[3] After Friedrich was replaced by Stefan Kaufmann, I'm a Rebel, Breaker and Restless and Wild (the group's first release after Fischer's departure) followed over the next three years,[2] the last of which gave Accept their debut on the UK Albums Chart when it reached number 98.

[4] The band signed with RCA Records and released Balls to the Wall in 1983, their first album with Fischer's replacement Herman Frank.

[6] Dirkschneider was fired in 1987, but the band (with David Reece and without Fischer again) returned in 1989 with Eat the Heat, which peaked at number 15 in Germany.

[2] After a brief touring cycle in 2005,[11] Accept reformed in 2009 with Hoffmann, Baltes, Frank joined by returning drummer Stefan Schwarzmann and new vocalist Mark Tornillo.

[6] Accept parted ways with Frank and Schwarzmann in 2014, with their places taken in April 2015 by Uwe Lulis and Christopher Williams, respectively.