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Cartel
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About Cartel

Lord Helmet writes in the PMC demo when he joined PMC: CARTEL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GROUPS IN NORWAY, FORMED -88. LATE -88. CARTEL AND RAZOR, ARRANGED THE FIRST PARTY EVER IN NORWAY! WE RELEASED OUR FIRST TWO DEMOS IN COOPERATION WITH THE GANG. AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE FOUR MEMBERS. FEBRUARY -89, WE RELEASED A NORWAY DEMO. PAB AND OZZY DID THE WHOLE WORK.MARCH -89, CARTEL GOT A NEW MEMBER: MAGNUM(LORD HELMET). AT THE END OF MARCH, WE TRAVELLED TO THE EASTER PARTY ARRANGED BY RAWHEAD, THE BAND AND IT IN ARENDAL. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME WE ALL MET (PAB, OZZY, RASCAL, MAGNUM, AND THE NEW GFX GUY:ANTICHRIST). PAB STRESSED A LOT WITH HIS CODING, AND MANAGED TO FINNISH 3 DEMOS. AMONG THEM, A SEAL SLAUGHTER DEMO. THE DEMO SHOWED A MAN SLAUGHTING A SEAL WITH AN ICE PICK. THE DEMO WERE CRITICIZED BY SEVERAL GROUPS. UNICORN SEND US A LETTER WERE THAY SAID THAT WE SHOULD HANG OURSELVES AND REST IN PEACE (VERY FUNNY!! HA HA..). ALL THREE DEMOS, GOT A 6. PRICE IN THE DEMO COMP. AT THAT TIME, WE WERE IN OUR MOST ACTIVE PERIOD. AFTER THE PARTY WE RELEASED SEVERAL DEMOS. ONE OF THEM WERE A COOL BOB-DEMO. IN THE AUTUMN -89 WE VISITED IT AND RAZOR PARTY. OZZY -OUR ONLY MUSICIAN AT THAT TIME(A GOOD ONE TOO!) HAD STARTED TO GET INTERRESTED IN OTHER THINGS THAN HIS AMIGA, LIKE VOLLEYBALL, DRINKING ETC. ETC. SO HE DIDN'T MAKE ANY MUSIC THE WHOLE SUMMER!! SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MUSIC FOR OUR PARTY DEMO.BUT WE GOT A GOOD TUNE FROM CODEX / RAZOR 1911. WE COMPETED IN THE COMPO WITH OUR BEST DEMO SO FAR! IT WAS A BIT DISAPOINTING TO ONLY GET A 6. PLACE. AFTER THIS PARTY, PAB DIDN'T CODE ANYTHING FOR A WHILE, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MUSIC. WINTER -89, WE GOT A NEW MUSICIAN NAMED ZAPPER.IN HOPE OF GIVING PAB SOME NEW INSPIRATION, I (MAGNUM) SENT SOME MUSIC TO PAB. BUT PAB SAID THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY NEW IDEAS FOR A DEMO. WE SUGGESTED THAT HE SHOULD MAKE A MUSIC DISK, SO HE STARTED TO CODE(WE THOUGHT!). AFTER A COUPLE OF MONTHS WITHOUT ANY RESULT, I CALLED HIM, AND ASKED HIM WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. HE SAID HE HAD BEEN AWAY FROM HIS AMIGA TOO LONG. HE DIDN'T REMEBER EXCATLY HOW TO CODE A DEMO!!!! HE SAID HE HAD TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. NOW WE REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED SOME NEW MEMBERS TO GET TO THE SAME LEVEL AS WE ONCE WERE.....IN A DEEP WALLEY, FROM A TERRITORY WITH BEUTIFUL FIORDS AND HIGH MOUNTAINS,WE FOUND A TALENTED YOUNG MAN WHO COULD CODE VERY WELL! HIS NAME WAS...ACHMED B. IN THE SAME AREA, WE DISCOVERED ANOTHER TALENTED DUDE WHO COULD DRAW SOME VERY NICE THINGS. WE ASKED THEM TO JOIN OUR FORCES. AFTER A LITTLE TELEPHONE CALL, IT WAS SETTLED. THEY WERE IN OUR COOL TEAM!IN APRIL -90, WE LEFT FOR THE PARTY IN DRAMMEN FOR SOME STRANGE REASONS? THE PARTY LOOKED VERY COOL WHEN WE CAME THERE. BUT..............(YOU ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED). SO NO DEMO WAS RELEASED THERE. INSTEAD, WE RELEASED A DEMO AT THE BERGEN PARTY IN JUNE -90. THE DEMO WAS PRETTY COOL,AND ORIGINAL, SO IT GOT A NICE 4. PLACE. WE ALSO GOT A 4. PLACE IN THE'DISC' MAGAZINE BEFORE EXCELLENT DEMOS LIKE NO LIMITS - EXPLOITED BRILLIANCE ETC.IN JULY -90, PAB, ANTICHRIST, AND ROMSOFT CODED SEVEN DAYS IN A ROW FROM 9.AM - 4.PM ON A VECTOR BALL DEMO, BUT THE RESULT WASN'T AS GOOD AS EXPECTED. THAT'S WHY IT WASN'T RELEASED. IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS WE'VE GOT SEVERAL OFFERS FROM DIFFERENT GROUPS IN NORWAY(NO NAMES...) TO JOIN THEM, BUT WE SAID NO,BECAUSE WE HAD SOME GOOD FEELINGS ABOUT CARTEL. BUT WE HAVE NOW REALIZED THAT WE ARE TO SMALL TO BE A GOOD, PRODUCTIVE GROUP. SO WE DECIDED TO JOIN A LOCAL GROUP.... PURE METAL CODERS

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Members and Subgroups of Cartel

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Member NameTask(s)Known as Member in YearCountry
Achmed B (aka Achmed B.)Coder, Texter1990 Norway
AntichristTexter, Graphics Artist1989-1990 Norway
ArnyTexter, Video Swapper1989 Norway
F21989 Norway
Lord HelmetTexter, Packdisk Editor, Series Publisher, Swapper1989-1990 Norway
OzzyCoder, Music Artist, Texter, Graphics Artist, Swapper1988-1990 Norway
PabCoder, Texter, Graphics Artist, Swapper1988-1990 Norway
RandyMusic Artist, Texter1989
RascalTexter1989-1990 Norway
RockieCoder, Texter, Swapper1989 Norway
The JackTexter, Graphics Artist1990 Norway
Varg (aka The Bard)Music Artist, Texter1990 Norway
Varmint1989 Norway
ZapperMusic Artist, Texter, Graphics Artist1989-1990 Norway

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