Under Jolly Roger

Under Jolly Roger
Under Jolly Roger
Studio album by Running Wild
Released	April 1987
Recorded	1987
Studio	Soundhouse Studios, Hamburg
Genre	Heavy metal; power metal; pirate metal;
Length	36:35
Label	Noise
Producer	Dirk Steffens; Rolf Kasparek;
Running Wild chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10^[1]
Kerrang!	^[2]
Rock Hard	5.0/10^[3]

Under Jolly Roger is the third studio album by German heavy metal band Running Wild. It marked a stylistic turning point in which the group dropped the Satanic imagery they had previously used and adopted the pirate theme they would become known for, creating and influencing the later named pirate metal subgenre of heavy metal in the 2000s in the process. The album's title comes from the famous Jolly Roger, the flag used by pirates to identify their ships.

^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
^ Sutton, Maura (28 May 1987). "Running Wild 'Under Jolly Roger'". Kerrang!. No. 147. London, UK: Spotlight Publications ltd. pp. 12–13.
^ Holger Stratmann. (1987). "Running Wild 'Under Jolly Roger'". Rock Hard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

[martin-1] Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.

[2] Sutton, Maura (28 May 1987). "Running Wild 'Under Jolly Roger'". Kerrang!. No. 147. London, UK: Spotlight Publications ltd. pp. 12–13.

[3] Holger Stratmann. (1987). "Running Wild 'Under Jolly Roger'". Rock Hard. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

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