Country of origin: Germany Location: Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia Status: Active Formed in: 1987 Genre: Heavy Metal Themes: Social struggles, Life, War, Russia Current label: Atomic Fire Records Years active: 1987-1991, 1996-2015, 2015-2018 (as Dirkschneider), 2018-present Udo Dirkschneider released "Animal House" as a solo album, but turned the project into his main band after his departure from Accept. Split up when Dirkschneider rejoined Accept in the early '90s, then reactivated with a new line-up when he left them again a few years later. In 2015, Udo announced that the band will also perform under the name Dirkschneider in 2016, playing only Accept songs. Two live releases were made under this moniker, and since 2018 their releases have once again been under the U.D.O. moniker. 1952年4月6日下午1点钟，在德国西部的乌珀塔尔市——恩格斯的故乡，一个男孩呱呱落地，26年后，这个名叫Udo Dirkschneider的家伙将成为重金属历史上的传奇人物。1988年，U.D.O.发表了第一张专辑《Animal House》，这是一张纯粹的重金属专辑——“Pure classical heavy metal”，这是所有媒体和歌迷所共用的评价。不过事实上，《Animal House》中的作品实际上全都是ACCEPT乐队的，就在Udo离开之前，乐队完成了这些歌曲，但是都被Udo拿来用了，所以《Animal House》也可以被看作是ACCEPT的一张专辑。