Running Wild is one band 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 a mixture of heavy 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. The band played their farewell show at the Wacken Open Air 2009, for which setlist fans voted for. In October 2011 Rolf officially announced the comeback including a new studio album called "Shadowmaker". It was released April 2012.
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.
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Genres of the artist's albums over the years: the higher the line, the stronger the genre on that album
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Stations that played Running Wild in the last 30 days
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Sintoniza Rock
Brazil · Rock - 27×
Metal Zone Radio
Brazil · Thrash Metal - 18×
# 100 GREATEST HEAVY METAL
Canada · Metal - 16×
Badrock Hard & Heavy
Bulgaria · Rock - 13×
Biker FM
Russia · Hard Rock - 11×
Epic Rock Radio TorontoCast
Canada · Metal - 11×
Eisradio
Germany · Hard Rock - 10×
MetalON - The Heavy
Portugal · Power Metal - 9×
80ROCK.pt
Portugal · Metal - 8×
Radio Metal On: The Heavy
Portugal · Metal - 7×
Metal Heads
Brazil · Heavy Metal - 7×
Čas Rock Natvrdo
Czechia · Metal
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