About "Fast As A Shark"
"Fast as a Shark" is a song by German heavy metal band Accept and a single from their 1982 album Restless and Wild.
Its fast double bass drumming is recognized today as reaching a new level in the development of the subgenre of speed and power metal. The intro to the track is a snippet from a crackly old children's recording of a traditional German tune titled "Ein Heller und ein Batzen" ("A Farthing and a Penny"). The band thought it would make a humorous contrast with their heavy metal sound, and the fact that a young Dieter Dierks (in whose studio the album was recorded) was singing on the recording made it even more of an inside joke. The band soon found themselves in an unintended controversy, however: even though the song dated from 1830, it was a popular marching song during the Nazi era and still held that connotation for many listeners, a fact the band was unaware of at the time. "So out of a funny little idea we created somewhat of a monster", Wolf Hoffmann recalls.
"Fast as a Shark" was ranked number 33 in Martin Popoff's book The Top 500 Heavy Metal Songs of All Time.
The song has been covered by Witchery, Helloween, Holy Grail, Rage and Altar.
Top songs by Accept
- Balls To The Wall
- Fast As A Shark
- Can't Stand The Night
- Metal Heart
- Starlight
- Breaker
- Aiming High
- Monsterman
- Dogs On Leads
- I Can't Believe In You
- Dead On!
- Demon's Night
- Princess Of The Dawn
- Bad Religion
- Hellhammer
- I Wanna Be No Hero
- Free Me Now
- Ahead Of The Pack
- Head Over Heels
- Sounds Of War
- Feelings
- Chain Reaction
- Guns 'r' Us
- Do It
- Bad Habits Die Hard
- Heaven Is Hell
- It Ain't Over Yet
- Glad To Be Alone
- I Don't Wanna Be Like You
- Bulletproof
- All Or Nothing
- Break The Ice
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