Laser [new] (1993-)
-------------------
???> Greenfrog (code), Ironfist (crack, 01/94), L'Trimm (gfx), Shuze (crack,
     01/94), Steve (crack, 01/94).

Boards; TWILIGHT WORLD WHQ (ger), STRAYLIGHT (eng).

This old UK-based cracking group returned in october of 1993 with familiar
faces such as Steve (Zenith), Rick a.o.


Laser Cracking Service Norway (LCS, -1988)
------------------------------------------
LCS were a norwegian cracking group. They ceased to exist in june of 1988,
when it was decided that they would joined forces with LCF Norway to create
the new group Abnormal.


Laser Inc.
----------
DEN> Ghost (swap, 03/92).

  1991 - Jason, Savage and Grab joined around may. Mr.Disk left the scene
this year, but returned in 1993 as a member of Success.


Lawyers
-------
HUN> Whopper (swap, 03/92).


Laxity (LXT, http://laxity.c64.org)
-----------------------------------
HOL> Angeldust (Patrick v/d Borgt, swap, late95).
???> Bleze (gfx, 00), Calamity (gfx, 09/00), Didi (code crack fix, 12/97-
     09/00), Goat (crack supply, also in Fairlight, 12/97-09/00), KBS (gfx,
     09/00), Spermbird (swap, ex Chromance, new 99), The Decadence (crack
     supply, 09/00).

Boards; THE DRAGON'S TOWER WHQ (ger, also Motiv8 and Remember, 09/97).

Laxity is a german cracking group.
  1998 - Manik left for Remember in july.
  1999 - Spermbird (swap) joined from Chromance.


Lazer
-----
AUT> The Edge (crack, 12/89), The Slayer (crack, aka TSL, 12/89), Vamp
     (crack, 02/89).
GER> Zeron (swap, old handle Extasy, 07/90).

Lazer were a cracking group, based in Austria but with divisions in at least
Germany.
  1989 - The German section joined Manowar in november.
  1990 - Mavil and Jesus joined from Trust in july. Former german hq Design
left to help reform Tristar in august. Extasy changed his handle to Zeron
around august, after complaints from the GROUP Extasy. Mavil and Jesus' stay
was short; they took Jean with them and joined the reformed Acid around
september.
  1991 - Charlie left for Depredators around january.


Leader
------
??? Flash (hun? music, 08/97).


Legacy [new]
------------
Legacy died again. Mutant, Chotaire and Larry are looking for a new group
to join. Jack Alien joined X-Rated around february 1993.


Legend (old, [L])
-----------------
AUT> Antitrack (Alex, code crack, ex Cosmos, new 08/90-early93), Big Ben
     (Christian Hempel, swap, ex Cosmos, new 08/90).
BEL> Powerplant (Ben, crack, aka PWP, 09/88-09/95), Thunderstruck (swap, ex
     Glasnost/Transcom, new 01/91).
HOL> Rob (ex Hotline, new 01/92).
AUS> Jazzcat (David Simmons, editor, later Onslaught, 08/94).
ENG> XXX (early93).
DEN> Excell (Brian Hansen, code crack, ex Ikari, new 01-09/91), RCS (Rudie
     Jensen, swap, 02/92).
???> Anthrax (ger? supply, 06/90-12/91), Baal (supply, 06-09/91),
     Brainkiller (trade, 01/91), Goldfish (mainorg train, 09/88-01/91), Narc
     (ger? crack, 06/90-early91), Queen (ex Paradize, new 05/93), Rebel
     (crack, ex Illusion, new 08/93), Sensation (ger? 12/91), Skywolf (ger?
     12/91), TMBC (bel? crack, 10-12/90), Westbam (org supply, 11/92-06/93).

Boards; SECOND TO NONE WHQ (usa, also NEC/NEI, 06/90-06/92), WACKY WORLD OF
     WARES (usa, 10/90), SOUTH OF HEAVEN (usa, 06/92), WHITE HOUSE EHQ (den,
     09-12/91), CYBERDOME (ger, also in Epic, 05/93), WORLD WIDE WARES (also
     Excalibur, 06/90).

Legend are a European demo and cracking group. They also release the
diskmag "Shock". In addition, Jazzcat is editor of the independent
Australian scene mag "Domination".
  1988 - Legend were present at the PCW Show in London in september, where
PWP and Goldfish even released a crack. Wave and Flaoman joined from Orion
in december.
  1990 - Arrogance 'and others' (presumably at least Pyle) joined from
Success in july. Argon left the group to rebuild Success around august. In
august, german cracker Pyle (ex Success) left for Crazy. However, the group
was heavily reinforced when highprofile cracker Antitrack joined with Big
Ben from the deceased Cosmos Design! This also happened in august. Arrogance
(Thorsten) was kicked around september.
  1991 - WOW's "Internal #3" [01/91] said there was rumours that Narc
had been kicked. Brainkiller was busted by British Telecom for phreaking in
january, and was asked to pay a large fine, but will not stop trading.
Belgian swapper Glasnost joined from Transcom, also in january, and soon
changed his handle to Thunderstruck. Danish trio Doc, Fletch and Excell
joined from Ikari in january, so it was certainly an eventful month for the
group! :) They were in importing partnership with NEI in december.
  1992 - Rob joined from the newly-dead Hotline in january. The Basilisk,
sysop of 'GEE SPOT', left the group around february, and will run the board
independently from now on. Released cracks already fixed by NEI with a
common intro in june.
  1993 - Mirage joined Focus early in the year. Germans Hok and A-Man joined
from Arcade, Queen joined from Paradize, Darklord joined from Illusion, Lexi
(crack sysop) joined from Device (or Fairlight?), while Delta was kicked and
Bionomix (supply, 11/92-) quit in may. Westbam got upset about something or
other around june, and subsequently kicked A-Man, Hok, Darklord and Lexi!
Lexi returned to Fairlight, Darklord is undecided about his further steps -
he might leave the scene, or possibly join Red Sector Inc... A-Man (Steven
Diemer, music) and Hok's further careers are unknown at this time. Rebel
(crack) joined in august after getting kicked out of Illusion. Danish
cracking legends Doc and Fletch decided to finally leave the c64 scene in
october, to seek greener pastures on the pc.
  1994 - September news told of crackers Powerplant and Rebel attending
university in the usa, and not being able to work much for the group, and
that despite rumours to the contrary, supplier Atmos is still a Legend
member. They lost 'THE SHAOLIN TEMPLE' (which joined as a whq in november
1992) this month.

Supplier Ziggy joined WOW.


Legend (new, 1997-)
-------------------
Legend returned to the scene in 1997, and put up the first ever internet-bbs
for the c64, their WHQ 'SECOND TO NONE', using custom-coded software (QCBBS)
by Uncled/Legend. They promised releases, but by christmas 97 nothing had
yet appeared.


Lepsi Developments (LD)
-----------------------
POL> Frank (Artur Frankowski, swap, 95), Katon (Lukasz Gokbiewski, also in
     Arise, 11/02), Rap (Rafal Bratowski, 95), Sebaloz (gfx edit, 04/98).
SWE> Lynchbit (Marek Andrzejewski, code, 04/97).

Lepsi De is a mainly Polish demo group.
  1998 - After almost finishing "Standard" in time for Mekka Symposium 98,
Sebaloz in the end decided to not spend all his time at this party linking
the demo, but wait a little and release it two weeks later at Rush Hours. It
finished fourth.

  Standard (1998, 26.04, Demo).
  4th in the Rush Hours 98 demo competition.


Lethargy
--------
Lethargy was an English and Hungarian demo group.
  1993 - Hungarian musician Artlace joined Active as his second group in
september.
  1994 - Hungarian graphician Mercury (early93) joined Regina 05/94.

  Cosine (1993, .06 or .07, Demo).
  code/gfx: TMR, music: Odie, Skywave, TMR.


Level 11 (-1991)
----------------
Level 11 was a swedish demo group.
  1990 - Swedish graphician Wilson left for Triad around june.
  1991 - Level 11 died early 1991, when the entire group (Sodapop, etc.)
joined Flash Inc.


Level 64 (L64)
--------------
SPA> Almighty God (Domingo Alvarez, also in F4CG and Dekadence, 11/02).


Level 99 Industries (TLI)
-------------------------
Level 99 Industries was a german demo/cracker group, founded by Black
Sabbath and Copyfox. Among their members were Stringfellow, Dr.Cool and 7th.
Thanks to NiM for information!


Light
-----
SWE> Bappalander (Ove Oldberg, code music, 93), Flamingo (code, aka FLG,
     11/89-12/94), Goblin (Mattias af Jocknick, mainorg gfx, 11/89-12/94),
     HCL (code gfx, ex Booze Design, new 05/93), Hero (code crack, ex Triad,
     new 03/91), Ice Cube (code crack, 11/89-91), Injun Inc. (Jörgen
     Johansson, crack, ex Triad, new 08/90- 91), Jedi (11/89), Rash (code
     crack, 11/89- 91), Shade (code crack, late90-91), Vodka (gfx, ex Booze
     Design, new 05/93), Waco (code, 11/89-90).
???> Page (music), Scooby (swe? gfx, 12/94), Yabba (swe? code, 93-12/94).

Light was a Swedish demo and cracking group, most known for their "Brutal"
series of demos. As far as we know, they never had members outside of
Sweden. Dr.Cool was an early member (possibly one of the cofounders?), and
it was he who recruited Waco and Flamingo to the group, both of which he had
earlier been in another group with. Thanks to NiM for information!
  1989 - In early november, the group cohosted a party in Balsta, Sweden
with Triad, and competed in the competition with their demo "Brutal"
[11/89], coded by Flamingo and Waco. They suffered the loss of their cracker
Tycoon to the same Triad, the following month of december, apparently
leaving the group crackerless.
  1990 - In august, their long lost swedish cracker Tycoon returned from his
stay in Triad, and brought Injun Inc back with him.
  1991 - Danes Sphinx, Glasnost and The Guardian (12/90) left to form a new
group called Camelot early this year. In march, swedish code and cracker
Hero joined the group from Triad. Just two months later, the the group was
joined by another ex-Triad member, sysop Spirou (FUTURE ZONE)! Also in may,
swedish cracker Tycoon decided to leave the group once again, this time for
Censor Design.
  1992 - Swedes Zagon (code) and Status left. After being independent for a
while, they both joined Vision, probably early 92.
  1993 - Swedish swapper Walker left due to internal problems, and joined
his friend Spirou in Deicide for a couple of days, before finally accepting
an offer to join from Active in may. HCL and Vodka joined from Booze Design
at the TCC 93 party at the end of may. News in Fairlight's "Reformation #3"
[06/93] that Yabba had left for Paradize on the amiga must surely be wrong,
as we have records of him being a member as late as december 94. Swedish
sysop Spirou (Joel Brynielsson, sysop 'FUTURE ZONE', ex Triad, new 05/91-)
left the group around julu, to stay independent and concentrate on making
games in the future. Swedish swapper Fresh Prince left for Epic in
september.

  Music Collection V2.0 (1989, 16.01, Demo).

  Brutal (1989, 04.11, Demo).
  code: Flamingo, Waco, gfx: Goblin (logo), Waco (sprites), ???/Upfront
  (sprites), ???/The Ruling Company (chars), music: Danko/???, Gaunt/
  Fairlight, Zardax/Origo Dreamline (uncredited).
  Released for the demo competition at the Triad and Light Party.
  review: Light competed with an average demo here, though with some good
  bits and the promise of more to come. The very first in something that
  would later prove to be a whole series of demos, this one has the 3 parts
  by Flamingo and 2 by Waco. Like most groups at the time, they did not have
  their own musician, and used all ripped tunes - two of which are not
  identified in the credits. Overall, a fair demo with some good parts
  (sprite multiplexer, logo stretcher) and a few average ones ;)
    The demo comes in 3 files, totalling 298 blocks, and contains 5 demo
  parts. The music in the last part (which also features uncredit graphics
  ripped from some Thalamus game and then altered) is uncredited, but is
  actually "Tune 33" (hvsc name) by Zardax/Origo Dreamline, a really great
  cover rendition of a-ha's "Stay on These Roads", from the album of the
  same name. [glenn]

  Brutal II (1990, 28.12, Demo).
  code: Flamingo, gfx: n/a, music: ???/Skyline Technics (1), Klaus
  'Link/Vibrants' Grøngård (2), Groovy Bits (Danko? 3), Danko (5).
  Winner of the Dexion Party 90 demo competition!
  information: Part 4 musician is unknown.

  Not That Brutal (1991, Demo).
  code: Shade, Rash, Flamingo, gfx: Goblin, music: Skyline Technics, Danko.
  review: This 3-part, small demo-thingy is an inbetween-release in the wait
  for Brutal III. Nothing exsceptionally interesting here, just normal
  demoparts with no innovation. The last one is a sinus-plot part, where you
  control all aspects with your joystick. Booooring... The demo is a single
  file. [glenn]

  Brutal III (Demo).
  code: n/a, gfx: n/a, music: ???/Skyline Technics (1), Bluez (3), Antti
  Hannula/Artline Design (4), Moon/Flash Inc. (5), Zagor/Skyline Technics
  (7).

  Brutality (1991, 28.12, Demo).
  code: n/a, gfx: n/a, music: Bappalander (1/3/4/5), Page/Side-B (6),
  Danko/Censor (7). information: Danko's tune in part 7 is FABULOUS!!
  Winner of The Party 91 demo competition!

  Brutal Comeback (1994, 28.12, Demo).
  code: Yabba, Flamingo, gfx: Scooby, Goblin, music: Danko, Rob Hubbard,
  Martin Galway. 2nd in The Party 4 demo competition.


Light Circle, The (TLC)
-----------------------
GER> Mr.Zeropage (crack, 86).

TLC was an early cracking group, and legendary in their field.


Lithium (LTM)
-------------
AUS> Primus (John Sargeant, swap, mid94).
???> Druid (05/93), Fade (editor, 05/93), Strobe (05/93).

  1993 - Witty, Strobe and Druid all left the group in may to reform their
old group Oxygen. Unfortunately this only lasted a few days, after which
Strobe and Druid rejoined Lithium, and Witty moved on to WOW. Fade will take
over editing duties on Witty's mag "Epic".


Logic (1989-)
-------------
SWE> DNA (Leif Malmi, swap, 09-10/90).
???> Redstar (swe? gfx, 05/89-12/90).

Logic was a swedish group, likely formed early 1989.


Lords of Darkness (LOD)
-----------------------
POL> Morris (Pawel Pawlak, code, 01/93).

Morris coded the packer "DarkPacker v2.0" [01/93].


Lords of Sonics (LOS)
---------------------
???> Chris Hulsbeck (music), Markus Schneider (music), Oliver Windel (music,
     89).

Lords of Sonics were (probably) another music group. That name is a total
ripoff of the Maniacs of Noise name, BTW! But what sets them apart, after
all, is a single member: Chris Hulsbeck!!


Lore of Arts (LOA)
------------------


Lost Souls, The (TLS)
---------------------
???> Riddler (crack, 91).


Lotus (1989-)
-------------
Lotus was a cracking group, born in december of 1989, and featuring members
like Axiom (ex Beastie Boys) and Yeti Factories. Still in december, the
group recruited Rygar and TJ Lazer from X-Ray, and went into cooperation
with Crazy!
  1990 - DJ joined from Crazy around february.


Lower Level
-----------
  1992 - German graphician Donald joined from The Imperium Arts in july or
august.
  1993 - Diabolo left for Padua in may.


Lurid + Tricycle (L+T)
----------------------
Stubbscroll is aka Scroll/Megastyle.


Lynx
----
  1990 - Swedish swapper Onani joined Contrast around may.