Formed in 1976 in Hamburg, Running Wild were originally influenced by the likes of Judas Priest, Kiss and AC/DC but found everlasting fame when they pioneered the entertaining pirate metal sub-genre after vocalist / guitarist Rolf Kasparek saw Roman Polanski’s movie Pirates whilst writing a song called Under Jolly Roger for their 3rd studio album. While the historical lyrics were very superficial at first, the lyrics for later albums were intensively researched, by Rolf Kasparek in particular. In addition to lyrics about pirates like Calico Jack, Klaus Störtebeker, or the little-known Henry Jennings, the band also addressed subjects like the Wars of the Roses, the Battle of Waterloo, or the colonization of the New World by the Conquistadors.
'Riding The Storm (The Very Best Of The Noise Years 1983-1995)' features killer tracks from Running Wild’s 9 albums for Noise, and features striking packaging in a stylish digipack with new sleevenotes featuring band interviews, photos and memorabilia.
Tracklisting
CD1:
1. Victim of States Power
2. Genghis Khan
3. Prisoner of Our Time
4. Walpurgis Night
5. Branded and Exiled
6. Fight the Oppression
7. Chains and Leather
8. Under Jolly Roger
9. Beggar's Night
10. Diamonds of the Black Chest
11. Raw Ride
12. Intro / Port Royal
13. Uaschitschun
14. Final Gates
15. Conquistadores
16. Calico Jack
CD2:
1. Riding the Storm
2. Evilution
3. Bad to the Bone
4. Tortuga Bay
5. Blazon Stone
6. Little Big Horn
7. Over the Rainbow
8. Genocide
9. Whirlwind
10. Fistful of Dynamite
11. Pile of Skulls
12. Soulless
13. The Privateer
14. Fight the Fire of Hate
15. The Phantom of Black Hand Hill
16. Lions of the Sea
