Trust (band)
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|Name = Trust
|Img = Trust Bonvoisin Krief.jpg
|Img_capt = Bernie Bonvoisin (left) and Norbert Krief (right)
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|Origin = [[France]]
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|Genre = [[Hard rock]] <br> [[Heavy metal]]
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|Years_active = [[1977 in music|1977]]–[[1985 in music|1985]] <br> [[1988 in music|1988]] <br> [[1996 in music|1996]]–[[2000 in music|2000]] <br> [[2006 in music|2006]]
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|URL = [http://www.trust.tm.fr/ http://www.trust.tm.fr/]
|Current_members = [[Bernie Bonvoisin|Bernard "Bernie" Bonvoisin]] <br> [[Norbert Krief|Norbert "Nono" Krief]] <br> [[Iso (musician)|Iso]] (bass) <br> [[Farid Medjane]] (drums) <br> [[Yves Brusco]] (guitar) <br> [[Deck]] (DJ)
|Past_members = [[Fred Guillemet]] <br> [[Nicko McBrain]] <br> [[Clive Burr]] <br> [[David Jacob]]
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:''For the Junior Eurovision Song Contest contestant, see [[Trust (2007 band)]].''
'''Trust''' was a famous [[hard rock]] band seen by many in its early years as the [[France|French]] [[AC/DC]].
== Band history ==
Trust was founded in [[1977]] by:
* [[Bernie Bonvoisin|Bernard "Bernie" Bonvoisin]] (vocals, lyricist)
* [[Norbert Krief|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 (band)|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 [[Political repression|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 [[Punitive psychiatry in the Soviet Union|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. [[Trust (band)#Media_Links|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|Sony Music France]] to coincide with AC/DC's famed ''[[Live (AC/DC album)|Live]]'' album launch in the [[Hexagon (disambiguation)|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 (Iron Maiden album)|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 [[conservatism|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 [[Hip hop music|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.
== 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}}
=== Live ===
* [[1988]] '''Live: Paris By Night''' (recorded during the [[Monsters of Rock]]) {{FRA}} {{USA}}
* [[1992]] [[Répression dans l'Hexagone|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 (film)|Heavy Metal]]''.
== 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)]
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