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Trust (band) - Definition and Overview |
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Bernie Bonvoisin (left) and Norbert Krief (right) Band history
Trust was a French hard rock band.
Trust was founded in 1977 by:
Trust rose to fame in 1979 and 1980 with a music mixing hard rock influences with an acerbic social and political commentary with anarchist undertones. They were largely seen as a harder, more "lower-class" counterpart of Téléphone. Their 1980 hit song Antisocial (on the Répression album) criticized the frenetic, deshumanized pace of modern life and work in large cities. Songs such as Le Mitard attacked what Trust claimed was an excessively repressive handling of delinquence, featuring texts from public enemy Jacques Mesrine. The style of singer Bernie Bonvoisin was compared to that of Bon Scott from AC/DC, with whom Trust had a friendly relationship.
The band became increasingly criticized starting in 1983 for its less "incisive" sound and the frequent changes of drummers. 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, of the worker's alienation, etc... had lost their edge.
Bonvoisin and Krief later re-formed occasionally for records and concerts.
Their song 'Antisocial' was later 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.
Discography
Studio
- 1979 Trust I
- 1980 Répression (french version of Repression)
- 1980 Repression
- 1981 Marche ou crève (french version of Savage)
- 1982 Savage
- 1983 Trust IV (idéal) (french version of Man's trap)
- 1984 Man's trap
- 1984 Rock'n'Roll
- 1989 En attendant...(brouillard en novembre, Noël en décembre) (EP)
- 1992 Prends pas ton flingue (EP)
- 1993 The backsides (EP)
- 1996 Europe et haines
- 2000 Ni dieu ni maître
Live
- 1988 Paris by night - Live
- 1992 Live (Répression dans l'Hexagone 1980 tour)
- 1997 A live (Insurrection dans l'Hexagone tour)
- 2000 Still A-live (Insurrection dans l'Hexagone tour)
Compilation
Tribute
External link
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