Trust (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Trust


Img_capt = Bernie Bonvoisin (left) and Norbert Krief (right)
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Origin = France
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Genre = Hard rock
heavy metal
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Years_active = 1977–1985
1988
1996–2000
2006
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URL = [http://www.trust.tm.fr/ http://www.trust.tm.fr/]
Current_members = Bernard "Bernie" Bonvoisin
Norbert "Nono" Krief
Iso (bass)
Farid Medjane (drums)
Yves Brusco (guitar)
Deck (DJ)
Past_members = Fred Guillemet
Nicko McBrain
Clive Burr
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Band history

Trust was founded in 1977 by:
* Bernard "Bernie" Bonvoisin (vocals, lyricist)
* Norbert "Nono" Krief (guitar, composer)
* Raymond "Ray" Manna (bass guitar)
* Jean-Émile "Jeannot" Hanela (drums)

The band released its first single "Prends Pas Ton Flingue" ("Don't Take Your Gun With You") in the same year. This record was later re-released when the band made its first and ephemeral come back in 1992.

Trust rose to fame in 1979 and 1980 with a music mixing hard rock influences with an acerbic social and political commentary with anarchist and anti-Soviet undertones, with a renegade attitude à la MC5.

It was probably made possible because of Krief's Guitar Hero scale and Bonvoisin's both sincere and mature lyrics as well as his raw energy. Their 1980 hit song "Antisocial" (on the "Répression" album) criticized the frenetic, dehumanized pace of modern life and work in large cities, its English adaptation by Anthrax on the 1988 Album "State of Euphoria" is pretty rough and mild compared to the original lyrics translation: ""You work a lifetime to pay your own tombstone, You hide your face behind the newspaper, You walk like a robot in the subway corridors, Nobody cares about your presence, It's up to you to make the first step". Trust were helped on English lyrics for the Repression album by Jimmy Pursey of UK Punk band Sham 69 which may have helped translate the songs aggressive and political messages. Songs such as "Le Mitard" (1980) attacked what Trust claimed was an excessively repressive handling of delinquence, featuring texts from public enemy n°1 Jacques Mesrine. Other major political songs includes "Darquier" (1980) commenting on notorious Nazi Germany collaborator Louis Darquier de Pellepoix, and "Mr Comédie" (1980) criticizing the Ayatollah Khomeini, at that time exiled in France, depicting him as a "tortionary"; While "Les Brutes" (1980) describes the savage acts done by the Warsaw Pact military forces at the Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia, "H & D" (1979), with "H & D" standing for "Hôpital & Débiles" ("Asylum & Psychos"), accuses the Soviet Union and its secret services (KGB) of suppressing dissent by sending political opponents to psychiatric hospitals under fake diagnoses.

The style of singer Bernie Bonvoisin was compared to that of Bon Scott from AC/DC, with whom Trust had a friendly relationship. Ride On by Bon Scott's AC/DC was covered in Trust's '79 debut album. The 1980 Répression dans l'Hexagone French tour, which is regarded by many fans as the band's most solid record to date, features two AC/DC covers of "Problem Child" and "Live Wire". "Trust Live" was released twelve years after its recording by Sony Music France to coincide with AC/DC's famed "Live" album launch in the hexagon. However, the band members defended themselves to have used a such marketing strategy claiming the once-thought-lost masters were found the same year by coincidence.

The band became increasingly criticized starting in 1983 for its less "incisive" sound and the frequent changes of drummers (e.g. Nicko McBrain quit the band after "Savage" to join Iron Maiden and release "Piece of Mind" with its legendary "The Trooper"). Furthermore, the French political climate had changed: with the election of François Mitterrand (French Socialist Party) in 1981 after 23 years of Conservative governments, the preoccupations that formed the basis of Bonvoisin's lyrics – denunciation of prisons and law enforcement, worker's alienation, etc. had lost their edge.

Trust disbanded in 1984 but Bonvoisin and Krief later re-formed occasionally for records and concerts. Later "compromising" the once hard rock legend with '00s notorious French rap acts including NTM.

The band's most successful song "Antisocial" was covered by the American thrash metal band Anthrax on their 1988 "State of Euphoria" album (adapted to English, although a French version of the song is also available) and became one of their most popular songs and videos. A live version of the 12" single for "Make Me Laugh" features Bernie on vocals with Anthrax singer Joey Belladonna.

By early July, Trust's original lineup rebands to perform a '79-'86 best of gig at Festival des Terres Neuvas. The concert will be taped in order to release a musical DVD.

Monday, September 8th: A new album called "13 à table" ("Thirteen at the table") is released.The band take a new musical way, with a lot of DJ, a big rap influence in singing.

Discography

Studio

* 1977 Prends Pas Ton Flingue / Paris By Night [SP] FRA
* 1979 Trust I (L'Élite) FRA UK USA NED JPN
* 1980 Répression FRA GER
* 1980 Repression (English version of "Répression") UK USA NED JPN CAN
* 1981 Marche Ou Crève FRA GER ITA
* 1982 Savage (English version of "Marche Ou Crève") UK USA NED POR JPN
* 1983 Trust IV (Idéal) FRA GER
* 1984 Man's Trap (English version of "Trust IV") UK USA JPN NED
* 1984 Rock'n'Roll FRA
* 1989 En Attendant [EP] FRA UK USA
* 1992 Prends Pas Ton Flingue [EP] FRA
* 1993 The Back Sides [EP] FRA
* 1996 Europe Et Haines FRA
* 2000 Ni Dieu Ni Maître FRA
* 2008 13 à table FRA

Live

* 1988 Live: Paris By Night (recorded during the Monsters of Rock) FRA USA
* 1992 Live ("Répression dans l'Hexagone" 1980 tour) FRA
* 1997 A Live Tour 97 ("Insurrection dans l'Hexagone" tour) FRA
* 2000 Still A-live (German edition of "A Live Tour 97", contains a bonus 6-track EP) GER
* 2006 Soulagez-vous dans les urnes! (2006 tour, contains 3 new studio tracks) FRA

Compilation

* 1997 Anti Best Of FRA GER
* 2001 Les Indispensables De Trust (Original versions) FRA
* 2002 Les Plus Belles Chansons (Canadian edition of "Les Indispensables", original versions) CAN
* 2004 Le Meilleur Des Années CBS (Original versions) FRA

Boxed Set

* 1997 Trust I / Repression FRA USA

Tribute

* 2001 Tribute To Trust [VA] FRA

Hit songs

*L'élite
*Préfabriqués
*Le Mitard
*Fatalité
*Monsieur Comédie
*Ton Dernier Acte
*Saumur
*Antisocial
*Police Milice
*Au Nom De La Race

Trivia

*Nicko McBrain performed the drums on the "Marche Ou Crève" ("March Or Die") '81 LP,and its English version "Savage" (1982).
*After drummer Clive Burr switched with Nicko McBrain from Iron Maiden, he joined Trust and recorded "Savage"'s follow up named "Trust IV" (1983). In 1985, Burr also recorded the remarkable "Jack Le Vaillant" track featured in the 1993 "The Backsides" EP. The English version of "Trust IV", renamed "Man's Trap" (1984) was released in 1984 and featured the original tracks with slight remix and English lyrics overdubbed.
*An English version of the song "Préfabriqués" was featured in the animated movie "Heavy Metal".
*The song "Antisocial" was featured as a downloadable track to the popular video game "", and will be featured in the sequel "".

Media Links

* [http://trust.tm.fr/files/20060327_173620_92xc.mp3 "Ride On" Repression jam session '80 w/Bon Scott at Scorpio Sound Studio in London)] "courtesy of [http://www.trust.tm.fr Trust's Official HP] "

External links

* [http://www.trust.tm.fr/ Official website]
* [http://trust.forumactif.com/index.htm Official forum (fr)]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Trust Song List]
* [http://www.zine-with-no-name.de/musikm/trust.htm A comprehensive article about Trust in German online fanzine "zine with no name" (in German)]