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tHE HISTORY OF sCIENCE 451 AS REMEMBERED BY h.o,
ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS
 1987 - tHE bIRTH
1988 - tHE RISE, THE SPLIT, THE RETURN
1989 - tHE WORK CONTINUES
tHE 90S - THE FADING & THE DEATH
lIST OF MEMBERS
dISCLAIMER: aNYTHING HERE REFLECTS MY OWN pov ON ANYTHING REGARDING s451,
AND MIGHT DUE TO LACK OF REMAINING PAPERS BE SLIGHTLY INCORRECT, ESPECIALLY
REGARDING DATES.
1987 - tHE bIRTH
sCIENCE 451 WAS FOUNDED IN LATE 87, STARTING AS A BREAK WITHIN THE GROUP
vORTEX 42, AND ENDING WITH MEMBERS FROM 3 GROUPS GOING TOGETHER FORMING
sCIENCE 451. tHE ORIGINAL - FIRST OFFICIAL - LINEUP, SORTED AFTER PREVIOUS
GROUP WAS THIS:
vORTEX 42: rYGAR, bILBO, bLADE (CHANGED NAME TO hIGHTECH A LITTLE LATER)
, jUDGE & rADIUS.
tHE wARLOCKS: h.o & gLERC
aLPHA rANGE 89: kARL xii, tHE lEADER & iRON.
aT THE tRIAD PARTY LATER THAT YEAR, s451 MADE ITS FIRST APPEARANCE,
RELEASING OUR FIRST REAL DEMO. aT THAT PARTY, SINCE NEARLY ALL MEMBERS WERE
THERE, IT WAS ALSO DECIDED TO KICK rADIUS & iRON, AND gALLEON
(EX tHE wARLOCKS) BECAME A NEW MEMBER.
1988 - tHE RISE, THE SPLIT, THE RETURN
dURING 88 THE GROUP WORKED HARD TO INCREASE OUR REPUTATION, AND SEVERAL
DEMOS WHERE RELEASED. sOME OF THEM WHERE STATE-OF-THE-ART AT THE TIME,
SOME WHEREN'T. aLL THIS WORK SHOWED RESULTS, MAKING s451 CLIMB THE CHARTS.
dURING THESE MONTHS, s451 ALSO GOT SOME NEW MEMBERS, NAMELY
gAUNT & sYNCRO (TWO TALENTED sWEDES, WHO CAME FROM sHADI sTUDIOS),
tHE bRIGHT lION (nORWEGIAN CODER, WHO RELEASED SOME COOL s451-STUFF) &
cAPTAIN rOCK (dUTCH CODER, ORIGINALLY FROM THE DUTCH GROUP bEATlESS).
aT THE aGILE PARTY IN mAY 88, s451 MADE ITS LAST APPEARANCE BEFORE
SPLITTING, WITH THE FOLLOWING LINE-UP:
rYGAR, bILBO, hIGHTECH, jUDGE, kARL xii, tHE LEADER, h.o, gLERC, gALLEON,
gAUNT, sYNCRO, tHE bRIGHT lION & cAPTAIN rOCK.
tHE DEMO RELEASED AT THE PARTY ANNOUNCED THE SPLIT, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY
MOST MEMBERS OF s451 LEAVING TO FORM THE GROUP sPHINX.
tHE MEMBERS WHO DID STAY WHERE rYGAR, bILBO, h.o & gLERC.
(tWO SIDE-NOTES: gLERC & i HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS, AND rYGAR & bILBO
HAD KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS, AND WE ALL LIVED FAIRLY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER,
WHICH MADE IT NATURAL THAT WE STAYED.
nEITHER i OR gLERC WANTED TO JOIN AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, WE HAD HAD
SOME BAD EXPERIENCES WITH THAT BEFORE, AND WEREN'T WE RIGHT? sPHINX SOON FELL
INTO PIECES, AND THEY NEVER PASSED s451 IN ANY CHARTS...)
aFTER THIS SPLIT, THERE WAS SOME HECTIC WORK TRYING TO KEEP s451 AS A
FORCE TO BE COUNTERED WITH. tHE REMAINING OF US INCREASED OUT EFFORTS,
WORKING EVEN HARDER, MAINLY BY INCREASING OUR TRADING. (wELL, LETS FACE IT:
iF YOU WEREN'T IN ANY GREETINGLIST YOU WEREN'T ANYBODY AT THAT TIME).
aT THE iKARI/dOMINATORS/dANISH gOLD/uPFRONT PARTY IN jULY THAT YEAR,
THE REFORMED s451 RELEASED ONE OF OUR COOLER (imho) EVER, CODED BY gLERC.
(wELL, NOW i CAN ADMIT HE WAS A BETTER CODER THEN ME, i NEVER COULD THEN.)
wE ALSO HAD A NEW GERMAN MEMBER, fANCY, MAKING THE sCIENCE 451 MEMBERLIST:
rYGAR, bILBO, h.o, gLERC & fANCY.
fANCY A LITTLE LATER BROUGHT A FRIEND NAMED mOSKWA tV, WHO WAS MEMBER FOR A
SHORT WHILE. hAVING HEARD ONE TOO MANY PERSON CLAIMING mOSKWA tv WAS
RECRACKING, HE WAS KICKED OUT AFTER ONLY A FEW WEEKS.
a LITTLE LATER THIS YEAR (sEPTEMBER 88), WE RECRUITED SOME NEW TALENTED
GUYS, NAMELY sPIRIT & oDIN. (tWO SWEDISH CODERS. sPIRIT WAS ALSO ONE HELL OF
A LOGO-DRAWER). wE ALSO MADE A SHORT APPEARANCE AS MEMBERS OF jEWELS (IN MAY
88). (tHIS ONLY LASTED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS THOUGH, SINCE jEWELS SPLIT UP
WHEN SOME OF THEM JOINED iKARI.)
a LITTLE LATER, iNJUN MADE A SHORT STOP IN s451 (UMM, SOMETHING LIKE 10
HOURS, SEE HIS INTERVIEW IN "IN MEDIA RES" FOR DETAILS.
fANCY WAS KICKED FOR INACTIVENESS.
1989 - tHE WORK CONTINUES
dURING 89 WE RECRUITED 4 NEW MEMBERS, NAMELY cdc, mASTERjAM, llOYD & sYNCRO,
MAKING THE MEMBERLIST AT THE TIME LOOK LIKE THIS:
rYGAR, bILBO, h.o, gLERC, sPIRIT, oDIN, cdc, mASTERjAM, llOYD & sYNCRO.
mASTER jAM & lLOYD JOINED IN THE AUTUMN 89. sYNCRO REJOINED ON aMIGA, MADE
SOME COOL aMIGA DEMOS, AND THEN JOINED pHENOMENA). cdc LATER LEFT FOR
PROFESSIONAL ARTISTING WITH GROOVY BITS.
dURING THIS PERIOD s451 GOT A RELIABLE SOURCE OF ORIGINALS, MAKING s451
CREATE A LOT MORE CRACKS THEN BEFORE.
eXCEPT FOR THIS CHANGE TOWARDS CRACKING, NOTHING MUCH REALLY HAPPENED.
tHE WORK CONTINUED, WE STAYED FIRMLY AT THE POSITION WE WHERE, BUT YOU COULD
FEEL A BIT OF FATIGUE.
tHE 90S - THE FADING & THE DEATH
dURING THE 90S MY RECORDS ARE VERY VAGUE, MAINLY BECAUSE i LEFT THE 64-SCENE
IN THE BEGINNING OF 90. hAVING MY 64 AT MY PARENTS PLACE DIDNT HELP MY
TRADING, AND i SPENT MOST OF MY TIME TRYING TO STUDY AT THE uNIVERSITY &
LEARNING MY pc.
90 bILBO WAS KICKED FOR UNACTIVENESS. gLERC, oDIN & rYGAR MADE SOME
ATTEMPTS TO MAKE THE GROUP LIVE ON, BASICALLY BY TRYING TO RECRUIT NEW MEMBERS.
aS A RESULT OF THIS, nOVA jOINED FOR A SHORT WHILE, THEN WENT BACK TO fLASH
iNC. tHE GNOME JOINED AS A CRACKER.
iN MARCH 90 pOLONUS (FROM pOLAND) JOINED.
dURING THE SECOND HALF OF 90 rYGAR GOT FED UP WITH THE C64 AND
CONCENTRATED ON aMIGA & vhs.
iN aPRIL 90 tdj (FROM hOLLAND) WERE AT A COPYPARTY IN sTOCKHOLM WHERE HE
MET SOME S451-GUYS. hE JOINED, AND THEN WE DIDNT HEAR FROM HIM IN A MONTH.
wHEN WE DID, HE HAD BUILD A DUTCH SECTION OF s451, NAMED fOCUS, WITHOUT
TELLING US. tHEY LATER LEFT (AGAIN WITHOUT TELLING US).
sUMMER 90: tHE BRILLIANT gRAPHICIAN vISUAL JOINED.
nOVEMBER 90: a MUSICIAN NAMED tRACKER (WHO WAS A FRIEND OF pOLONUS) JOINED.
eARLY 91/MIDDLE OF 91: gLERC QUIT, AND SO DID oDIN.
i DID A BRIEF ATTEMPT STARTING A pc SECTION OF s451 IN THE BEGINNING OF 90,
BUT AT THAT TIME THE pc SCENE WAS TOTALLY DEAD.
tHE OFFICIAL DEATH IS MOST LIKELY TO BE DATED AT THE hORIZON PARTY IN
hUDDINGE 91, WHERE THE LAST OFFICIAL (TO MY RECORDS) s451 DEMO
('eL ESCAPARATE') WAS RELEASED.
sINCE MY RECORDS FROM THE 90:S ARE A BIT LACKING, THERE MIGHT BE SOME
SMALLER ERRORS IN THIS PART. i HAVE ADDED THE INFORMATION i GOT FROM oDIN &
gLERC (AND FROM gLERCS FAREWELL DEMO) TO MAKE THIS PART A BIT MORE COMPLETE.
lIST OF MEMBERS
tHIS IS A FAIRLY BRIEF LIST OF THE MEMBERS s451 HAS HAD DURING THE YEARS, AND WHATEVER FACTS i COULD STILL FIND ABOUT THEM.
rYGAR: oRIGINALLY CAME FROM vORTEX 42. eXTREMELY FAST TRADER WHO LIVED IN THE
sWEDISH CITY mJOLBY. i RECOMMEND THE INTERVIEW IN iN mEDIAS rES FOR MORE
DETAILS.
bILBO: aLSO FROM vORTEX 42. wAS MAINLY A CODER, EVEN THOUGH HE TRADED
WITH A LOT OF PPL. aLSO FROM THE sWEDISH CITY mJOLBY.
gLERC: cAME FROM tHE wARLOCKS. hAD BEEN FRIEND WITH h.o FOR YEARS,
AND THEY HAD BEEN IN THE SAME GROUPS SINCE 86. lIVED IS THE SWEDISH CITY
lINKOPING, WHERE HE 89-91 STUDIED TO BECOME AN ELECTRO-ENGINEER. tALENTED
CODER WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST s451 INTROS & CRACKS.
iS NOW WORKING FOR eRICSSON, AND IS CURRENTLY SPENDING 6 MONTHS IN eNGLAND.
h.o: aLSO CAME FROM lINKOPING, AND AS MENTIONED HAD KNOWN gLERC FOR
YEARS. wE HAD BOTH BEEN MEMBERS OF GROUPS SUCH AS cccp (OUR FIRST GROUP *HOP*),
tHE cREW (TOTAL FAILURE OF A GROUP), tRONIX (FOR 3 WEEKS), tHE wARLOCKS AND
FINALLY s451. iS CURRENTLY DOING HIS MASTER THESIS TO (HOPEFULLY) END UP
WITH A MASTER OF SCIENCE IN cOMPUTER sCIENCE. aLSO TRIES TO MAINTAIN THIS
PAGE ON THOSE RARE OCCASIONS OF SPARE TIME.
hIGHTECH: tHE FOUNDING FORCE, BUT ALSO THE GUY CAUSING THE SPLIT IN 88.
wAS ORIGINALLY FROM THE sWEDISH CITY mALMO, AND HE CAME FROM vORTEX42.
jUDGE: aLSO FROM vORTEX 42 & mALMO.
rADIUS: aLSO vORTEX42 & mALMO. wAS KICKED OUT SINCE HE WAS CONSIDERED
TO SLOW.
kARL xii: fROM aLPHA rANGE 89 & sTOCKHOLM. gREAT CODER WITH AN
OBSESSION FOR ADDING WEIRD ELECTRONICS TO HIS C64. iS NOW WORKING AND ON HIS
SPARE TIME PLAYS IN A BAND.
tHE lEADER: aLSO aLPHA rANGE 89 & sTOCKHOLM, AND ALSO A TALENTED
CODER. pRODUCED s451:S FIRST aMIGA DEMO. aLSO STUDIES IN sTOCKHOLM.
iRON: aLSO aLPHA rANGE 89 & sTOCKHOLM (?). wAS KICKED OUT EARLY.
gALLEON: fROM tHE wARLOCKS & lINKOPING. jOINED s451 AT THE tRIAD PARTY.
cODED SOME GOOD PACKERS. iS NOW STUDYING IN lINKOPING, AIMING AT A MASTER OF
SCIENCE.
gAUNT: cOMPOSER. fROM sTOCKHOLM. wAS ONLY MEMBER FOR A SHORT WHILE,
AND THEN MOVED ON TO sPHINX. iS NOW WORKING ON A MUSICAL CAREER.
sYNCRO: aLSO sTOCKHOLM. wAS A FRIEND OF gAUNT. cODER WHO CODED SOME
BRILLIANT STUFF. wAS MEMBER OF s451 TWICE, AND IS NOW STUDYING IN sTOCKHOLM.
tHE bRIGHT lION: nORWEGIAN CODER. iS STUDYING, IN nORWAY.
cAPTAIN rOCK: dUTCH CODER, ORIGINALLY FROM bEATLESS.
fANCY: gERMAN TRADER/CODER, WHO WAS A MEMBER FOR A SHORT WHILE.
mOSKWA tv: aNOTHER GERMAN MEMBER. wAS KICKED OUT FOR GIVING US BAD
REPUTATION.
sPIRIT: sWEDISH CODER & ARTIST. pRODUCED SOME OF THE - GRAFFIXWISE -
BETTER LOOKING S451-DEMOS. wAS A BIG FAN OF sPAIN (THE COUNTRY) AND IS NOW
SAID TO LIVE THERE.
oDIN: fRIEND OF sPIRIT, AND A CODER. sTUDIED TO BECOME A CHEMIST AND IS
NOW FINISHED WITH HIS mOLECULAR bIOLOGY EDUCATION.
cdc: a FRIEND OF kARL xii, WHO ACCORDING TO MY LATEST RECORDS IS
UNEMPLOYED. nOW AND THEN TRAVELS TO nORWAY. aLSO PLAYS IN THE SAME BAND AS
kARL xii.
lLOYD: jOINED ON C64, RELEASED A DEMO, THEN SOLD HIS C64 AND BOUGHT AN
AMIGA (AND WAS KICKED OUT?).
mASTERjAM: bECAME THE MAIN TRADER IN S451 AS gLERC, rYGAR AND MYSELF
DECREASED/STOPPED TRADING.
pOLONUS: iS FROM pOLAND. wAS BY gLERC DESCRIBED AS THE - WITHOUT
COMPETITION - MOST OUTSTANDING CODER IN pOLAND. wAS ALSO GOOD AT GRAPHICS.
sTILL LIVES IN THE POLISH CITY sZCZEIN.
tHE GNOME: jOINED AS A CRACKER, AND TOOK CARE OF MORE AND MORE OF THE
CRACKING WHEN gLERC WAS THINKING ABOUT QUITTING. oRIGINALLY CAME FROM
lIFE/rIFFS. iS NOW STUDYING bIOMEDICIN IN gOTHENBURG AND IS SAID TO BE A VERY
GOOD ATHLETE.
fOCUS: dUTCH GROUP THAT WAS MEMBERS OF s451 FOR A WHILE AS A
DEPARTMENT OF s451. (sEE HISTORY FOR MORE DETAILS)
vISUAL: gREAT GRAPHICIAN WHO JOINED FROM lIFE/rIFFS. iS STUDYING IN
gOTHENBURG, STUDYING ART.
tRACKER: mUSICIAN WHO WAS A FRIEND OF pOLONUS. nO RECORDS OF PREVIOUS
GROUPS, OR WHAT HE IS DOING NOW.
iNJUN: wAS MEMBER FOR A FEW HOURS. sEE iN mEDIAS rES FOR DETAILS.
sTORY WRITTEN DOWN AS REMEMBERED BY: h.o OF sCIENCE 451 - mEMORIES NEVER DIE -
sOURCE: sCIENCE 451'S HOMEPAGE
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