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	"Hellscrack" were formed in 1988 and played their first gig at the legendary "Gibus" in Paris. The trio featured Gambit on double bass and vocals, Xoumoul on guitar and Shuman on drums and vocals.
The original line up lasted for only one year, playing live a dozen times , at festivals and so-called psychobilly nights in Paris (at the New Moon, the Gibus and the New Morning), Dijon, Troyes, Romans and Belgium, alongside the psycho trend setters of the day such as "Batmobile", "Meteors", "Klingonz"...
	Shortly afterwards the trio was absorbed by the "French Lovers," until Gambit threw his lot in with Manu Chao's clan and the other two decided to reform "Hellscrack".
They were joined one year later by Kalou on bass.
	The band subsequently changed musical direction, moving away from psychobilly to concentrate on a more straight forward rock n'roll repertoire, nonetheless as nasty as before, sometimes mixed with punk rock, hardcore and even metal.
Numerous gigs throughout France followed, entertaining customers and audiences in cafes and festivals alike, as well as in clubs, sharing the stage with such billtoppers as "Fleshtones", "Inmates"...
	After some more time spent gigging at festivals or opening the show for such luminaries as "Alvin Lee", "Jason and the Scorchers", "Pogues" or "Guanabatz" their style became much heavier.
When Laurent (ex. "Squealer" and "Disciples" (L.A.) ) returned to Nantes after seven years in the States, he mucked in on second guitar, giving the band an australian rock'n roll style with his machine gun right hand and the heat of his riffs.
	For two years they kept gigging for fun and built their own recording studio in order to rehearse and flesh out new songs in a powerfull rythmic rock n'roll style.
The result speaks for itself : "Flesh & Steel" !!!
	...and here they are on the road beside "Nashville Pussy", "Sonny Vincent", "Rose Tattoo", "Super Suckers", "Dr Feelgood" ... Leaded by the particular throat singing of the drumer and the power of a hundred megatons bomb !!!

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