History Trivia / RunningWild

** “The Rivalry” and “Resilient” are both unavailable on most streaming services outside of Europe.
** The same is true of ''Victory'', ''The Brotherhood'', and ''Rogues En Vogue''. See KeepCirculatingTheTapes below.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''Victory'', ''The Brotherhood'', and ''Rogues En Vogue'' were never reissued after the first few printings and are completely absent from streaming services. This is probably due to their BlackSheep reputation among fans and the band themselves, as mentioned above.
** Also the original 1984 ''Victims of States Power'' EP and the band’s 1981-1983 demo tapes, with the former having fallen long out of print (and being included as part of the ''Gates to Purgatory'' reissue anyway) and the latter literally only circulating through tape trading in the first place.

* NoExportForYou: Most of their albums were unavailable in the United States and Canada until the advent of digital distribution and streaming.

* ApprovalOfGod: Fellow German power metal band Music/OrdenOgan wrote a song entitled “We Are Pirates” as an explicit ShoutOut to Running Wild[[note]]The main riff is even a very clear nod to the one from “Riding the Storm”[[/note]], who they cite as a musical influence. Apparently it took a hilariously long time for Rolf to finally listen to it, but he expressed his enjoyment of the tribute when he did.

** Also the original 1984 ''Victims of States Power'' EP and the band’s 1981-1983 demo tapes, with the former having fallen long out of print and the latter literally only circulating through tape trading in the first place.

* Their song "Riding the Storm" from the ''Death or Glory'' album was featured on ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''Victory'', ''The Brotherhood'', and ''Rogues En Vogue'' were never reissued after the first few printings and are completely absent from streaming services. This is probably due to their BlackSheep reputation among fans and the band themselves.

* CreatorBacklash: Rolf has admitted that he was getting rather burnt out from constantly writing new Running Wild albums and touring every year by the time of ''Victory''‘s release, and considers the final three album’s before the band’s tentative 2009 breakup “not [his] finest work”.

* LoudnessWar: ''Rogues En Vogue'', being released in 2005 (well into the peak of the Loudness War), naturally became a casualty à la [[Music/{{Metallica}} Death Magnetic]] with constant clipping and absurdly loud compression on the final master.

!! The band:

* NoExportForYou: Many albums are unavailable in USA, as well as the rest of the world.

* Their song "Riding the Storm" from the ''Death or Glory'' album was featured on ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The song "Sinister Eyes" was planned to be released as a single. It had a cover art made for it and two remade songs as b-sides, but for some reason never got an official release.

* Their song "Riding the Storm" from the ''Death or Glory'' album was featured on ''BrutalLegend''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The "Sinister Eyes" single had a cover art made for it and two remade songs as b-sides, but for some reason never got an official release.

* WastedSong: "Skulldozer" never got an official release. Some of their earlier songs (such as "King of Midnight Fire", "Metal 'til Death", "Running Wild") had never got an official recording.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The "Sinister Eyes" single had a cover art and two remade songs as b-sides, but for some reason never got an official release.

* Their song "Riding the Storm" from the ''Death or Glory'' album was featured on ''[[{{Ptitle4w46reyn}} Brütal Legend]]''.