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| Origin | Paris, France |
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| Years active | 1977–1985, 1988, 1996–2000, 2006–2011, 2016–present |
| Labels | Mercury Records, Verycords |
| Members | Bernard "Bernie" Bonvoisin - vocals Norbert "Nono" Krief - lead guitar Ismalia "Isso" Diop - guitar Christian Dupuy - drums David Jacob - bass |
| Past members | Farid Medjane - drums Yves "Vivi" Brusco - bass, guitar Deck -DJ Fred Guillemet - bass Nicko McBrain - drums Clive Burr - drums |
Trust are a Frenchhard rock band, founded in 1977 and popular in Europe in the first half of the 1980s. They are best known for guitaristNorbert "Nono" Krief's prowess, forBernard "Bernie" Bonvoisin's voice (reminiscent ofAC/DC'sBon Scott) and for lyrics about social and political themes.[1] The drummersNicko McBrain andClive Burr, each of whom is famous for having been a member ofIron Maiden, were at different times in the 1980s part of the Trust line-up.[1] The band disbanded in 1985 and reformed in the 2000s for live shows and new recordings.
Trust were founded in 1977 byBernard "Bernie" Bonvoisin (vocals, lyricist),Norbert "Nono" Krief (guitar, composer), Raymond "Ray" Manna (bass) and Jean-Émile "Jeannot" Hanela (drums).[1] The band released their first single "Prends Pas Ton Flingue" ("Don't Take Your Gun with You") in the same year. This record was re-released when the band made their first short-lived comeback in 1992.
Trust rose to fame in 1979 and 1980 with their music, which mixed hard rock influences, acerbic social and political commentary, anarchist undertones and a renegade attitude similar to that ofMC5. Trust's success was also due to Krief's stature as a French guitar hero and Bonvoisin's sincere and mature lyrics, as well as his raw energy in live performances. Their 1980 hit song "Antisocial" from the albumRépression criticized the frenetic, dehumanizing pace of modern life and work in large cities. "Le Mitard", from the same album, attacked what Trust claimed was an excessivelyrepressive handling of juvenile delinquency, featuring texts from public enemy number oneJacques Mesrine[1] and the song "Monsieur Comédie" criticizesAyatollahKhomeini, who was in exile in France at the time, depicting him as a "torturer". To translate the songs' aggressive political messages Trust were helped on English lyrics for theRépression album byJimmy Pursey of Britishpunk bandSham 69.[1] The English adaptation of the song "Antisocial", however, is pretty rough, and the lyrics are mild compared to the originals. While the first four lines in the French version translate to "You spend a lifetime working to pay for 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", the English version reads "You're a train ride to no importance, You're in love with hell existence, Money is all that you desire, Why don't you pack it in and retire".
Other major political songs includes "Darquier" (7" single, 1979) commenting on notoriousNazi Germany collaboratorLouis Darquier de Pellepoix, "Les Brutes" (from the 1981 albumMarche ou Crève) describes the savage acts done by theWarsaw Pact military forces at thePrague Spring inCzechoslovakia, "H & D" (from the 1979 album L'Élite), with "H & D" standing for "Hôpital & Débiles" ("Asylum & Psychos"), accuses theSoviet Union and its secret services (KGB) of suppressing dissent by sending political opponents topsychiatric hospitals under fake diagnoses.
The style of singerBernie Bonvoisin was compared to that ofBon Scott fromAC/DC, with whom Trust had a friendly relationship.[1] "Ride On" by AC/DC was covered on Trust's 1979 debut album. In fact, their debut single "Prends pas ton flingue", from 1977, had a French adaption of AC/DC's "Love at First Feel" ("Paris by Night") as itsB-side. TheRépression dans l'Hexagone (Repression inthe Hexagon) live album, recorded in 1980, featured the covers of the AC/DC songs "Problem Child" and "Live Wire". The album was released asTrust Live in 1992, twelve years after its recording bySony Music France coinciding with AC/DC'sLive album release in France. However, the band members denied using such a marketing strategy, claiming the masters they thought were lost had been found the same year by coincidence.
By 1983, after releasing three successful albums in a row and with worldwide touring, opening forIron Maiden and others, the band came under increasing criticism for its less "incisive" sound, the use of synthesizers and the frequent changes of drummers — e.g.Nicko McBrain quit the band afterSavage, the English version ofMarche ou Crève (march or die) to join Iron Maiden).[1] The former Iron Maiden drummerClive Burr went the opposite way, before himself quitting after recording the 1983 albumTrust IV (Idéal). After disappointing record sales of the latest albumRock'n'Roll, Trust disbanded in 1985, with Bonvoisin concentrating on his subsequent solo career and Krief joining the 'French Elvis'Johnny Hallyday as a lead guitarist both in the studio and live from 1985 to 1993.
Meanwhile, the band's most successful song "Antisocial" was covered (in English) in 1988 byAnthrax on theirState of Euphoria album and became one of their most popular songs and videos. A year later Anthrax also recorded the French version of the song, which is featured on their 1989 EPPenikufesin. A live version of the 12" single for Anthrax's song "Make Me Laugh" features Bernie Bonvoisin on vocals together with Anthrax singerJoey Belladonna. Bolstered by a sudden worldwide interest in the band, Trust was added to the 1988Monsters of Rock Festival in Paris. At this occasion the live albumParis by Night was recorded and released internationally byMegaforce Records, the home label of bothMetallica and Anthrax. The band kept on touring in 1989 and released a stop-gap covers and outtakes album, titledEn attendant (literally "while waiting"), before disbanding yet again.
Trust reunited around Krief and Bonvoisin with a new studio albumEurope et haines in 1996 (literally translating to "europe and hate", while being pronounced "european" in French), signing a contract withWarner. After some touring and another live-album, Bonvoisin and Krief split over differences concerning the recording of the follow-up studio albumNi Dieu, ni maitre (Neither God nor Master), which was independently released by Krief in 2000 before being pulled from the shelves after an intervention by Bonvoisin.
In early July 2006, Trust's extended classic line-up, later upgraded by a DJ, reformed to perform a gig at the Festival des Terres Neuvas, which was later released as a live album. After a jubilee gig in 2007, 30 years after their first appearance on stage at the Paris Olympia venue, an album of all-new material,13 à table (Thirteen at the Table) was recorded and released in September 2008.
In 2012, Bonvoisin stated that there would be no Trust reunification and also no remastered albums.[2] However, later in the year the band was added to the Sonisphere France line-up, but cancelled soon afterward. Bonvoisin started touring in 2013 with a line-up excluding Krief under the moniker "Kollektif AK47" before disbanding again.
Since 2016 and on the occasion of their upcoming 40th anniversary 2017, Trust have been touring and recording regularly again with a, for once, stable line-up, releasing three albums of new material (all of them recorded under "live" conditions and mixed byMike Fraser) and abox set of their first three albums, re-recorded with updated lyrics.
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