''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
Pirate metal is a style of heavy metal music characterized by its incorporation of pirate mythology within the music and sometimes in stage performances. Lyrics often use piratical jargon and various musical genres, such as thrash metal, speed ...
subgenre of heavy metal in the 2000s in the process. The album's title comes from the famous
Jolly Roger
Jolly Roger is the traditional English name for the flags flown to identify a pirate ship preceding or during an attack, during the early 18th century (the later part of the Golden Age of Piracy).
The flag most commonly identified as the Jolly ...
, the flag used by pirates to identify their ships.
Track listing
All tracks written by Rolf Kasparek except where noted
;The 2017 remastered version contains a second disc, featuring the following songs
Note
* The CD and Japanese cassette version feature a different track listing.
Personnel
* Rolf Kasparek – guitars, vocals
* Majk Moti – guitars
* Stephan Boriss – bass
* Hasche – drums
;Production
*
Dirk Steffens
Dirk Steffens (born May 20, 1950) is a German musician, audio engineer, and record producer.
Early musical career
Steffens studied guitar and piano at the Hamburg Conservatory.E. Gallus"Die Band-Family Tree-Dirk Steffens"-Birth Control-the leg ...
– producer
* Ertuğrul Edirne – artwork
* Rock 'n' Rolf – co-producer
References
1987 albums
Running Wild (band) albums
Noise Records albums
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