THE LIGHTNINGS: THE STORY!
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[ by SLAYER/TLS


Well, Def Klf asked me to write about
us so here we go...


In June 90, a lamer called 'TLS'  asked
one of his best contact : 'Starman'  if
he would like to form a group with him.
And the group was born : The Lightnings

] At this time,Starman was coding in Gfa
]basic.  On the 14/07/90 we released our
]first demo (can we call this a demo?) :
]"The Starman Sound Demo!.." 
It was a two disks soundtracker demo...
 We contacted Aggression in Finland, it
was one of our first contacts oversea.

 Then in October 90, Tls got  a minitel
and  started to have  new  contacts  in
France. Then  during  a fair in Paris I
met lots of guys and  also  Phenix  'le
poulet legendaire' at  this  time  they
were associated with TBC  and  produced
intro compiles.Two weeks later, Starman
went in Paris  because of another fair.
It  was  the  first  time  we  saw each
other.

  We also had a new member  called  Doc
(I'm not sure) but we  kicked  him  out
later because he wasn't doing anything.

] In November, at the Megafun 1, Starman
]released his infinite sprites demo (you
]can see it in Phenix/TBC 10).After that
]he  continued  to  code  a   couple  of
]screens in Gfa we never released.

[  In April, Starman started to code  in
[assembler and started his famous vector
[balls! and coded a little  screen  with
[scrollers all over the screen.

 Meanwhile, a contact from the North of
France joined the crew, he was a coder.
The only thing he ever coded for us was
a scroller routine like the DF  one  in
the  Syntax Terror which bounces up and
down  and  changes of color.  After, he
joined Synchron on Amiga.
                           
 On  the Trans-Beauce 2, I met Jinx/DMA
who  later  became a member of Synchron
too. I also met Def Klf there and  many
other guys.

] Before  the  Snork 1, I  released  our
]first compil  of  intros,  the  CD-A...
]The selector  was  really  a  very  big
]piece of shit..

 On the beginning of  July  91, Starman
went again in Paris to pass some exams.
He  already  had an  early  version  of
the CD-B, and an  improved  version  of
the vector balls.

 During the summer Def Klf sent me some
intros  and  when  in  August I went to
Starman's place in Avesnelles we relea-
sed  the  CD-B,  we  contacted a lot of
peoples. Many bastards like  ACF,  Sign
of Four,  or  Final  Spacecoders  never
answered us (fuck you!).  But I had new
contacts in UK, Germany, etc..

I started to get some swappers  on  the
minitel to swap our cd's, one  of  them
was named ST Mad.. He  was  a  beginner
in  assembler  and  when  he  asked  to
join the group, our answer was yes..  

] Right  before  the Monsters of Rock in
]September,   Starman   released   three
]more Cd's : D, E and F..

 On  Micro & Co. in  October 91, I  had
a  little copy party on my  house  with
some  members  of  Vmax  and  Fuzion. I
met ST Mad for the first time there.

] On  the  evening I released CD-G,  one
]or two weeks before we asked  Docno  if
]we could join the E.S.C.  On  the  next
]day we met him and  his   first  answer
]was no.
 On  the  same day I also had a sticker
fight  with  Fm and the team of  ST-Mag
( St-cnx, Vegetable etc...).

 When I arrived the railway station  of
Lille  for  the  Megafun 2  in  Nov. 91
There  was  nobody  waiting for me..  I
started  hangin  around and  I  finally
met  Orion.   Judge  Dread/TSB  arrived
a  couple  of  minutes  later and drove
us  ( he's a mad driver!! )  to Mouvaux
where the cp was tooking place.
] On  this  cool CP,  we finally entered
]the  E.S.C.  and  we  released  the TSB
]& TLS CD 1 a couple of weeks after it.

 Recently, I sent a screen to Snake but
as SPY3 told me he was quitting the ST,
I don't know if he will use it.

TSB should release four intro cds soon.

 Now, Starman almost left the ST.. he's
now coding on PC. ST Mad  joined in the 
Syndicate and I was thinking  of split-
ting  up the group but ST Mad convinced
me to wait a bit..

[This is the story so far... don't write
[anymore to Avesnelles address,  because
[we are not interested.