Artist: TRUST
Album: REPRESSION REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1980/ 2012
Media type: CD

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

Trust's success was also due to Krief's stature as a French guitar hero and Bonvoisin's both sincere and mature lyrics as well as his raw energy. Their 1980 hit song Antisocial (on the Repression album) criticized the frenetic, dehumanizing 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: "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". Trust were helped on English lyrics for the Repression album by Jimmy Pursey of UK Punk band Sham 69, who may have helped translate the songs' aggressive political messages.

TRACKLIST:

1. Antisocial
2. Monsieur Comedie
3. Instinct de Mort
4. Au Nom de la Race
5. Passe
6. Fatalite
7. Saumur
8. Le Mitard
9. Sors tes Griffes
10. Les Sectes

LINE-UP:

Bernard "Bernie" Bonvoisin (vocals, lyricist)
Norbert "Nono" Krief (guitar, composer)
Raymond "Ray" Manna (bass guitar)
Jean-Emile "Jeannot" Hanela (drums)