Jim Stacey

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Jim Stacey
Born Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England
Genres Heavy metal
Occupation(s)Guitarist

Jim Stacey (born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England) is a British guitarist. As a guitarist he's best known as a former member of the German heavy metal band Accept.

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Career

Stacey was a member of the German band Break Point and played on their only album First Serving in 1981. [1] He joined Accept during 1989. In that year, Accept released their eighth studio album, Eat the Heat . Although Stacey appears on the album's front cover, all the guitar work on the album was played by Wolf Hoffmann. Jim Stacey did perform second guitar live with the band.

Stacey was responsible for the layout design and package design of the Nashville Pussy debut album Let Them Eat Pussy (1998). [2]

He was one of the composers of Kevin Henderson's album Kentucky Bound (2005). [3]

Discography

YearAlbum name & artistFormatCredits / Notes
1992Mutter Horcht An Deiner Tür - Die SchrödersLPGuitarist on the title track
1996 -Sunset cruise - Olaf JungCDBass on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12
1998Let Them Eat Pussy - Nashville PussyCD, CassetteLayout design and package design
2003 -Shining Black - The Best Of Tarot - TarotCompilation 2CDUnknown on the track Generation Clash
2005Kentucky Bound - Kevin HendersonCDComposer
2006First Serving - Break PointLPBass, Acoustic Guitar, Backing vocals

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References

  1. "Break Point (3) - First Serving". Discogs. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. "Nashville Pussy - Let Them Eat Pussy". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. "Kevin Henderson - Kentucky Bound". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 3 February 2017.