U.D.O. I mean, U.D.O. is quite successful. This is not so easy.' So I said, 'OK, if I do a reunion with you guys, then we have to talk about a lot of things' . . . So I said, 'OK, there is one main point for me. If I do this reunion and this reunion doesn't work out again, I cannot come out for the third time with U.D.O. Then I have to continue under the name ACCEPT.' And Wolf [Hoffmann, ACCEPT guitarist] has the rights to the name; that's another story. So then he said 'No,' he didn't wanna do this. And I said, 'OK, sorry. Then forget everything. Then I continue with U.D.O. I wish you good luck. And bye-bye.' That is the whole story. But what I don't like about Wolf at the moment is that he is telling in all the interviews that I was not interested to do this reunion and this is wrong."

On the current lineup of ACCEPT (featuring singer Mark Tornillo), which released a comeback album last year, "Blood Of The Nations":

Udo: "There was a good hype going on when they came out with the 'Blood Of The Nations' album. I mean, it was a good album, good production. Of course, I expect a good album from ACCEPT after 15 years; I wish [U.D.O.] had 15 years to write songs [for a new album]. [Laughs] Of course you expect a good album. The singer is good. I mean, he's different. For me, he's a little bit like Bon Scott [AC/DC], something like that. And yeah, they did quite a successful tour in Europe. And what can I say? On one hand, it is not ACCEPT; that's the point. It's just the name. I wish them luck and we will see what the future will bring for ACCEPT. I'm happy with U.D.O. I'm now longer together with this band than I was with ACCEPT. And so there's a real family [vibe] going on, the chemistry is right. Everybody is looking forward to going on tour and it's so much fun. In a way, I can say I am happy I didn't make the reunion with ACCEPT after all."