BLAZON STONE
Recorded between December 1990 and February 1991 in StudioM, Hildesheim.
There are three versions of the LP:
EMI LP (EMI IC-064-796280 1) Released 20.03.1991
The cover is matt with white print on the rear of the cover.
The inner sleeve has a photo of Rolf with his arms crossed,
and the lyrics. The A side of the vinyl has EMI-NOISE in
black and red, all on a silver background. The B side has
the song titles in black on a red background.
Side A: Blazon Stone, Lonewolf, Slavery, Fire & Ice, Little Big Horn
Side B: White Masque, Rolling Wheels, Bloody Red Rose, Straight To Hell, Heads Or Tails
PICTURE LP (EMI IC-066-796364 XDR) Limited edition (2’000).
Front side of vinyl: Blazon Stone coat of arms. Rear side: Adrian.
NOISE-SPV (NOISE N0171-1,SPV 08-04291) Released 25.03.1991.
The sale of this album was forbidden by judge in June 1991, because Noise did not have the right to publish any of the songs. The LPs were supposed to have been destroyed, but many of them suddenly appeared in shops in Eastern Block countries, where decisions made by GEMA and judges are blatantly ignored.
The cover is shiny and the print on the rear cover is yellow. The inner sleeve is plain. An inserted sheet includes the lyrics and a photo of Rolf with his arms raised. The A side of vinyl has a picture of Adrian in grey on black, and the B side has the song titles in black on greenish-blue background. The album has the same titles as the EMI version.
There are three European versions of the CD:
EMI CD (EMI IC 564-79628 2)
With folding booklet 70,4cm long: 5 pages of text, 1 page Adrian Silver on black, 4 color photos of the individual musicians, one photo of the entire band and one page Blazon Stone coat of arms. White print on the rear side of the booklet.
Contents: same as the albums, plus Jens’s bass solo “Over The Rainbow”.
PICTURE CD (EMI IC 566-796364 2) Limited edition (2’000).
With a 4-way folding cover, color photos of Rolf, Jens, Axel and AC. Text booklet same as the EMI CD. A Blazon Stone coat of arms is on the CD itself.
NOISE-SPV CD (NOISE N0171-2, SPV 08-04291) Was also forbidden by the German Court. Was available in Eastern Block countries despite the ban.
The booklet is stapled and has 5 pages of lyrics (2 song lyrics are missing), 1 page of Adrian in silver on black (wrong way round!), 1 photo of the entire band, 1 page Blazon Stone coat of arms, 2 pages T-shirt advert list. The rear side of the booklet has yellow print.
Contents: same as the albums, plus “Billy The Kid” and “Genocide” (both given on the CD as number 12).
See also: JAPAN-CDs.
BORISS Stephan
Born on 12.08.1964. Stephan’s profession
is a cook.Former bass player of RUNNING
WILD. Had played guitar and bass since 1976.
He joined RW late in 1982 and left the band
together with Hasche in May 1987. Stephan
was a regular visitor in the Logo in Hamburg
until mid 1992 when he went to Griechenland
with his wife Claudia to run a restaurant.
BRANDED AND EXILED
LP (NOISE N0030, SPV 08-1695) Recorded in August 1985 in Casablanca Studio (Berlin),Sound Enhancement in Hanna Studio.
METAL HAMMER Reader Charts February & March 1986: 4th place.
Line up : Rolf, Preacher, Stephan, Hasche.
Actually there were 2 versions of the cover
Of this album. The original version was very
bright, Rolf said:” The branding iron looked
like a neon light!”. It was therefore replaced
by the version now available.
Side 1: Branded And Exiled, Gods Of Iron,
Realm Of Shades, Mordor
Side 2: Fight The Oppression, Evil Spirit,
Marching To Die, Chains And Leather
CD (NOISE N0030-3, SPV 08-1695) Released
on 1988. Playing time 35:38min.
FAULTY PRESSED CD
In April 1990, several faulty copies of the BRANDED & EXILED CD appeared in Switzerland. It looks exactly like any other B&E CD, but actually contains the songs from GATES TO PURGATORY. Around the centre of the CD there is this marking:” MAGNA W-GERMANY 3100105 (A)”. This CD was discovered by accident. Dane bought a CD from the importers for a fan club member in Turkey and the member sent it back with a friendly letter of compliant. This CD went into Dane’s collection and is now owned by an ex-Metal Pirate in Germany.
Picture LP:
Limited edition (300).
See also: VIDEO RECORDINGS, JAPAN-CDs.
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CALICO JACK
18th century English pirate who received his name from the colorful clothes
he wore. Up until his arrest in 1720, he roamed the seas of the West Indies.
He is well known for his great romance with the lady-pirate Anne Bonney,
who is also mentioned in the song “Calico Jack”.
The judges sentence at the end of the song is spoken by Steven Clark, who
owns a 16-Track Studio in Hamburg and who worked on the pre-production
of PORT ROYAL and DEATH OR GLORY.
CARLTON ROCKPALACE
Concert hall in Copenhagen. RUNNING WILD and OVERKILL played as support to HELLOWEEN here on 01.05.1987. It was the last show for drummer Hasche and bass player Stephan Boriss. Just before the show, the other band members were told by the band manager that these two were to be sacked for “laziness”. Hasche and Stephan received the letters on 3rd May.
Set-List: Under Jolly Roger, Genghis Khan, Raise Your Fist, Merciless Game, Land Of Ice, Diabolic Force, Branded & Exiled , Mordor, Raw Ride, Prisoners Of Our Time, Chains & Leather (televise with Majk as solo-vocalist).
CONQUISTADORES
RUNNING WILD’s first official promo video clip, recorded on 28.09.1988 in the club “Quartier Latin” in Berlin.
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DEATH METAL SAMPLER
LP (NOISE N006, SPV 08-1666) Recorded in spring 1984.
Sampler LP with 2 songs each from RUNNING WILD, HELLHAMMER,
DARK AVENGER and HELLOWEEN. Collector’s value of 1st pressing
1.1.96 - about 75 SF max.
Side 1: Iron Heads, Bones To Ashes (RUNNING WILD)
1st pressing: The original cover has a picture of a torture chamber with tortured heavies and a monster eating a body on a table. This cover was censored shortly after it was released and replaced by the 2nd version.
2nd pressing: The reason for the censor is printed on the cover.
The 2nd pressing version was still available in some German shops in 1995.
DEATH OR GLORY
LP ( NOISE-EMI-ELECTROLA 7 93324 1) Recorded between 15 July and 23 August 1989 in StudioM, Hildesheim and released on 7.11.1989. Produced by RUNNING WILD, sound-engineer:
Jan Nemec.
METAL HAMMER Reader’s and Sales charts
(January & February 1990): 1st resp. 2nd place.
Side 1: Riding The Storm, Renegade, Evilution, Running Blood, Highland Glory
Side 2: Marooned, Bad To The Bone, Tortuga Bay, Death Or Glory, Battle Of Waterloo
PICTURE LP (IC 066-7-93323 0)
Released in December 1989. Limited edition (2’000).
“Death” and “Glory” Drawings by Sebastian Kruger
on side A, Adrian head and crossed bones and black
and white photo of Rolf, Majk, Jens and Iain on side B.
CD (CDP 566-7-93323 0) LP contents plus “March On” as bonus track.
There were two European versions of the CD:
1st version made in Germany. Black CD with golden writing, 8 page booklet with yellow logo and yellow edging marked: “INCLUDING BONUS TRACK – MERCH ON”. The back page of the booklet has a color picture of Adrian and crossed bones on a blue background.
2nd version made in England. White CD with black print, 12 page booklet with golden logo and golden edging. Pirate head gold and white on a black background.
DEATH OR GLORY VIDEO
Live video film (FOTODISK-SPV 84-27097) Released on 11.06.1990.
The video tape is a somewhat shortened version of the concerts from 17.10.1989 in Tor3, Dusseldorf.
Running time: 44min. 27sec.
In halt: Backstage-aufnahmen
Riding The Storm
Bad To The Bone
Raw Ride
Raging Fire
Tortuga Bay
Uaschitschun
Jens’ solo
Conquistadores
Prisoners Of Our Time
Final Gates (closing theme with backstage shots)
The following were cut from the original set:
Chains & Leather, Wild Animal, Port Royal,
Final Gates (live), the drum solo as well as
The two encores, Raise Your Fist and Genghis
Khan.
Parts of the video (different camera angles)
Were used for the video included in the “Masquerade – treasure chest” version in 1996.
DEBUT NR.1
Sampler compilation album, 1983. Raubbau Productions (66-22560)
Recorded in May and June 1981 in Raubbau Studio. Only (1’000) were pressed.
This is the first official release of any recordings made by RUNNUNG
WILD in the line-up: Rolf, Hasche, Matthias Kaufmann, Uwe Bendig. Apart from a large number of different bands of varying music styles, RW play „Hallow The Hell“ and “War Child”. The song “King Of The Midnight Fire” was also recorded but could not be fit onto the album for reasons of space. This album (on LP only!) was never publicly released.
800 of 1000 pressed were distributed amongst the musicians and were used for promotion purposes. The remaining 200 were found in a warehouse by the fan club Metal Pirates. The official original LP had a folding cover which showed photos of all participating bands. Some other examples had water damaged covers, for which the Metal Pirates had new (non-folding)
covers printed. These examples are sold out.
DEMO-TAPES
1981: The very first RW demo tape included the two songs from the
“DEBUT N°1” sampler ‘83. This demo was not released in large numbers.
Line-up: Rolf, Hasche, Matthias, Uwe.
Songs are: Hallow The Hell, Warchild, King Of The Midnight Fire
1983: Included the two songs which appeared on the “ROCK FROM HELL” sampler ‘84. Line-up:
Rolf, Hasche, Matthias, Preacher.
Songs are: Adrian (S.O.S), Chains & Leather
1984: LIKE A HAMMERBLOW .
This third demo tape had two intros, two songs from “Demo’81” and “Demo’83” as well as live versions of “Genghis Khan” and “Soldiers Of Hell”
(recorded in Spring 1983 at the Teichweger Festival).
This tape was advertized for sale and was sent to many
magazines and fanzines all over the world. It cost
10 DM and more than 400 tapes were sold.
Songs are: Intro, Hallow The Hell, Warchild,
Adrian (S.O.S.),Chains & Leather,
Genghis Khan (live), Soldiers Of Hell (live)
Caution is advisable when buying “original” demos from
dishonest advertisers in the metal press. The original
tapes were 30 min. long and were not made by a
“modern” company such as Panasonic or TDK etc.!
DOCKS
A very popular hall on the Spielbuden Square in Hamburg where a lot of heavy metal concerts take place. RUNNING WILD has played here several times.
DOOMSDAY NEWS VIDEOSAMPLER
DOOMSDAY NEWS 1.
Fotodisk-SPV-27057. Released in April 1990.
The video contains video-clips of HELLOWEEN, RAGE,
CELTIC FROST, VOIVOD, KREATOR as well as the
RUNNING WILD clip -“Conquistadores”
DOOMSDAY NEWS 2.
Fotodisk-SPV-84-27067. Released in July 1990.
The video contains video-clips of MORDRED,RAGE,
KREATOR, DAM, GAMMA RAY as well as the
RUNNING WILD clip - “Bad To The Bone”
DRAKKAR Promotions
Promotions and management office of RUNNING WILD since March 1988,
with office in Witten (Germany). The company also sell merchandise of the bands
that they manage.
See: KOPEK Bogdan.
DRUM KIT (First professional)
When Hasche joined RW he needed a professional drum kit. His dream kit was a Pearl drum kit with a single bass drum, 6 toms etc. But this kit cost 1500 DM – a fortune! The cousin of Hasche’s girlfriend’s grandmother (sounds like a logic problem !) owned a music shop and in this roundabout way, Hasche was able to buy the drum kit at a good discount.
DRUM WORKSHOP TOUR
At the end of 1990 drummer AC, Jens and Paiste organized a Drum Workshop Tour through Germany. They were accompanied by Axel Morgan, although it was not known at the time that he was the new RW guitarist. The workshops were mostly held in small shops and clubs and fans could hear the trio play samples and also try out AC’s drum kit.
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EAST GERMAN TOUR
RUNNING WILD’s first tour through the ex-East Germany Republic took place in July 1990. Four
concerts were planned: Bad Langensalza, Boizenburg,Berlin and Wolgast. Bad Longensalza was replaced by Open Air Theater on 19th July in Dresden, where RAGE and HEADLESS played as openers. Boizenburg and Wolgast had to be canceled for technical reasons, as they not supply enough electricity for RUNNING WILD’s show! The Berlin concert took place a day later than planned, on 22nd July at the Open Air Theater of Weissensee Lake. RAGE, MOTHER LITTLE NIGHTMARE, V2 and HEADLESS were also on the billing.
EQUIPMENT
RUNNING WILD used the following equipment in 1992:
Rock’n’Rolf – Gibson Explorer guitars,
Ernie Ball strings
Jens Becker – Warwick Bass,
Rotosound strings
Axel Morgan – B.C.Rich guitars,
Ernie Ball strings
AC – Paiste Cymbals, Premiere Drums
Amplifier – Mesa Boogie
Microphones – Electro-Voice
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FINLAY Iain
Born 7.03.1963 in England. Formerly played with DEMON PACT, AXON IV, OPERA, RICHARD HEAD BAND and TOUCH. Iain joined RW in September 1988 just before the release of PORT ROYAL. Rolf was very upset that Stefan Schwarzmann had left the band and therefore Iain’s photo was included on the cover and Stefan, who had actually done all the drumming, was hardly mentioned. Iain had to sit out most of the PORT ROYAL tour because of a broken hand (he fell off a bar stool!) and was replaced by Jorg Michael for these dates. Iain was however with the band did his fire-spitting trick on stage at every show.On the 18.10.1989, one day after the show (following the DEATH OR GLORY VIDEO recordings) in Tor-3, Dusseldorf, Iain was thrown out of the band. Some of the reasons were that he’d constantly argued and fought with Majk, he’d promised EMI (without Rolf’s knoweledge) that the band would make a cover-version of an AC/DC song and he was, in Rolf’ swords: ”getting too big for his boots”. Iain got back to the practise rooms before the others and stole the entire drumkit and then changed the lock, so the band couldn’t get in! Jorg Michael again stepped in for the DEATH OR GLORY tour, had to use a borrowed drumkit before Iain returned the band’s own drumkit towards the end of the tour.
Iain today plays with the cover-band TOUCH but there is talk thathe may be helping X-WILD out for their 1996 tour.
FIRST YEARS OF PIRACY
LP (NOISE N0184). Released on 21.11.1991.
Recorded in July-August 1991 in StudioM, Hildesheim.
This album is not just a re-release of old RW songs.
Every song was differently arranged and newly recorded.
Line-up: Rolf, Jens, AC, Axel.
Side 1: Under Jolly Roger, Branded & Exiled, Soldiers Of Hell, Raise Your Fist, Walpurgis Night
Side 2: Fight The Oppression, Marching To Die, Raw Ride, Diamonds Of The Black Chest, Prisoners Of Our Time
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GATES TO PURGATORY
LP (NOISE N0012, SPV 08-1671) Released in 1984.
Recorded in February-March 1984 in Caet-Studio, Berlin.
Record Party on 1.10.1984 in Hamburg (Bootleg cassette
exists of this party).
Line-up: Rolf, Hasche, Stephan, Preacher.
METAL HAMMER Sales-Charts March 1985: 3rd place.
Reader Charts April 1985: 3rd place.
The cover picture shows a friend of the band – Manfred Brunning, welding on a safe which already been damaged by burglars at Hasche’s father’s office. The pictures were taken in the Diederich B.Magnusson Photo Studio, Hamburg. The first pressing of GATES TO PURGATORY included a printed lyric sheet.
Side 1: Victim Of States Power, Black Demon, Preacher, Soldiers Of Hell
Side 2: Diabolic Force, Adrian (S.O.S), Genghis Khan, Prisoner Of Our Time
Noise says that the songs “Satan” and “Walpurgis Night” could not be included on the German version of this LP for “technical reasons”. This cannot be correct, because the US and Canadian versions of this album includes these songs.
CANADIAN PRESSING (VIPER VPR 105) Released in 1985.
Also includes “Walpurgis Night” on Side A, and “Satan” on Side B. The record centre has the VIPER-Logo on one side and all the titles on the other. The front cover has a printed field in which is written:” Germany’s Hottest New Metal-band!”
US PRESSING (COMBAT MX 8026) Released in 1985.
Also includes “Walpurgis Night” on Side B and “Satan” on Side A. The front cover has printed field marked:” First US Pressing. Includes Extra Tracks”. The inner sleeve shows a black and white photo of the band.
PICTURE LP (NOISE 0012 PD, SPV 12-1687).
Amount pressed(2’000). Collectors value 1.1.96, approx 200 SF.
Limited Edition Picture LP with the “Star” and “Adrian”-head on the front, and the track listing on a white and black striped background on the second side.
CD (NOISE NCD 001, SPV 08-4734). Released in 1988.
Tracks as above, plus the bonus tracks “Walpurgis Night” and “Satan”.
CD playing time: 42:15min.
See also: BRANDED & EXILED FAULTY PRESSUNG, JAPAN-CDs, LOGO, PC 69.
GIANTS OF ROCK
Annual Open-Air rock festival, held on the race circuit of Hameenlinna, to the north of Helsinki (Finland). RUNNING WILD played here 28.07.1990 besides PRETTY MAIDS, SODOM, and URIAH HEEP. It was Majk Moti’s last show with RUNNING WILD.
Set-list: Riding The Storm, Renegade, Raise Your Fist, Port Royal, Bad To The Bone, Drum-solo, Conquistadores, Uaschitschun, Prisoners Of Our Time, Under Jolly Roger, Chains & Leather.
GIGS The first
The very first concert took place in 1978 in the Veermoor School under the old band name GRANITE HEART with original line-up: Rolf, Hasche, Matthias and Uwe. GH also once auditioned for a talent contest in the Hamburg discoteque “Rainbow”.
In Spring 1981 the band played for the first time under the name of RUNNING WILD in the “Multonne” discotheque in Stade. This was followed by several concerts in the Hartsprung School in Thorstedt; at the Stellingen Youth Club; in a hall in Hansweg, Hamburg about which the very first manager Olaf Schumann says:” That was the first time that we were allowed to make a real noise, it was great!” and in 1982 in the Bondenwald School hall.
The show in Bondenwald was the last concert for Uwe and Matthias.
When Preacher and Stephan joined the band, they again played twice in the Stellingen Youth Club in 1982.
GRANITE HEART
Rock’n’Rolf’s very first band, founded in 1978, when Rolf was still at school. The band comprised of Rolf and his school comrades Uwe Bendig (guit.), Michael Hoffmann (dr.) and Jorg Schwarz (bass) (who was later replaced by Carsten David). At this time, Hasche and Matthias Kaufmann had their own band – GROBER UNFUG. When Rolf and Uwe change schools, GH was partly broken up. They looked for and found a bass player Matthias Kaufmann and a drummer Hasche. The band was renamed RUNNING WILD in 1982.
GROBER UNFUG
The first band of Hasche and his friend Matthias Kaufmann.
These two musicians joined GRANITE HEART in 1978.
GUITAR, Rock’n’Rolf’s first
Rolf says:” I had decided to become a musician and wanted to buy a guitar. So, to get the money for it I sold my railway set and went to the Herti Store and bought my first electric guitar for 98 DM.”. This guitar has become lost in the mists of time!
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HANL Thorsten
Manager of the band between 1986 and February 1988. The band prematurely cancelled the contract with Hanl, because they said he had not fulfilled his duties to their satisfaction. They went to Drakkar and signed a contract there. The court case concerning the unlawful cancelling of the contract took years and was finally settled in 1992. The judges awarded Hanl a sum of money to be paid by the musicians of the Hanl period (Rolf, Hasche, Borris and Preacher and/or Moti). In actual fact , Rolf paid the entire sum out of the band funds owned by the band members of 1992. This caused dissatisfaction amongst these “new” musicians, Who had joined the band long after the Hanl contract had been cancelled and thus were legally exempt from payment.
HASCHE
Born on 7.05.1961. Real name – Wolfgang Hagemann. RW’s first drummer. Had been playing drums since his 11th birthday. Left the band on 10.05.1987 after being sacked for “laziness”. His last show was Carlton Rock Palace, Copenhagen on 1.05.87. Today Hasche is the Promotions- and PR-Manager of the Rockfabrik, Ludwigsburg. He played one show with RW as guest drummer in 1989 during the PORT ROYAL Tour. Hasche was probably the first HM drummer, who refused to accept the usual position of the drummer behind the “stars” on stage. He greatly enhanced the status of the drummer in Germany by his personality, energy and stage show, during which he used 4-meter long, burning drumsticks and other gags.
The history of his unusual name is described by Hasche as follows: “It was in the 3rd oder 4th grade in school. In my class there were three boys with the same name – Wolfgang. It was the time of hippies and there was this saying (roughly translated as):”with some hash in your bag, you’ll never need a fag” (fag – cigarette!!). I got this name of Hasche from somewhere and it became semi-official I was even allowed to sign my exam papers with “Hasche”!
Hasche’s relationship to the band is still very good and he often visits the band on tour when he has the time.
HARD’N’HEAVY
Heavy Metal program which used to be on the satellite TV transmitter of Tele-5 from 1989 to 1990. The program used to be on Wednesday evenings and RUNNING WILD were often seen in the program. It was a very well put together show.
The program was cut from the TV in 1990 due to pressure from religious and moral minority group.
HEADBANGERS BALL
A “heavy metal” program in MTV which has unfortunately become more thrash and grunge-oriented over the past few years. RUNNING WILD is hardly ever seen in this program – usually only when a viewer specifically requests them. The blonde woman who runs the show – Vanessa Warwick is the wife of the Ricky Warwick ( ALMIGHTY front man).
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INDIANER JOE
Leather boutique which used to be at Reeperbahn 115,
Hamburg. RUNNING WILD used to buy a lot of their
stage clothes here, including the “Port Royal” and
“Death Or Glory” jackets. Indianer Joe used 10000 studs
on the four “Death Or Glory” jackets! Many other stars,
including MICHAEL JACKSON bought clothes here.
The shop closed down and Indianer Joe disappeared
mysteriously in 1991.
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JAPAN CDs
RUNNING WILD’s record company in Japan, JVC, have released the following albums on CD. All the booklets include lyrics and notes in English and in Japanese. Some special items are ( or were!):
UNDER JOLLY ROGER / PORT ROYAL as twin-pack (VICP 4001314). Both CDs are picture CDs with a photo similar to that on the DEATH OR GLORY album.
GATES TO PURGATORY / BRANDED & EXILED as double-CD (VICP 8043). CD is black with a violet Adrian star. Only includes the BRANDED & EXILED lyrics in English and Japanese.
DEATH OR GLORY (TOCP 6162). Incl. WILD ANIMAL, included Wild Animal, Tear Down The Walls and Stortebeker. The new version of this CD does not include these 3 tracks for licensing reasons.
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KAUFMANN Matthias
Bass player who joined the RW in 1978,
together with Hasche, both from the band
GROBER UNFUG. Left the band for
personal reasons and was replaced by
Stephan Boriss.
KOPEC Bogdan “Boggi”
Called “The Viking” because of his physical stature, Boggi has been RUNNING WILD’s manager since the split with Thorsten Hanl. He is also the manager of other bands such as KREATOR, RAGE and SODOM and has financial interest in GUN Records.
KREYSON
Czech HM band. Released the album ANGEL ON THE RUN ( produced by Rolf) in Autumn 1990 and received a gold award for it. Released CRUSADERS ( lyrics written by Dane Kurth) in Spring 1993.
See: KRIZEK Lada
KRIZEK Lada
Czech singer of KREYSON, whose voice can also be heard amongst the backing vocals of DEATH OR GLORY and BLAZON STONE. At the end of April 1990 he went into the studio with his own band KREYZON and recorded ANGEL ON THE RUN, with Rolf as producer. Rolf “got his own back” by singing backing vocals and playing a guitar solo.
KURTH Dane
Born on 28 February in England. After High School she studied photojournalism at the London School of Journalism. Since moving to Switzerland she has written and photographed for many newspapers and magazines all over the world. Also translates technical documents for many Swiss and foreign companies. Hobbies: her computers, cars, crossword puzzles and jigsaw puzzles. Was the president of the Metal Pirates between January 1989 and February 1993 and gave up the fan club for reasons of health, time, finances (it cost her too much!) and disappointment when Rolf sacked the band. Still voluntarily answers all fan correspondence and helps run the Foreign Office of the X-WILD fan club – Wild Knights. Please enclose an International Reply Coupon when you write!
Dane Kurth, Langasse 51 , CH-3292 BUSSWIL , S w i t z e r l a n d
Fax:+41 32 841148, Tel:+41 32 842289, www.eurospares.com/kurthcat.htm
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LEAD OR GOLD
MAXI-CD / 12” Maxi-single . Released in 1992,
at the same time as the PILE OF SKULLS album.
Was also available as a Digi-Pak with folding cover.
Line-up: Rolf, Stefan, Axel, Bodo.
Songs are: Lead Or Gold,
Hanged, Drawn And Quartered,
Win Or Be Drowned
LIGHTENFELS
An open air field near Coburg, Bavaria. RUNNING WILD headlined here at the ROCK HARD FESTIVAL on 2.06.1990. Their support bands were SEPULTURA, PROTECTOR, TANKARD, SACRED REICH etc. It was the first official gig for the new drummer AC. In Rolfs own words AC played “really fantastic, like a dream!”.
Despite pouring rain, the fans remained in their places until the very last song, and Rolf thanked them from the stage.
Set-List: Riding The Storm, Renegade, Raise Your Fist, Genghis Khan, Port Royal, Bad To The Bone, Raging Fire, Tortuga Bay, Uaschitschun, Final Gates, Drum Solo, Conquistadores, Wild Animal, Prisoners Of Our Time, Battle Of Waterloo, Under Jolly Roger, Chains & Leather.
LITTLE BIG HORN
(EMI IC 060-20-4248-6) Released 28.02.1991.
Recorded (together with BLAZON STONE)
between December 1990 and February 1991 in StudioM, Hildesheim. The LITTLE BIG HORN single took RUNNING WILD into the German National Charts for the first time. The highest position was 25th in May 1990.
Line-up: Rolf, Jens, Axel, AC.
7”SINGLE
Contents: Little Big Horn, Billy The Kid
5’000 copies were pressed.
12”MAXI-SINGLE
Contents: Little Big Horn, Billy The Kid, Genocide
9’000 copies were pressed.
PICTURE-SHAPE
Cut in the shape of a western scene with a tattered flag. 1’000 copies were pressed.
CD
Contents same as Maxi-single.
PICTURE CD
Contents same as Maxi-single. Picture of the western scene with flag also on the CD itself. 2’000 copies were pressed.
LIVE TAPES
There are a large number of illegally recorded live tapes of RUNNING WILD. The tapes are from numerous countries and cover the years from 1983 to today. The quality is also different from one tape to the next.
LOGO
Music club in the Grindel Allee in Hamburg where the record party of GATES TO PURGATORY was held on 1.10.1984.There is also a live bootleg tape of this show. The in the hall was very poor, as commented by
Hasche:”The sound in the hall was really bad. We had our own sound mixers with us, but it didn’t seem to get any better!”.
Set-List: Diabolic Force, Black Demon, Preacher,
Soldiers Of Hell, Victim Of States Power, Genghis Khan,
Adrian (S.O.S.), Prisoner Of Our Time
LORELEY
Festival held near the famous Loreley rock on the river Rhine on 14.09.1985. In the program apart from RUNNING WILD were METALLICA, VENOM(headliner), WISHBONE ASH, HEAVY PETTIN, WARLOCK, TYRAN PACE, RESTLESS, SAVAGE GRACE and NAZARETH.
The German magazine METAL HAMMER used the opportunity to award RUNNING WILD the following reader poll prizes:
3rd Place – Best LP: GATES TO PURGATORY
3rd Place – Favourite band: RUNNING WILD
3rd Place – Best drummer: Hasche
3rd Place – Best singer: Rock’n’Rolf
VIDEO
In 1986 METAL HAMMER released a video-film of the festivals which included a part of the RUNNING WILD show.
See: BLACK DEMONS ON STAGE, BRANDED & EXILED, VIDEO.
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MALDOROR
RUNNING WILD’s music publishers and a daughter company of Noise International, Berlin.
MARSCHALL Andreas
A very talented artist who drew the artwork for every album cover since LITTLE BIG HORN.
MASK-ADRIAN
During the BLAZON STONE Tour in Hannover and Erlangen, Rolf wore a wonderful Adrian mask to introduce the song “Heads Or Tails”. The mask had been made in latex by the fan club members Bernie Eichholtz and Dan Morse (both from the USA) who work in the film industry.
MEGA-METAL FESTIVAL
On 13.05.1989 RUNNING WILD headlined this sold-out 8-hour festival in Solothurn, Switzerland. Other bands who played were APOCALYPSE, SATROX, SBB, HEATSTROKE and CRY-OUT.
METAL ATTACK VOL.1
Sampler LP (NOISE N0022, SPV 55-1682).Released in 1985.
Collector’s value 1.1.96,approx 50SF.
Besides GRAVE DIGGER (“Shine On”,” Tears Of Blood”),
HELLOWEEN (“Murderer”), SINNER (“Danger Zone”),
WARRANT (“Scavenger’s Daughter”) and CELTIC FROST
(“Dethroned Emperor”, “Morbid Tales”) this sampler has RUNNING WILDs “Diabolic Force”.
It was never released on CD.
METAL MANFRED
Real name – Manfred Eisenblatter. A German journalist and photographer, who showed great courage in 1987 by giving the album UNDER JOLLY ROGER 6 points out of 6 in the April 1987 edition of METAL HAMMER (everyone else gave it 1 or 2 points). He accompanied the band in April 1987 to a festival in Katovice (Poland) and experienced a very funny adventure on the way...
METAL PIRATES
The official RUNNING WILD-Fan club between 1988 and 1993.
The first RW-Fanclub “Adrian” was founded in 1983 by Jens Zussy. In 1985 Zussy was told to hand over all the fan club documentation to the band manager Thorsten Hanl and the fan club was badly neglected.
Between April 1988 and the end of 1988 the fanclub was in the hands of Majk and Connie Moti and had a total 12 members. When Majk left the band, he left a box in the practise room containing over 500 unanswered fan letters. The registered letters had been opened and the contents removed.
Between the release of PORT ROYAL and DEATH OR GLORY the fan club was taken over by Dane Kurth. Rolf suggested the fan club name of “Metal Pirates”. The fan club was multi-lingual with – at one time – members in 22 countries. A quarterly magazine was published and the fan club had a variety of special merchandise. It also had special offers, a song lyrics service etc. Due to reasons of health, finances and disappointment when all the band members were sacked by Rolf, the fan club was closed down in February 1993. The entire assets of the fan club (money and merchandise) was distributed fairly amongst the members. At the time of writing, there is no RUNNING WILD Fanclub. Fan mail is supposed to be being dealt with by Drakkar in Germany.
MICHAEL Jorg
Born on 27.03.1963. Jorg has played with multitude of bands, amongst others: BLIZZARD, RISS, RAYMEN, RAGE, PAGANINI, MEKONG DELTA and others. In January and February 1989 he interrupted his studio work in order to replace the injured Iain Finlay on the WELCOME TO PORT ROYAL Tour. When RUNNING WILD sacked Iain in Autumn 1989, Jorg was again asked to play in the band for the DEATH OR GLORY Tour in January-February 1990. In September 1989, Jorg played with the English band LAOS fell in love with the singer – Gudrun Laos and married her. When Rolf sacked all the band members in February 1993, Jorg was asked to do the drumming for BLACK HAND INN and to go on tour with the band. He also did the drumming and touring for MASQUERADE in January 1996. He has now apparently permanently joined the Scandinavian band STRADIVARI.
MICHELLE
Record store in Hamburg. In October 1984, just before the release party of GATES TO PURGATORY, the owner of the shop Klaus suggested a small autograph session with RUNNING WILD who, at this time, was just seen as a small local band. Klaus was expecting about 2 dozen fans, but 300 fans turned up to get the bands autographs!
MISUNDERSTANDINGS
SONG-TITEL:
a) When the band faxed the list of songs on the BLAZON STONE album from StudioM through to
their record company NOISE, two titles were apparently not very legiblt. In any case ,NOISE copied the list and filled in the missing letters themselves – instead of “Little Big Horn” they wrote “Little Big Man” and instead of “Bloody Red Rose” they wrote “Bloody Red Nose”!
b)In a German Fanzine in 1985, several titles were also misspelled – they wrote about “Realm Of
Spades”, “Branded & Excited”, “Chains & Letter”!
VIDEO:
The 1987 video “RUNNING WILD” is not about the band, but is a summary of the 1987 Paris-Dakkar car rally!
POSTER:
The tour poster “GIRLSCHOOL-RUNNING WILD” has nothing to do with the band RUNNING WILD, but is simply the name of GIRLSCHOOL’s tour after the release of their album “Running Wild”.
MONDAY EVENING ROCKSHOW
On 27.11.1989 Rolf and Majk gave a long interview in this German radio program.
MORGAN Axel
Born on 5.4.1963. Real name Axel Tomas Kohlmorgen. Axel is the son of an English mother and a distant relation of the famous pirate captain Henry Morgan. Axel has been playing guitar since his youth in Schleswig Holstein, took three years tuition in classical guitar and played with IN FORCE, WESTCOAST and TUESS, who also released an album.During the work for PAISTE, Axel met AC who told him about the guitar job that became free in Summer 1990 when Majk was fired. Axel applied for the audition and wanted to wait until the auditions, to be held in February 1991. One day Rolf heard Axel playing guitar and asked Axel to join the band, as he said, he’d never heard anyone play guitar in the “right” style before.
Along with the other band members, Axel was sacked in February 1993 and founded X-WILD with Stefan Schwarzmann and Jens Becker. Axel shares his apartment with 14 tortoises and a cat, so he probably keeps fit chasing
them around!
MOTI Majk
Born on 29.8.1957. Real name – Michael Kupper. Formerly guitarist
with ENVELOPE, METALLIAN and RANDOM. Joined RUNNING
WILD on 2.9.1985 and after a short practise period, played his first gig
with them on 14.11.1985 at the Loreley-Festival.
His last show with RUNNING WILD was on 28.7.1990 at the Giants
Of Rock Festival on Finland. He left the band on 30.7.1990. Officially
Majk left of his own accord, but he was in reality sacked following a
vote held amongst the other band members. The reasons were various –
some problems with the band’s finances which Majk had been “looking
after”, his apparent lack of interest in practise sessions, and the fact that
it was ascertained that some band equipment which Majk had reported
stolen had, in fact been sold by himself.
Majk wrote the lyrics of “Tear Down The Walls” as well as some great
intros, such as that of “Stortebeker”.
MOTLEY CRUE
American glamrock band from California, whom RUNNING WILD supported as Special Guests on their European tour in Winter 1985/1986.
MULLTONE, Stade
RUNNING WILD’s first show took place on 1.3.1981, at 20:30hrs in
this club in the Bungenstrasse 8, in Stade near Luneburg, Germany.
Tickets cost 3.50DM. The Mulltone now only holds one concert a year
on the 1st May. The owner Peter Mitnacht remembers the RUNNING WILD concert, which attracted 81 fans.
Line-up: Rolf, Hasche, Matthias and Uwe.
BLAZON STONE
Recorded between December 1990 and February 1991 in StudioM, Hildesheim.
There are three versions of the LP:
EMI LP (EMI IC-064-796280 1) Released 20.03.1991
The cover is matt with white print on the rear of the cover.
The inner sleeve has a photo of Rolf with his arms crossed,
and the lyrics. The A side of the vinyl has EMI-NOISE in
black and red, all on a silver background. The B side has
the song titles in black on a red background.
Side A: Blazon Stone, Lonewolf, Slavery, Fire & Ice, Little Big Horn
Side B: White Masque, Rolling Wheels, Bloody Red Rose, Straight To Hell, Heads Or Tails
PICTURE LP (EMI IC-066-796364 XDR) Limited edition (2’000).
Front side of vinyl: Blazon Stone coat of arms. Rear side: Adrian.
NOISE-SPV (NOISE N0171-1,SPV 08-04291) Released 25.03.1991.
The sale of this album was forbidden by judge in June 1991, because Noise did not have the right to publish any of the songs. The LPs were supposed to have been destroyed, but many of them suddenly appeared in shops in Eastern Block countries, where decisions made by GEMA and judges are blatantly ignored.
The cover is shiny and the print on the rear cover is yellow. The inner sleeve is plain. An inserted sheet includes the lyrics and a photo of Rolf with his arms raised. The A side of vinyl has a picture of Adrian in grey on black, and the B side has the song titles in black on greenish-blue background. The album has the same titles as the EMI version.
There are three European versions of the CD:
EMI CD (EMI IC 564-79628 2)
With folding booklet 70,4cm long: 5 pages of text, 1 page Adrian Silver on black, 4 color photos of the individual musicians, one photo of the entire band and one page Blazon Stone coat of arms. White print on the rear side of the booklet.
Contents: same as the albums, plus Jens’s bass solo “Over The Rainbow”.
PICTURE CD (EMI IC 566-796364 2) Limited edition (2’000).
With a 4-way folding cover, color photos of Rolf, Jens, Axel and AC. Text booklet same as the EMI CD. A Blazon Stone coat of arms is on the CD itself.
NOISE-SPV CD (NOISE N0171-2, SPV 08-04291) Was also forbidden by the German Court. Was available in Eastern Block countries despite the ban.
The booklet is stapled and has 5 pages of lyrics (2 song lyrics are missing), 1 page of Adrian in silver on black (wrong way round!), 1 photo of the entire band, 1 page Blazon Stone coat of arms, 2 pages T-shirt advert list. The rear side of the booklet has yellow print.
Contents: same as the albums, plus “Billy The Kid” and “Genocide” (both given on the CD as number 12).
See also: JAPAN-CDs.
BORISS Stephan
Born on 12.08.1964. Stephan’s profession
is a cook.Former bass player of RUNNING
WILD. Had played guitar and bass since 1976.
He joined RW late in 1982 and left the band
together with Hasche in May 1987. Stephan
was a regular visitor in the Logo in Hamburg
until mid 1992 when he went to Griechenland
with his wife Claudia to run a restaurant.
BRANDED AND EXILED
LP (NOISE N0030, SPV 08-1695) Recorded in August 1985 in Casablanca Studio (Berlin),Sound Enhancement in Hanna Studio.
METAL HAMMER Reader Charts February & March 1986: 4th place.
Line up : Rolf, Preacher, Stephan, Hasche.
Actually there were 2 versions of the cover
Of this album. The original version was very
bright, Rolf said:” The branding iron looked
like a neon light!”. It was therefore replaced
by the version now available.
Side 1: Branded And Exiled, Gods Of Iron,
Realm Of Shades, Mordor
Side 2: Fight The Oppression, Evil Spirit,
Marching To Die, Chains And Leather
CD (NOISE N0030-3, SPV 08-1695) Released
on 1988. Playing time 35:38min.
FAULTY PRESSED CD
In April 1990, several faulty copies of the BRANDED & EXILED CD appeared in Switzerland. It looks exactly like any other B&E CD, but actually contains the songs from GATES TO PURGATORY. Around the centre of the CD there is this marking:” MAGNA W-GERMANY 3100105 (A)”. This CD was discovered by accident. Dane bought a CD from the importers for a fan club member in Turkey and the member sent it back with a friendly letter of compliant. This CD went into Dane’s collection and is now owned by an ex-Metal Pirate in Germany.
Picture LP:
Limited edition (300).
See also: VIDEO RECORDINGS, JAPAN-CDs.
C
CALICO JACK
18th century English pirate who received his name from the colorful clothes
he wore. Up until his arrest in 1720, he roamed the seas of the West Indies.
He is well known for his great romance with the lady-pirate Anne Bonney,
who is also mentioned in the song “Calico Jack”.
The judges sentence at the end of the song is spoken by Steven Clark, who
owns a 16-Track Studio in Hamburg and who worked on the pre-production
of PORT ROYAL and DEATH OR GLORY.
CARLTON ROCKPALACE
Concert hall in Copenhagen. RUNNING WILD and OVERKILL played as support to HELLOWEEN here on 01.05.1987. It was the last show for drummer Hasche and bass player Stephan Boriss. Just before the show, the other band members were told by the band manager that these two were to be sacked for “laziness”. Hasche and Stephan received the letters on 3rd May.
Set-List: Under Jolly Roger, Genghis Khan, Raise Your Fist, Merciless Game, Land Of Ice, Diabolic Force, Branded & Exiled , Mordor, Raw Ride, Prisoners Of Our Time, Chains & Leather (televise with Majk as solo-vocalist).
CONQUISTADORES
RUNNING WILD’s first official promo video clip, recorded on 28.09.1988 in the club “Quartier Latin” in Berlin.
D
DEATH METAL SAMPLER
LP (NOISE N006, SPV 08-1666) Recorded in spring 1984.
Sampler LP with 2 songs each from RUNNING WILD, HELLHAMMER,
DARK AVENGER and HELLOWEEN. Collector’s value of 1st pressing
1.1.96 - about 75 SF max.
Side 1: Iron Heads, Bones To Ashes (RUNNING WILD)
1st pressing: The original cover has a picture of a torture chamber with tortured heavies and a monster eating a body on a table. This cover was censored shortly after it was released and replaced by the 2nd version.
2nd pressing: The reason for the censor is printed on the cover.
The 2nd pressing version was still available in some German shops in 1995.
DEATH OR GLORY
LP ( NOISE-EMI-ELECTROLA 7 93324 1) Recorded between 15 July and 23 August 1989 in StudioM, Hildesheim and released on 7.11.1989. Produced by RUNNING WILD, sound-engineer:
Jan Nemec.
METAL HAMMER Reader’s and Sales charts
(January & February 1990): 1st resp. 2nd place.
Side 1: Riding The Storm, Renegade, Evilution, Running Blood, Highland Glory
Side 2: Marooned, Bad To The Bone, Tortuga Bay, Death Or Glory, Battle Of Waterloo
PICTURE LP (IC 066-7-93323 0)
Released in December 1989. Limited edition (2’000).
“Death” and “Glory” Drawings by Sebastian Kruger
on side A, Adrian head and crossed bones and black
and white photo of Rolf, Majk, Jens and Iain on side B.
CD (CDP 566-7-93323 0) LP contents plus “March On” as bonus track.
There were two European versions of the CD:
1st version made in Germany. Black CD with golden writing, 8 page booklet with yellow logo and yellow edging marked: “INCLUDING BONUS TRACK – MERCH ON”. The back page of the booklet has a color picture of Adrian and crossed bones on a blue background.
2nd version made in England. White CD with black print, 12 page booklet with golden logo and golden edging. Pirate head gold and white on a black background.
DEATH OR GLORY VIDEO
Live video film (FOTODISK-SPV 84-27097) Released on 11.06.1990.
The video tape is a somewhat shortened version of the concerts from 17.10.1989 in Tor3, Dusseldorf.
Running time: 44min. 27sec.
In halt: Backstage-aufnahmen
Riding The Storm
Bad To The Bone
Raw Ride
Raging Fire
Tortuga Bay
Uaschitschun
Jens’ solo
Conquistadores
Prisoners Of Our Time
Final Gates (closing theme with backstage shots)
The following were cut from the original set:
Chains & Leather, Wild Animal, Port Royal,
Final Gates (live), the drum solo as well as
The two encores, Raise Your Fist and Genghis
Khan.
Parts of the video (different camera angles)
Were used for the video included in the “Masquerade – treasure chest” version in 1996.
DEBUT NR.1
Sampler compilation album, 1983. Raubbau Productions (66-22560)
Recorded in May and June 1981 in Raubbau Studio. Only (1’000) were pressed.
This is the first official release of any recordings made by RUNNUNG
WILD in the line-up: Rolf, Hasche, Matthias Kaufmann, Uwe Bendig. Apart from a large number of different bands of varying music styles, RW play „Hallow The Hell“ and “War Child”. The song “King Of The Midnight Fire” was also recorded but could not be fit onto the album for reasons of space. This album (on LP only!) was never publicly released.
800 of 1000 pressed were distributed amongst the musicians and were used for promotion purposes. The remaining 200 were found in a warehouse by the fan club Metal Pirates. The official original LP had a folding cover which showed photos of all participating bands. Some other examples had water damaged covers, for which the Metal Pirates had new (non-folding)
covers printed. These examples are sold out.
DEMO-TAPES
1981: The very first RW demo tape included the two songs from the
“DEBUT N°1” sampler ‘83. This demo was not released in large numbers.
Line-up: Rolf, Hasche, Matthias, Uwe.
Songs are: Hallow The Hell, Warchild, King Of The Midnight Fire
1983: Included the two songs which appeared on the “ROCK FROM HELL” sampler ‘84. Line-up:
Rolf, Hasche, Matthias, Preacher.
Songs are: Adrian (S.O.S), Chains & Leather
1984: LIKE A HAMMERBLOW .
This third demo tape had two intros, two songs from “Demo’81” and “Demo’83” as well as live versions of “Genghis Khan” and “Soldiers Of Hell”
(recorded in Spring 1983 at the Teichweger Festival).
This tape was advertized for sale and was sent to many
magazines and fanzines all over the world. It cost
10 DM and more than 400 tapes were sold.
Songs are: Intro, Hallow The Hell, Warchild,
Adrian (S.O.S.),Chains & Leather,
Genghis Khan (live), Soldiers Of Hell (live)
Caution is advisable when buying “original” demos from
dishonest advertisers in the metal press. The original
tapes were 30 min. long and were not made by a
“modern” company such as Panasonic or TDK etc.!
DOCKS
A very popular hall on the Spielbuden Square in Hamburg where a lot of heavy metal concerts take place. RUNNING WILD has played here several times.
DOOMSDAY NEWS VIDEOSAMPLER
DOOMSDAY NEWS 1.
Fotodisk-SPV-27057. Released in April 1990.
The video contains video-clips of HELLOWEEN, RAGE,
CELTIC FROST, VOIVOD, KREATOR as well as the
RUNNING WILD clip -“Conquistadores”
DOOMSDAY NEWS 2.
Fotodisk-SPV-84-27067. Released in July 1990.
The video contains video-clips of MORDRED,RAGE,
KREATOR, DAM, GAMMA RAY as well as the
RUNNING WILD clip - “Bad To The Bone”
DRAKKAR Promotions
Promotions and management office of RUNNING WILD since March 1988,
with office in Witten (Germany). The company also sell merchandise of the bands
that they manage.
See: KOPEK Bogdan.
DRUM KIT (First professional)
When Hasche joined RW he needed a professional drum kit. His dream kit was a Pearl drum kit with a single bass drum, 6 toms etc. But this kit cost 1500 DM – a fortune! The cousin of Hasche’s girlfriend’s grandmother (sounds like a logic problem !) owned a music shop and in this roundabout way, Hasche was able to buy the drum kit at a good discount.
DRUM WORKSHOP TOUR
At the end of 1990 drummer AC, Jens and Paiste organized a Drum Workshop Tour through Germany. They were accompanied by Axel Morgan, although it was not known at the time that he was the new RW guitarist. The workshops were mostly held in small shops and clubs and fans could hear the trio play samples and also try out AC’s drum kit.
E
EAST GERMAN TOUR
RUNNING WILD’s first tour through the ex-East Germany Republic took place in July 1990. Four
concerts were planned: Bad Langensalza, Boizenburg,Berlin and Wolgast. Bad Longensalza was replaced by Open Air Theater on 19th July in Dresden, where RAGE and HEADLESS played as openers. Boizenburg and Wolgast had to be canceled for technical reasons, as they not supply enough electricity for RUNNING WILD’s show! The Berlin concert took place a day later than planned, on 22nd July at the Open Air Theater of Weissensee Lake. RAGE, MOTHER LITTLE NIGHTMARE, V2 and HEADLESS were also on the billing.
EQUIPMENT
RUNNING WILD used the following equipment in 1992:
Rock’n’Rolf – Gibson Explorer guitars,
Ernie Ball strings
Jens Becker – Warwick Bass,
Rotosound strings
Axel Morgan – B.C.Rich guitars,
Ernie Ball strings
AC – Paiste Cymbals, Premiere Drums
Amplifier – Mesa Boogie
Microphones – Electro-Voice
F
FINLAY Iain
Born 7.03.1963 in England. Formerly played with DEMON PACT, AXON IV, OPERA, RICHARD HEAD BAND and TOUCH. Iain joined RW in September 1988 just before the release of PORT ROYAL. Rolf was very upset that Stefan Schwarzmann had left the band and therefore Iain’s photo was included on the cover and Stefan, who had actually done all the drumming, was hardly mentioned. Iain had to sit out most of the PORT ROYAL tour because of a broken hand (he fell off a bar stool!) and was replaced by Jorg Michael for these dates. Iain was however with the band did his fire-spitting trick on stage at every show.On the 18.10.1989, one day after the show (following the DEATH OR GLORY VIDEO recordings) in Tor-3, Dusseldorf, Iain was thrown out of the band. Some of the reasons were that he’d constantly argued and fought with Majk, he’d promised EMI (without Rolf’s knoweledge) that the band would make a cover-version of an AC/DC song and he was, in Rolf’ swords: ”getting too big for his boots”. Iain got back to the practise rooms before the others and stole the entire drumkit and then changed the lock, so the band couldn’t get in! Jorg Michael again stepped in for the DEATH OR GLORY tour, had to use a borrowed drumkit before Iain returned the band’s own drumkit towards the end of the tour.
Iain today plays with the cover-band TOUCH but there is talk thathe may be helping X-WILD out for their 1996 tour.
FIRST YEARS OF PIRACY
LP (NOISE N0184). Released on 21.11.1991.
Recorded in July-August 1991 in StudioM, Hildesheim.
This album is not just a re-release of old RW songs.
Every song was differently arranged and newly recorded.
Line-up: Rolf, Jens, AC, Axel.
Side 1: Under Jolly Roger, Branded & Exiled, Soldiers Of Hell, Raise Your Fist, Walpurgis Night
Side 2: Fight The Oppression, Marching To Die, Raw Ride, Diamonds Of The Black Chest, Prisoners Of Our Time
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GATES TO PURGATORY
LP (NOISE N0012, SPV 08-1671) Released in 1984.
Recorded in February-March 1984 in Caet-Studio, Berlin.
Record Party on 1.10.1984 in Hamburg (Bootleg cassette
exists of this party).
Line-up: Rolf, Hasche, Stephan, Preacher.
METAL HAMMER Sales-Charts March 1985: 3rd place.
Reader Charts April 1985: 3rd place.
The cover picture shows a friend of the band – Manfred Brunning, welding on a safe which already been damaged by burglars at Hasche’s father’s office. The pictures were taken in the Diederich B.Magnusson Photo Studio, Hamburg. The first pressing of GATES TO PURGATORY included a printed lyric sheet.
Side 1: Victim Of States Power, Black Demon, Preacher, Soldiers Of Hell
Side 2: Diabolic Force, Adrian (S.O.S), Genghis Khan, Prisoner Of Our Time
Noise says that the songs “Satan” and “Walpurgis Night” could not be included on the German version of this LP for “technical reasons”. This cannot be correct, because the US and Canadian versions of this album includes these songs.
CANADIAN PRESSING (VIPER VPR 105) Released in 1985.
Also includes “Walpurgis Night” on Side A, and “Satan” on Side B. The record centre has the VIPER-Logo on one side and all the titles on the other. The front cover has a printed field in which is written:” Germany’s Hottest New Metal-band!”
US PRESSING (COMBAT MX 8026) Released in 1985.
Also includes “Walpurgis Night” on Side B and “Satan” on Side A. The front cover has printed field marked:” First US Pressing. Includes Extra Tracks”. The inner sleeve shows a black and white photo of the band.
PICTURE LP (NOISE 0012 PD, SPV 12-1687).
Amount pressed(2’000). Collectors value 1.1.96, approx 200 SF.
Limited Edition Picture LP with the “Star” and “Adrian”-head on the front, and the track listing on a white and black striped background on the second side.
CD (NOISE NCD 001, SPV 08-4734). Released in 1988.
Tracks as above, plus the bonus tracks “Walpurgis Night” and “Satan”.
CD playing time: 42:15min.
See also: BRANDED & EXILED FAULTY PRESSUNG, JAPAN-CDs, LOGO, PC 69.
GIANTS OF ROCK
Annual Open-Air rock festival, held on the race circuit of Hameenlinna, to the north of Helsinki (Finland). RUNNING WILD played here 28.07.1990 besides PRETTY MAIDS, SODOM, and URIAH HEEP. It was Majk Moti’s last show with RUNNING WILD.
Set-list: Riding The Storm, Renegade, Raise Your Fist, Port Royal, Bad To The Bone, Drum-solo, Conquistadores, Uaschitschun, Prisoners Of Our Time, Under Jolly Roger, Chains & Leather.
GIGS The first
The very first concert took place in 1978 in the Veermoor School under the old band name GRANITE HEART with original line-up: Rolf, Hasche, Matthias and Uwe. GH also once auditioned for a talent contest in the Hamburg discoteque “Rainbow”.
In Spring 1981 the band played for the first time under the name of RUNNING WILD in the “Multonne” discotheque in Stade. This was followed by several concerts in the Hartsprung School in Thorstedt; at the Stellingen Youth Club; in a hall in Hansweg, Hamburg about which the very first manager Olaf Schumann says:” That was the first time that we were allowed to make a real noise, it was great!” and in 1982 in the Bondenwald School hall.
The show in Bondenwald was the last concert for Uwe and Matthias.
When Preacher and Stephan joined the band, they again played twice in the Stellingen Youth Club in 1982.
GRANITE HEART
Rock’n’Rolf’s very first band, founded in 1978, when Rolf was still at school. The band comprised of Rolf and his school comrades Uwe Bendig (guit.), Michael Hoffmann (dr.) and Jorg Schwarz (bass) (who was later replaced by Carsten David). At this time, Hasche and Matthias Kaufmann had their own band – GROBER UNFUG. When Rolf and Uwe change schools, GH was partly broken up. They looked for and found a bass player Matthias Kaufmann and a drummer Hasche. The band was renamed RUNNING WILD in 1982.
GROBER UNFUG
The first band of Hasche and his friend Matthias Kaufmann.
These two musicians joined GRANITE HEART in 1978.
GUITAR, Rock’n’Rolf’s first
Rolf says:” I had decided to become a musician and wanted to buy a guitar. So, to get the money for it I sold my railway set and went to the Herti Store and bought my first electric guitar for 98 DM.”. This guitar has become lost in the mists of time!
H
HANL Thorsten
Manager of the band between 1986 and February 1988. The band prematurely cancelled the contract with Hanl, because they said he had not fulfilled his duties to their satisfaction. They went to Drakkar and signed a contract there. The court case concerning the unlawful cancelling of the contract took years and was finally settled in 1992. The judges awarded Hanl a sum of money to be paid by the musicians of the Hanl period (Rolf, Hasche, Borris and Preacher and/or Moti). In actual fact , Rolf paid the entire sum out of the band funds owned by the band members of 1992. This caused dissatisfaction amongst these “new” musicians, Who had joined the band long after the Hanl contract had been cancelled and thus were legally exempt from payment.
HASCHE
Born on 7.05.1961. Real name – Wolfgang Hagemann. RW’s first drummer. Had been playing drums since his 11th birthday. Left the band on 10.05.1987 after being sacked for “laziness”. His last show was Carlton Rock Palace, Copenhagen on 1.05.87. Today Hasche is the Promotions- and PR-Manager of the Rockfabrik, Ludwigsburg. He played one show with RW as guest drummer in 1989 during the PORT ROYAL Tour. Hasche was probably the first HM drummer, who refused to accept the usual position of the drummer behind the “stars” on stage. He greatly enhanced the status of the drummer in Germany by his personality, energy and stage show, during which he used 4-meter long, burning drumsticks and other gags.
The history of his unusual name is described by Hasche as follows: “It was in the 3rd oder 4th grade in school. In my class there were three boys with the same name – Wolfgang. It was the time of hippies and there was this saying (roughly translated as):”with some hash in your bag, you’ll never need a fag” (fag – cigarette!!). I got this name of Hasche from somewhere and it became semi-official I was even allowed to sign my exam papers with “Hasche”!
Hasche’s relationship to the band is still very good and he often visits the band on tour when he has the time.
HARD’N’HEAVY
Heavy Metal program which used to be on the satellite TV transmitter of Tele-5 from 1989 to 1990. The program used to be on Wednesday evenings and RUNNING WILD were often seen in the program. It was a very well put together show.
The program was cut from the TV in 1990 due to pressure from religious and moral minority group.
HEADBANGERS BALL
A “heavy metal” program in MTV which has unfortunately become more thrash and grunge-oriented over the past few years. RUNNING WILD is hardly ever seen in this program – usually only when a viewer specifically requests them. The blonde woman who runs the show – Vanessa Warwick is the wife of the Ricky Warwick ( ALMIGHTY front man).
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INDIANER JOE
Leather boutique which used to be at Reeperbahn 115,
Hamburg. RUNNING WILD used to buy a lot of their
stage clothes here, including the “Port Royal” and
“Death Or Glory” jackets. Indianer Joe used 10000 studs
on the four “Death Or Glory” jackets! Many other stars,
including MICHAEL JACKSON bought clothes here.
The shop closed down and Indianer Joe disappeared
mysteriously in 1991.
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JAPAN CDs
RUNNING WILD’s record company in Japan, JVC, have released the following albums on CD. All the booklets include lyrics and notes in English and in Japanese. Some special items are ( or were!):
UNDER JOLLY ROGER / PORT ROYAL as twin-pack (VICP 4001314). Both CDs are picture CDs with a photo similar to that on the DEATH OR GLORY album.
GATES TO PURGATORY / BRANDED & EXILED as double-CD (VICP 8043). CD is black with a violet Adrian star. Only includes the BRANDED & EXILED lyrics in English and Japanese.
DEATH OR GLORY (TOCP 6162). Incl. WILD ANIMAL, included Wild Animal, Tear Down The Walls and Stortebeker. The new version of this CD does not include these 3 tracks for licensing reasons.
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KAUFMANN Matthias
Bass player who joined the RW in 1978,
together with Hasche, both from the band
GROBER UNFUG. Left the band for
personal reasons and was replaced by
Stephan Boriss.
KOPEC Bogdan “Boggi”
Called “The Viking” because of his physical stature, Boggi has been RUNNING WILD’s manager since the split with Thorsten Hanl. He is also the manager of other bands such as KREATOR, RAGE and SODOM and has financial interest in GUN Records.
KREYSON
Czech HM band. Released the album ANGEL ON THE RUN ( produced by Rolf) in Autumn 1990 and received a gold award for it. Released CRUSADERS ( lyrics written by Dane Kurth) in Spring 1993.
See: KRIZEK Lada
KRIZEK Lada
Czech singer of KREYSON, whose voice can also be heard amongst the backing vocals of DEATH OR GLORY and BLAZON STONE. At the end of April 1990 he went into the studio with his own band KREYZON and recorded ANGEL ON THE RUN, with Rolf as producer. Rolf “got his own back” by singing backing vocals and playing a guitar solo.
KURTH Dane
Born on 28 February in England. After High School she studied photojournalism at the London School of Journalism. Since moving to Switzerland she has written and photographed for many newspapers and magazines all over the world. Also translates technical documents for many Swiss and foreign companies. Hobbies: her computers, cars, crossword puzzles and jigsaw puzzles. Was the president of the Metal Pirates between January 1989 and February 1993 and gave up the fan club for reasons of health, time, finances (it cost her too much!) and disappointment when Rolf sacked the band. Still voluntarily answers all fan correspondence and helps run the Foreign Office of the X-WILD fan club – Wild Knights. Please enclose an International Reply Coupon when you write!
Dane Kurth, Langasse 51 , CH-3292 BUSSWIL , S w i t z e r l a n d
Fax:+41 32 841148, Tel:+41 32 842289, www.eurospares.com/kurthcat.htm
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LEAD OR GOLD
MAXI-CD / 12” Maxi-single . Released in 1992,
at the same time as the PILE OF SKULLS album.
Was also available as a Digi-Pak with folding cover.
Line-up: Rolf, Stefan, Axel, Bodo.
Songs are: Lead Or Gold,
Hanged, Drawn And Quartered,
Win Or Be Drowned
LIGHTENFELS
An open air field near Coburg, Bavaria. RUNNING WILD headlined here at the ROCK HARD FESTIVAL on 2.06.1990. Their support bands were SEPULTURA, PROTECTOR, TANKARD, SACRED REICH etc. It was the first official gig for the new drummer AC. In Rolfs own words AC played “really fantastic, like a dream!”.
Despite pouring rain, the fans remained in their places until the very last song, and Rolf thanked them from the stage.
Set-List: Riding The Storm, Renegade, Raise Your Fist, Genghis Khan, Port Royal, Bad To The Bone, Raging Fire, Tortuga Bay, Uaschitschun, Final Gates, Drum Solo, Conquistadores, Wild Animal, Prisoners Of Our Time, Battle Of Waterloo, Under Jolly Roger, Chains & Leather.
LITTLE BIG HORN
(EMI IC 060-20-4248-6) Released 28.02.1991.
Recorded (together with BLAZON STONE)
between December 1990 and February 1991 in StudioM, Hildesheim. The LITTLE BIG HORN single took RUNNING WILD into the German National Charts for the first time. The highest position was 25th in May 1990.
Line-up: Rolf, Jens, Axel, AC.
7”SINGLE
Contents: Little Big Horn, Billy The Kid
5’000 copies were pressed.
12”MAXI-SINGLE
Contents: Little Big Horn, Billy The Kid, Genocide
9’000 copies were pressed.
PICTURE-SHAPE
Cut in the shape of a western scene with a tattered flag. 1’000 copies were pressed.
CD
Contents same as Maxi-single.
PICTURE CD
Contents same as Maxi-single. Picture of the western scene with flag also on the CD itself. 2’000 copies were pressed.
LIVE TAPES
There are a large number of illegally recorded live tapes of RUNNING WILD. The tapes are from numerous countries and cover the years from 1983 to today. The quality is also different from one tape to the next.
LOGO
Music club in the Grindel Allee in Hamburg where the record party of GATES TO PURGATORY was held on 1.10.1984.There is also a live bootleg tape of this show. The in the hall was very poor, as commented by
Hasche:”The sound in the hall was really bad. We had our own sound mixers with us, but it didn’t seem to get any better!”.
Set-List: Diabolic Force, Black Demon, Preacher,
Soldiers Of Hell, Victim Of States Power, Genghis Khan,
Adrian (S.O.S.), Prisoner Of Our Time
LORELEY
Festival held near the famous Loreley rock on the river Rhine on 14.09.1985. In the program apart from RUNNING WILD were METALLICA, VENOM(headliner), WISHBONE ASH, HEAVY PETTIN, WARLOCK, TYRAN PACE, RESTLESS, SAVAGE GRACE and NAZARETH.
The German magazine METAL HAMMER used the opportunity to award RUNNING WILD the following reader poll prizes:
3rd Place – Best LP: GATES TO PURGATORY
3rd Place – Favourite band: RUNNING WILD
3rd Place – Best drummer: Hasche
3rd Place – Best singer: Rock’n’Rolf
VIDEO
In 1986 METAL HAMMER released a video-film of the festivals which included a part of the RUNNING WILD show.
See: BLACK DEMONS ON STAGE, BRANDED & EXILED, VIDEO.
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MALDOROR
RUNNING WILD’s music publishers and a daughter company of Noise International, Berlin.
MARSCHALL Andreas
A very talented artist who drew the artwork for every album cover since LITTLE BIG HORN.
MASK-ADRIAN
During the BLAZON STONE Tour in Hannover and Erlangen, Rolf wore a wonderful Adrian mask to introduce the song “Heads Or Tails”. The mask had been made in latex by the fan club members Bernie Eichholtz and Dan Morse (both from the USA) who work in the film industry.
MEGA-METAL FESTIVAL
On 13.05.1989 RUNNING WILD headlined this sold-out 8-hour festival in Solothurn, Switzerland. Other bands who played were APOCALYPSE, SATROX, SBB, HEATSTROKE and CRY-OUT.
METAL ATTACK VOL.1
Sampler LP (NOISE N0022, SPV 55-1682).Released in 1985.
Collector’s value 1.1.96,approx 50SF.
Besides GRAVE DIGGER (“Shine On”,” Tears Of Blood”),
HELLOWEEN (“Murderer”), SINNER (“Danger Zone”),
WARRANT (“Scavenger’s Daughter”) and CELTIC FROST
(“Dethroned Emperor”, “Morbid Tales”) this sampler has RUNNING WILDs “Diabolic Force”.
It was never released on CD.
METAL MANFRED
Real name – Manfred Eisenblatter. A German journalist and photographer, who showed great courage in 1987 by giving the album UNDER JOLLY ROGER 6 points out of 6 in the April 1987 edition of METAL HAMMER (everyone else gave it 1 or 2 points). He accompanied the band in April 1987 to a festival in Katovice (Poland) and experienced a very funny adventure on the way...
METAL PIRATES
The official RUNNING WILD-Fan club between 1988 and 1993.
The first RW-Fanclub “Adrian” was founded in 1983 by Jens Zussy. In 1985 Zussy was told to hand over all the fan club documentation to the band manager Thorsten Hanl and the fan club was badly neglected.
Between April 1988 and the end of 1988 the fanclub was in the hands of Majk and Connie Moti and had a total 12 members. When Majk left the band, he left a box in the practise room containing over 500 unanswered fan letters. The registered letters had been opened and the contents removed.
Between the release of PORT ROYAL and DEATH OR GLORY the fan club was taken over by Dane Kurth. Rolf suggested the fan club name of “Metal Pirates”. The fan club was multi-lingual with – at one time – members in 22 countries. A quarterly magazine was published and the fan club had a variety of special merchandise. It also had special offers, a song lyrics service etc. Due to reasons of health, finances and disappointment when all the band members were sacked by Rolf, the fan club was closed down in February 1993. The entire assets of the fan club (money and merchandise) was distributed fairly amongst the members. At the time of writing, there is no RUNNING WILD Fanclub. Fan mail is supposed to be being dealt with by Drakkar in Germany.
MICHAEL Jorg
Born on 27.03.1963. Jorg has played with multitude of bands, amongst others: BLIZZARD, RISS, RAYMEN, RAGE, PAGANINI, MEKONG DELTA and others. In January and February 1989 he interrupted his studio work in order to replace the injured Iain Finlay on the WELCOME TO PORT ROYAL Tour. When RUNNING WILD sacked Iain in Autumn 1989, Jorg was again asked to play in the band for the DEATH OR GLORY Tour in January-February 1990. In September 1989, Jorg played with the English band LAOS fell in love with the singer – Gudrun Laos and married her. When Rolf sacked all the band members in February 1993, Jorg was asked to do the drumming for BLACK HAND INN and to go on tour with the band. He also did the drumming and touring for MASQUERADE in January 1996. He has now apparently permanently joined the Scandinavian band STRADIVARI.
MICHELLE
Record store in Hamburg. In October 1984, just before the release party of GATES TO PURGATORY, the owner of the shop Klaus suggested a small autograph session with RUNNING WILD who, at this time, was just seen as a small local band. Klaus was expecting about 2 dozen fans, but 300 fans turned up to get the bands autographs!
MISUNDERSTANDINGS
SONG-TITEL:
a) When the band faxed the list of songs on the BLAZON STONE album from StudioM through to
their record company NOISE, two titles were apparently not very legiblt. In any case ,NOISE copied the list and filled in the missing letters themselves – instead of “Little Big Horn” they wrote “Little Big Man” and instead of “Bloody Red Rose” they wrote “Bloody Red Nose”!
b)In a German Fanzine in 1985, several titles were also misspelled – they wrote about “Realm Of
Spades”, “Branded & Excited”, “Chains & Letter”!
VIDEO:
The 1987 video “RUNNING WILD” is not about the band, but is a summary of the 1987 Paris-Dakkar car rally!
POSTER:
The tour poster “GIRLSCHOOL-RUNNING WILD” has nothing to do with the band RUNNING WILD, but is simply the name of GIRLSCHOOL’s tour after the release of their album “Running Wild”.
MONDAY EVENING ROCKSHOW
On 27.11.1989 Rolf and Majk gave a long interview in this German radio program.
MORGAN Axel
Born on 5.4.1963. Real name Axel Tomas Kohlmorgen. Axel is the son of an English mother and a distant relation of the famous pirate captain Henry Morgan. Axel has been playing guitar since his youth in Schleswig Holstein, took three years tuition in classical guitar and played with IN FORCE, WESTCOAST and TUESS, who also released an album.During the work for PAISTE, Axel met AC who told him about the guitar job that became free in Summer 1990 when Majk was fired. Axel applied for the audition and wanted to wait until the auditions, to be held in February 1991. One day Rolf heard Axel playing guitar and asked Axel to join the band, as he said, he’d never heard anyone play guitar in the “right” style before.
Along with the other band members, Axel was sacked in February 1993 and founded X-WILD with Stefan Schwarzmann and Jens Becker. Axel shares his apartment with 14 tortoises and a cat, so he probably keeps fit chasing
them around!
MOTI Majk
Born on 29.8.1957. Real name – Michael Kupper. Formerly guitarist
with ENVELOPE, METALLIAN and RANDOM. Joined RUNNING
WILD on 2.9.1985 and after a short practise period, played his first gig
with them on 14.11.1985 at the Loreley-Festival.
His last show with RUNNING WILD was on 28.7.1990 at the Giants
Of Rock Festival on Finland. He left the band on 30.7.1990. Officially
Majk left of his own accord, but he was in reality sacked following a
vote held amongst the other band members. The reasons were various –
some problems with the band’s finances which Majk had been “looking
after”, his apparent lack of interest in practise sessions, and the fact that
it was ascertained that some band equipment which Majk had reported
stolen had, in fact been sold by himself.
Majk wrote the lyrics of “Tear Down The Walls” as well as some great
intros, such as that of “Stortebeker”.
MOTLEY CRUE
American glamrock band from California, whom RUNNING WILD supported as Special Guests on their European tour in Winter 1985/1986.
MULLTONE, Stade
RUNNING WILD’s first show took place on 1.3.1981, at 20:30hrs in
this club in the Bungenstrasse 8, in Stade near Luneburg, Germany.
Tickets cost 3.50DM. The Mulltone now only holds one concert a year
on the 1st May. The owner Peter Mitnacht remembers the RUNNING WILD concert, which attracted 81 fans.
Line-up: Rolf, Hasche, Matthias and Uwe.
Столько подробностей для настоящего фэна... Так понимаю, что основная часть это работа Даны Курт, а другая это твои дополнения?
Keep on doing it.
