Trust are a French hard rock band, founded in 1977 and popular in Europe in the first half of the 1980s. They are best known for guitarist Norbert "Nono" Krief's prowess, for Bernard "Bernie" Bonvoisin's voice (reminiscent of AC/DC's Bon Scott) and for lyrics about social and political themes. The drummers Nicko McBrain and Clive Burr, each of whom is famous for having been a member of Iron Maiden, were at different times in the 1980s part of the Trust line-up. 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 by Mike Fraser) and a box set of their first three albums, re-recorded with updated lyrics.

Discography

thumb|upright=1.25|Trust at Hellfest 2017

Singles

  • 1977 "Prends Pas Ton Flingue" / "Paris By Night" [SP] France

Albums

  • 1979 Trust I (L'Élite) France, United Kingdom, United States, Netherlands, Japan CBS 83732
  • 1980 Répression France, Germany PFC 90610 CBS
  • 1980 Repression (English version of Répression) United Kingdom, United States, Netherlands, Japan, Canada S CBS 84958
  • 1981 Marche Ou Crève France, Germany, Italy EPIC EPC 85238 (with Nicko McBrain on drums)
  • 1982 Savage (English version of Marche Ou Crève) United Kingdom, United States, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, Japan (with Nicko McBrain on drums)
  • 1983 Trust IV (Idéal) France, Germany EPC 25666 (with Clive Burr on drums)
  • 1984 Man's Trap (English version of Trust IV) United Kingdom, United States, Japan, Netherlands (with Farid Medjane on drums)
  • 1984 Rock'n'Roll France, Canada
  • 1988 En attendant... [EP] France, United Kingdom, United States
  • 1992 Prends pas ton flingue [EP] France
  • 1993 The Back Sides [EP] France EPC 473916-2
  • 1996 Europe et Haines France Wea 0630-16712-2
  • 2000 Ni Dieu Ni Maître France XIIIBIS Records 526 291 PM 125
  • 2008 13 à table France Universal Mercury 5311096
  • 2018 Dans Le Même Sang
  • 2019 Fils de lutte
  • 2020 ReCiDiv - Rerecordings of the first three albums with the current line-up under live conditions. Released separately or as a boxset.
  • 2022 Propaganda

Live albums

  • 1988 Live: Paris By Night (recorded at Bercy Sep 24/25,1988 on the Monsters of Rock tour with Iron Maiden, Anthrax, and Helloween) France, United States {see French Wikipedia entry [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_by_Night_(album_de_Trust)]}
  • 1992 Répression dans l'Hexagone (Live) (Répression dans l'Hexagone 1980 tour) France
  • 1997 A Live Tour 97 (Insurrection dans l'Hexagone tour) France
  • 2000 Still A-live (German edition of A Live Tour 97, contains a bonus 6-track EP) Germany
  • 2006 Soulagez-vous dans les urnes! (2006 tour, contains 3 new studio tracks) France
  • 2009 A L'Olympia (2008 tour, Rockpalast 1982 gig added in the limited CD + DVD edition)France
  • 2017 Hellfest 2017: Au nom de la rage tour (recorded during the Hellfest) France

Compilation albums

  • 1981 Heavy Metal Soundtrack - Includes a version of "Prefabricated".
  • 1997 Anti Best of France, Germany
  • 2001 Les Indispensables De Trust (Original versions) France
  • 2002 Les Plus Belles Chansons (Canadian edition of "Les Indispensables", original versions) Canada
  • 2004 Le Meilleur Des Années CBS (Original versions) France

Boxed sets

  • 1997 Trust I / Repression France, United States
  • 2008 "Les Annees CBS", EU (11CD Boxset)

Tribute

  • 2001 Tribute to Trust [VA] France

References

  • Official forum (in French)
  • A comprehensive article about Trust in German online fanzine "zine with no name" (in German)