Wasteland

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Wasteland or waste land may refer to:

• Desert or barren area

Art, entertainment, and media

Comics

• Wasteland (comics), a comic book written by Antony Johnston and Christopher Mitten
• Wasteland (DC Comics), a 1987 horror/humor comic book anthology by John Ostrander and Del Close

Fictional entities

• Wasteland (Warhammer), (aka Marienburg) a fictional region in the world of Warhammer Fantasy
• Wasteland, a world in the Fallout series of video games

Films

• Waste Land (film), a 2010 documentary about Brazilian trash-pickers
• Waste Land (2014 film), a Belgian thriller directed by Pieter Van Hees
• Wasteland (1960 film), a 1960 French film directed by Marcel Carné, based on Hal Ellson's novel Tomboy
• Wasteland (film), a 2012 pornographic drama film directed by Graham Travis
• Mad Max: The Wasteland, the (proposed) fifth film in the Mad Max franchise
• Wasteland, North American title of the film The Rise (2012)

Games

• Wasteland (video game), a 1988 computer role-playing game
  • Wasteland 2, a 2014 sequel to the above game

Literature

• Wasteland (mythology), the Celtic motif of the land of the Fisher King
• Wasteland (novel), a 2003 novel by Francesca Lia Block
• "Wastelands" (short story), a 2002 short story by Stephen Dedman
• The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands, a 1991 novel by Stephen King
• The Waste Land, a 1922 poem by T. S. Eliot
• Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse, a 2008 anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction

Music

Albums

• Stereo Wastelands, a 2006 album by Nurse with Wound
• Wasteland (Atargatis album), a 2006 album by Atargatis
• Wasteland (The Jam album), a 1992 album by The Jam
• Wastelands (album), a 2013 album by Australian band Eskimo Joe
• Grace/Wastelands, a 2009 album by Pete Doherty
• The Waste Lands (album), a 1992 album by Venom

Songs

• "Lord of the Wasteland", a song by Stratovarius from their 1995 album Fourth Dimension
• "The Wasteland" (Elton John song), a song by Elton John from his 2001 album Songs From The West Coast
• "Wasteland" (10 Years song), a 2005 single by rock band 10 Years
• "Wasteland" (Billy Idol song), a 1993 single by Billy Idol from the Cyberpunk album
• "Wasteland", a song by The Mission from their 1986 album God's Own Medicine
• "Wasteland," a song by Trapt from their 2008 album, Only Through the Pain
• "Wasteland" (Maxïmo Park song), a song by Maxïmo Park on the 2005 War Child charity compilation album, Help: A Day in the Life
• "Wasteland" (Needtobreathe song), a song by Needtobreathe from their fifth album Rivers in the Wasteland
• "Wasteland" (Poison song), a song by Poison from their 2002 album, Hollyweird
• "Wasteland" (The View song), a song by The View from their debut 2007 album, Hats Off to the Buskers
• "Wastelands" (song), a song by Linkin Park from their sixth studio album The Hunting Party
• "Wastelands", by Amoral (band)
• "Wastelands", by Atmosfear
• "Wastelands", by Avantasia
• "Wastelands", by B12 (band) and Stasis
• "Wastelands", by Barbara Thompson (musician)
• "Wastelands", by Blackguard (band)
• "Wastelands", by Boy George and Kamaya Painters; composed by Tiësto
• "Wastelands", by Christian Müenzner
• "Wastelands", by Delta-S and DJ Amanda Jones
• "Wastelands", by Goldie and Marcus Intalex
• "Wastelands", by Extol; composed by David Husvik, Ole Børud, and Peter Espevoll from Extol (album)
• "Wastelands", by Hawkwind, from The Business Trip, Brock's Alien 4 (album)
• "Wastelands", by Hearts No Static
• "Wastelands", by LTJ Bukem and Intense
• "Wastelands", by Midge Ure from The Gift (Midge Ure album)
• "Wastelands", by Silje Nergaard

Television

• Wasteland (TV series), an American television drama, debuted in 1999
• Wasteland Speech, a 1961 speech by FCC chairman Newton N. Minow

Other uses

• Wasteland (event), a bi-annual fetish event held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Wasteland Weekend, an immersive post apocalyptic event held annually in the Mojave Desert since 2010.

See also

• Waste (disambiguation)