Ngo-1976 kwamiswa iqembu eHamburg. Ekuqaleni yayibizwa ngokuthi izinhliziyo zeGranite. Ibhendi ibihlanganisa uRolf Kasparek (umculi, isigingci), u-Uwe Bendig (isigingci), uMichael Hofmann (isigubhu) noJörg Schwarz (oshaya ibhesi). Ngemva kweminyaka emibili, iqembu lanquma ukukhipha i-bassist kanye nesigubhu esikhundleni sikaMatthias Kaufmann noHasch. Ngo-1979, abaculi banquma ukushintsha igama leqembu laba yi-Running Wild.
Ibhendi yabhala idemo yayo yokuqala, eyaqanjwa futhi yenziwa ngu-Uwe Bendig, yize uKasparek wayengumculi. U-Olaf Schumann waba umphathi. Futhi ngo-1981, abaculi badlala ekhonsathini yabo edolobheni elincane eduze kwaseHamburg.
Ngemuva kwemibukiso eminingana, ibhendi yanquma ukuqopha izingoma zabo estudiyo, kwathi ezimbili zazo zaphelela kuDebüt No. 1. Ngokushesha u-Bendig noKaufmann balishiya iqembu elithi Running Wild, elathathelwa indawo uPricher noStefan Boriss. Ngo-1983, ibhendi yazimemezela emkhosini we-Taichwig futhi yakhipha i-CD ye-Heavy Metal Like a Hammerblow.
Ngomculo wabo, iqembu lithakasele inkampani ethi NOISE. Ithimba lisayine isivumelwano nelebula futhi laqopha ngokushesha izingoma u-Adrian kanye neChains & Leather on the Rock From Hell compilation.
"Ukuphromotha" kweqembu elithi Running Wild
Ngo-1984, ibhendi yabhala izingoma ezimbili ze-Iron Heads, i-Bonesto Ashes, ezifakwe emlandweni wokuhlanganisa i-Death Metal. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, abaculi baqopha i-CD yabo yokuqala egcwele i-Gates to Purgatory, izingoma ezingashadile ezithinta amashadi emazweni ahlukene. Iqembu lidlale namaqembu iGrave Digger nethi Sinner. Futhi ngemva konyaka, umsebenzi wabo ohlangene wafakwa ku-Metal Attack Vol. 1.
Baqhubeka benza ezitejini zamadolobha amakhulu eJalimane, benqoba abalaleli abasha. Kamuva uMshumayeli wanquma ukushiya ibhizinisi lezinhlelo futhi washiya uhlu, esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa uMike Moti. Futhi ngo-1985, ibhendi yakhipha i-albhamu ethi Branded and Exiled. Ngale albhamu, i-Running Wild yaba ngelinye lamaqembu ensimbi enzima adume kakhulu eJalimane.
Ekupheleni konyaka, abaculi bakha i-Metal Attack Vol. 1, ekusekeleni abaculi abahambe bayovakasha futhi bashaya isihloko seqembu le-rock i-Mötley Crüe. Naye, iqembu lacula okokuqala ngqa ngamakhonsathi angaphandle kwezwe lakubo, elivela eFrance, eSwitzerland nase-England.
Ngeqembu leCeltic Frost, abaculi abavela eqenjini i-Running Wild baya e-States futhi bazenza baziwa emadolobheni amakhulu ayisishiyagalombili ase-US. Futhi ngo-1986, baqopha i-albhamu nomdidiyeli u-Dirk Steffens eHamburg. Umphumela womholi weqembu awuzange waneliseke, futhi yena ngokwakhe wathatha "ukukhuthazwa" kweqembu. Ngakho, ngo-1987, abalaleli babone i-albhamu entsha Ngaphansi kukaJolly Roger, lapho iqembu lavela khona njenge-pirate.
Ngemuva kwamakhonsathi nemikhosi eminingi, isigubhu uHasch noStefan Boriss bashiya iqembu. Izindawo zabo zithathwe uStefan Schwarzmann noJens Becker. Iqembu lihambele kokubili ezweni lakubo nasemazweni aseYurophu. Kodwa ngo-1987, umculi wezigubhu uStefan Schwartzmann washiya elinye iqembu, esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa u-Ian Finlay.
Lokhu kwalandelwa ukukhishwa kwe-Ready for Boarding erekhodiwe bukhoma, ethole amaphuzu aphezulu kumagazini i-Kerrang!.
"Pirates" esenzweni
Ekwindla yonyaka ofanayo, i-albhamu yesine yeqembu lasePort Royal yakhululwa ngekhava yobuciko ngesitayela se-pirate. Futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo, ividiyo yokuqala yomculo yengoma ethi Conquistadores yadalwa. U-Ian wengeze imiphumela ekhethekile ngomlilo emsebenzini wevidiyo, okwaba uphawu lweqembu.
Ngo-1989, ibhendi yavakashela eYurophu inesimiso esimatasa kakhulu. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-fan club ye "pirates" yaqala umsebenzi osebenzayo, owaze wethula nomagazini mayelana nezithombe zabo.
I-disc yesihlanu ye-Deathor Glory yakhululwa ngonyaka ofanayo, okwahlala isikhathi eside endaweni ehamba phambili ezilinganisweni. Ngonyaka olandelayo, u-Ian wathathelwa indawo u-Jörg Michael, okwaqoshwa naye i-Wild Animal eyodwa yakudala. Ekusekeleni i-albhamu, ibhendi yaqala ukuvakasha, okwaba yimpumelelo ejabulisayo. Ngemuva kwemidlalo eminingi, uMike Moti ushiye ohlwini. Baqasha u-Axl Morgan esikhundleni, no-AC njengomshayi wesigubhu.
Ngo-1991, kwasungulwa ukuthengiswa kwe-disc ye-Blazon Stone, eyaba nempumelelo enkulu nenkohlakalo. Ikhava yobuciko idalwe ngu-Andreas Marshall. Uphinde wakhiqiza ama-albhamu ambalwa adlule. Kwabe sekuba nochungechunge lwezokuvakasha kanye nemidlalo, okwathi ngemva kwalokho iqembu lathatha ikhefu.
Amarekhodi amasha engeziwe
I-albhamu yesikhombisa ethi, Pile of Skulls yakhululwa ngo-1992. Kanti uhla lwabadlali beseluvele luhlanganise noSchwartzmann nomdlali webhesi uThomas Smushinsky. Ngemva konyaka, abafana bahlela uhambo oluncane. Kuyona, abaculi babonakale bengamapirates, benza umbukiso esiteji onobuhle nemiphumela ekhethekile.
Kwabe sekulandela ingoma ethi The Privateer nerekhodi elithi Black Hand Inn nomshayi wesigingci omusha u-Tilo Herrmann (ilebula le-Electrola). Lokhu kwalandelwa izinkambo zokweseka i-albhamu eJalimane. Ngo-1995, i-albhamu yesishiyagalolunye ethi Masquerade yabhalwa ngesisekelo se-NOISE. Ngemva kokuvakasha eJalimane naseSwitzerland, iqembu lomculo elineminyaka engu-20 lathatha iholidi.
Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, iqembu elidala lahlangana ukuze liqophe izingoma ezintsha. Futhi ngo-1998 i-albhamu ethi The Rivalry yakhululwa. Ingoma yokugcina yabhalwa ngaphansi kwethonya lenoveli kaLeo Tolstoy ethi "War and Peace". Ngo-2000, i-albhamu ye-11 ye-studio ethi Victory yakhululwa. Waba owokugcina ku-trilogy yamarekhodi ngombono womzabalazo phakathi kokuhle nokubi.
Ushintsho lohlelo lwe-Running Wild
Abaculi kancane kancane bashiya uhlu, futhi umsunguli wazama ukudala izinto ze-albhamu elandelayo. U-Matthias Liebetruth wathatha isikhundla somdlali wesigubhu, kwathi uBernd Auferman waba ngumdlali wesigingci. Ngohlelo olusha, i-disc ethi The Brotherhood yabhalwa, eyaba yimpumelelo kakhulu ngo-2002. Ngo-2003, kwakhululwa i-anniversary compilation 20 Years In History, eyamukelwa ngemfudumalo "abalandeli".
Ngonyaka olandelayo, kwahlelwa ukukhululwa kwerekhodi elilandelayo nokuvakasha kwamazwe aseYurophu. Kodwa yakhanselwa, futhi inhloko yayizibandakanye ngokugcwele ekudaleni iphrojekthi entsha. I-albhamu ethi Roguesen Vogue yakhululwa ngo-2005 yi-GUN Records futhi yaba i-disc yeqembu le-13.
Ukuphela kwenkathi?
Ngo-2007, kwaba namahemuhemu okuthi inhloko yeqembu yayidlala kwenye iphrojekthi ngaphansi kwegama elihlukile. Ngo-2009, wamemezela ukuhlakazwa kweqembu i-Running Wild futhi wathembisa ukuhlela ikhonsathi yokumvalelisa ohlelweni lomculo i-Wacken Open Air. Ngemva kweminyaka emibili kuphela kwakhululwa i-CD eqoshiwe yale khonsathi.
Nokho, ekupheleni kuka-2011, umholi weqembu wanquma ukubuyela esiteji nabaculi bakhe. Ngaleso sikhathi, wayesedale izinto zerekhodi elilandelayo. Ngo-2012, i-albhamu egcwele "Shadowmaker" yakhululwa, eyaduma kakhulu futhi yakhiqiza kakhulu emlandweni weqembu.
