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
Rivers in the Wasteland No. 3 on the US "Billboard" 200 chart, selling 49,000 copies in its first week of release. The sales were good enough for No. 1 on the Top Christian Albums and Top Rock Albums charts, and No. 6 on the Canadian Albums Chart. As of January 2015, the album has sold 150,000 copies in the US. Credits adapted from AllMusic Needtobreathe Additional musicians Technical Notes Footnotes Rivers in the Wasteland Rivers in the Wasteland is the fifth studio album by American Christian rock band Needtobreathe, released on April 15, 2014, through Atlantic Records, Curb Records and Word Records. The album