Peter Baltes (born 4 April 1958 in
Solingen,
Germany) is a German
hard rock and
heavy metal musician. He is a member of the German heavy metal group
Accept, having played
bass guitar on all of their 14 albums, which have sold more than 17 million records around the world. He joined them in 1978 after
Dieter Rubach left the band and also made minor contributions as a lead vocalist with Accept on their early albums and on the album
Predator of 1996.