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Running Wild is one from a wave of German Heavy metal bands to emerge in the early/mid 1980s (along with Helloween, Rage, Blind Guardian, Grave Digger, etc). The music they play is compilation of heavy, power and speed metal. The band has carved its niche in the metal world as the first “pirate metal” band, a theme which took off with the release of Under Jolly Roger in 1987 (thus abandoning the satanic imagery of their earlier work). The band played their farewell show at the Wacken Open Air 2009, for which setlist fans voted for.
In 1976 a new school band called Granite Heart was established in Hamburg, Germany under the command of Rolf Kasparek alias Rock’n’Rolf. Granite Heart consisted of: Rock’n’Rolf (lead vocals, guitar), Uwe Bendig (guitar), Michael Hoffmann (drums) and Jörg Schwarz (bass), who was replaced by Carsten David (bass) shortly after.
Around 1979 the band was renamed as Running Wild and in 1983 they released their first demo-tape with the following line-up: Rock’n’Rolf (lead vocals, guitar), Uwe Bendig (guitar), Matthias Kaufmann (bass) and Hasche (drums).
Running Wild astonished their hometown Hamburg, Germany with heavy speed Metal and a flashy leather image, so that finally the songs Iron Heads and Bones to Ashes were published on the Death Metal compilation by NOISE in 1984. Under the same label their debut album Gates to Purgatory was released in the same year and sold not less than 20.000 units in the first three months. The record climbed the german metal-charts and with the 12” maxi Victim of States Power there was a nice little metal goodie thrown onto the market.
In 1976 a new school band called Granite Heart was established in Hamburg, Germany under the command of Rolf Kasparek alias Rock’n’Rolf. Granite Heart consisted of: Rock’n’Rolf (lead vocals, guitar), Uwe Bendig (guitar), Michael Hoffmann (drums) and Jörg Schwarz (bass), who was replaced by Carsten David (bass) shortly after.
Around 1979 the band was renamed as Running Wild and in 1983 they released their first demo-tape with the following line-up: Rock’n’Rolf (lead vocals, guitar), Uwe Bendig (guitar), Matthias Kaufmann (bass) and Hasche (drums).
Running Wild astonished their hometown Hamburg, Germany with heavy speed Metal and a flashy leather image, so that finally the songs Iron Heads and Bones to Ashes were published on the Death Metal compilation by NOISE in 1984. Under the same label their debut album Gates to Purgatory was released in the same year and sold not less than 20.000 units in the first three months. The record climbed the german metal-charts and with the 12” maxi Victim of States Power there was a nice little metal goodie thrown onto the market.
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20 Years In History
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The Rivalry
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Under Jolly Roger
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judas_barbarian wrote:
UNDER JOLLY ROGER
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Thrashhard wrote:
swear if Running Wild are put in Guitar Hero i'm gonna lose it
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Hiekkiz wrote:
@ Kojiri: Nice collection you got there. I own only Under Jolly Roger cd and in few days my Death or Glory cd should arrive. Too bad it's hard sometimes to find old Running Wild stuff.
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runic999 wrote:
"Black metallers dislike this band.I'm not surprise at all. If you call this band shit I can call darkthrone shit too. " By furuka. This is stupid, i like black metal bands and RW -.-.
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runic999 wrote:
Every album of RW is a masterpiece.
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Kojiri wrote:
Gates to Purgatory is one of their very best... the first RW album I ever got too > http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g93/Drawn_and_Quartered/RunningWildCollectionII.jpg
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Jamesismynamo wrote:
I know goat_burial, I said that too XD
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Hiekkiz wrote:
Gates to Purgatory is too much underrated.
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goat_burial wrote:
i said this band is THE shit, not this band IS shit .
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guilhermebm wrote:
i'm black metaller and i like Running Wild. The black metallers who sayed that are stupids!!
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Paingriller wrote:
I'm so happy that I was able to see their last show at Wacken this year! Very Nice!
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takusamadotcom wrote:
Still great !!!! Let's go Pirates!!!!
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warmonger666 wrote:
a) alestorm sucks b) top albums are a big joke c) HAIL RUNNING WILD!
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Jamesismynamo wrote:
Alestorm is pretty sweet but these are the TRUE pioneers of Pirate Metal. And @furuka999: He was saying that band is *the* shit. That's a good thing. Haha
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furuka999 wrote:
Black metallers dislike this band.I'm not surprise at all. If you call this band shit I can call darkthrone shit too.
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goat_burial wrote:
this band is the shit
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furuka999 wrote:
They splited up.Goodbye Running Wild.....
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raulpitt wrote:
cuando parece que ya nada me sorprenderia a estas alturas, conozco estos animales, joder que musica mas buena hacen, ¿donde han estado toda mi vida?
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bachterman wrote:
let's pirate some pirate music! :)
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Irenicus_ wrote:
I'm sure there will be a comeback...
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