Warriors of the Wasteland Warriors of the Wasteland "Warriors of the Wasteland" is the sixth single from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released on 10 November 1986. It was taken from the album "Liverpool". Having already referenced literary heavyweights such as Coleridge in "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" and Thomas in "Rage Hard", for "Warriors of the Wasteland" Holly Johnson turned to T. S. Eliot for inspiration. Johnson cited Eliot's "The Waste Land" poem, the 1981 Mel Gibson film, "Mad Max 2", and the 1979 film, "The Warriors" as inspirations. Even though it featured 3 different 12" singles, "Warriors of the Wasteland" reached number 19 in
Ruler of the Wasteland compilation album of covers "Masterpieces" The German band Powergod covered the song "Ruler of the Wasteland" in their album of covers "Bleed for the Gods: That's Metal - Lesson I" Ruler of the Wasteland Ruler of the Wasteland is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Chastain, released in 1986 through Shrapnel Records. During the same year, David T. Chastain released also two other studio albums with his second band CJSS. It is the first album to feature Fifth Angel drummer Ken Mary, who replaced Fred Coury, after a suggestion by Shrapnel Records president and talent scout