TRUST

Trust was a French rock band closely associated with both AC/DC and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal Trust was founded in 1977 by: 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 short-lived come back in 1992. Trust rose to fame in 1979 and 1980 with a music mixing hard rock influences with acerbic social and political co... more

Trust was a French rock band closely associated with both AC/DC and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal Trust was founded in 1977 by: 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 short-lived come back in 1992. Trust rose to fame in 1979 and 1980 with a music mixing hard rock influences with acerbic social and political commentary with anarchist and anti-Soviet undertones, with a renegade attitude à 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 Répression 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... less