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GenreMetal, Rock
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Albums46
Songs285
AboutRunning Wild is Heavy/Power/Speed Metal band originary from Germany.
Located at Hamburg.

Formed in 1976 as Granite Hearts, the band agreed to change it to Running Wild in 1979 - the name was taken from the Judas Priest song with the same name, featured on their 1978 full-length Killing Machine.

According to some old interviews with Rolf, his nickname "Rock 'n' Rolf" was first pronounced by a kid who was the younger brother of one of his friends, in the band's very early days or even before their formation. The guy was at his house with another friend, and the two had discussed for hours of rock, hard rock, metal, bands etc.; when Rolf ringed the door, the kid opened, Rolf told him his name and the first, confused by all those talkings and recurring words of his brother and the other guy (especially "rock", obviously), said to them: "Hey, there is Rock 'n' Rolf here!". They all laughed and kept on calling him that way since then.

On April 17th, 2009 Kasparek announced that he was bringing Running Wild to an end. The last show was at Wacken Open Air, July 30th, 2009. Then on October 21, 2011, the official website published information that Running Wild had reformed.

It's generally suspected that a drum computer was used on both the Victory and The Brotherhood albums with Angelo Sasso being a fictional name used in an attempt to cover this up. This is denied by Rolf Kasparek who claims that Angelo Sasso is a pseudonym used by a friend of his who didn't want to be credited under his real name. This became sort of a running gag in the German metal scene with other bands crediting their drums to Angelo Sasso (see: Chalice of Blood, Kings of völlige Durchness), which literally means "Angel Stone/Rock" in Italian. Moreover, in the two Running Wild releases after their break-up and reforming, namely Shadowmaker and Resilient, no drummer or bass player is officially credited.

The hellhound pictured on the early Running Wild releases and again on Resilient is named "Adrian" after the "Adrian S.O.S." track on Gates to Purgatory.

Three Running Wild tribute albums have been released so far:
- Rough Diamonds - A Tribute to Running Wild (Digital free release, 2005)
- The Revivalry - A Tribute to Running Wild (2 CDs, 2005, Remedy Records)
- ReUnation - A Tribute to Running Wild (2 CDs, 2009, Remedy Records)

Compilation Appearances
- "Hallow the Hell" and "War Child" on Debut No. 1 (Raubbau, 1982)
- "Raging Fire" on Thrash the Wall (Roadrunner, 1990)
- "Bad to the Bone" on Metal Hammer (EMI, 1990)
- "Blazon Stone" on Soft, Hard & Heavy (Sonocord, 1991)
- "The Conquistadors " on Giants of Rock - The Metal Decade 1988-89 Vol. 5 (EastWest, 1991)
- "Blazon Stone" on Join the Joyride - Electrola Promotion I-II (Electrola, 1991)
- "Walpurgis Night" on Ich Zahl' Nicht Mehr! (Steamhammer, 1992)
- "Stortebeker" on Metalmania (EMI Greece, 1992)
- "Genocide" on Heavy Metal Battle (EMI, 1993)
- "Lead or Gold" on Pure Metal Sampler Vol. 1 (Noise, 1993)
- "Chains and Leather" on Kerrang! Präsentiert: Metal Klassix (Columbia, 1994)
- "The Privateer" on Pure Metal Sampler Vol. 2 (Victor, 1995)
- "Prisoner of Our Time" on 12 Years in Noise - Metal & Beyond... (Noise, 1996)
- "Masquerade" on Pure Metal Sampler Vol. 6 (Victor, 1996)
- "Raise Your Fist" on La Saga Du Metal 5 - Heavy Metal (Club Dial, 1996)
- "Masquerade" on BMG What's New 20 - 26.05.1997 (BMG, 1997)
- "Störtebeker" on Wolfpack Vol. 1 (EMI, 1997)
- "Bad to the Bone" on Power of Glory - 42 Rock Metal Hits (Disky, 1997)
- "Riding the Storm" on Masters of Disaster (Metal Hammer & Heavy Metal, 1997)
- "Masquerade" on Gods of Noises (Gun, 1997)
- "Kiss of Death" on No Mercy on X-mas (Rockfabrik Ludwigsburg, 1997)
- "Under Jolly Roger" on Power of Metal - Second Attack (Noise, 1998)
- "Kiss of Death" on Pure Metal Sampler Vol. 10 (Victor, 1998)
- "Chains and Leather" on Hard N' Heavy Vol. 16 (Hard N' Heavy, 1999)
- "Win or be Drawn" on Psychosonic! Vol. 5 (Psycho!, 1999)
- "Victory" on Dynamit Vol. 20 (RockHard, 2000)
and many more not yet added.

General lineup

Current
Rock 'n' Rolf Vocals, Guitars (1979-2009, 2011-present), Bass (2004)
Peter Jordan Guitars (2005-2009, 2011-present)

Past
Manfred Bünning Pyro-technics
Matthias Kaufmann Bass (1979-1982)
Hasche Drums (1979-1987)
Uwe Bendig Guitars (1979-1982)
Stephan Bass (1982-1987)
Preacher Guitars (1982-1985)
Majk Moti Guitars (1985-1990)
Jens Becker Bass (1987-1992)
Stefan Schwarzmann Drums (1987-1988, 1992-1993)
Iain Finlay Drums (1988-1989)
AC Drums (1990-1992)
Axel Morgan Guitars (1990-1993)
Thomas "Bodo" Smuszynski Bass (1992-2000)
Jörg Michael Drums (1994-1998)
Thilo Hermann Guitars (1994-2001)
Angelo Sasso (R.I.P. 2007) Drums (1999-2002)
Peter Pichl Bass (2001-2008)
Matthias "Metalmachine" Liebetruth Drums (2002-2009)

Current (Live)
Ole Hempelmann Bass (2015-present)
Michael Wolpers Drums (2015-present)

Past (Live)
Hasche Drums (1989)
Jörg Michael Drums (1990)
Chris Efthimiadis Drums (1998-1999, 2000-2001)
Bernd Aufermann Guitars (2002-2005)
Jan-Sören Eckert Bass (2009)

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