Discover the story of the song > Exxon Valdez – Achim Reichel

Exxon Valdez is a song about the captain of a supertanker named John Hazlewood. He found his job difficult and drank a lot. He had a crew of twenty workers, but only three were experienced sailors. The Exxon Valdez was his ship, and it had a high-tech computer command bridge. One night, while the sky was clear and beautiful over the mountains, fjords, and glaciers, the ship crashed into the Blye Reef and caused a massive oil spill. The spill was a huge environmental disaster, and many animals died. The oil company responsible for the spill said they would pay for the damage, but in the end, they were not punished.