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Running Wild

German metal band. Founded in 1976 by guitarist Rolf Kasparek in Hamburg, West Germany. The band's style can be defined as a certain mixture of heavy metal, power metal, and speed metal. Musically, Running Wild were formed under the influence of the "New Wave of British Heavy Metal" with notable borrowings from thrash and later folk. The band is also known for creating and developing so-called "pirate metal", which, however, does not stand out musically, but is expressed only in lyrics and imagery. The history of Running Wild is inextricably linked with its founder, ideological inspirer, and leader Rolf Kasparek. The other musicians constantly changed (at different times members of Accept, U.D.O., Rage, Grave Digger, Helloween, Holy Moses, Saxon, and Stratovarius played in the band).