The Accelerators were an American rock band from Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. They were formed in 1982 by singer/guitarist Gerald Duncan and released five albums. Writer and critic Peter Eichenberger described the band as "one of the best rock 'n roll bands in the world [because of] great songs perfectly rendered."'
The Accelerators had their origins in the early 1980s as the Greenville, S.C. band Moon Pie which recorded on EP, Welcome to Hard... meer