Convicted started out in 1992 under the name Weak Peaks as a punk band, formed by the 2 brothers Koen and Hans, and friends Yoeri and Tibau.

After a year or so of practising, the band got offered their first gigs, while still mainly playing at parties for friends. In 1994, Koen's older brother - Geert - replaced Tibau on drums and it's with this line-up that they recorded their first demo in 1995, 8 tracks of full-speed 3-chord punk-rock. The release of the demo opened doors to more gigs, but after some time Yoeri decided to quit, as he was more into metal than anything else. Redgy, a skinhead from the city of Nieuwpoort, replaced him as guitarist. This only got the band more interesting gigs still, much more skinhead oriented.

Fredje, a friend of the band, sometimes did a couple of songs with the band and actually 2 years later joined the band for good, replacing Redgy. Geert also decided to call it quits, and was replaced by Guy / Face of Headcase. More bad luck when also Hans called it a day to dedicate more time to his family. He was replaced by Tim.. Despite all the line-up problems, the band kept on playing the occasional gig.

Because of excessive alcohol-abuse the band was however going nowhere, with all respect of the band members of that time, and the band was put on hiatus for a while. All changed when they got to know Olivier and Steven. Steven was a skinhead from Kortrijk who happened to play bass and Steven played drums in the metal band Malediction from Waregem. They all became friends and started hanging out together, one led to the other and Convicted were back in business.

This time it all fitted: all band members drink like hell now. Regular weekly practises had their ups and downs, especially because of Olivier's motorcycle accident, fights etc...

After 2 years, the band got the offer to record the album. Joined by Dimi on keyboards and Micha on acoustic guitar in the studio, they recorded this now long overdue debut album. Enjoy !

check the band's official website :
http://users.pandora.be/convicted/