


The crew that led Razor into this new chapter included members such as TSR, Pharaoh, Fatal Error, GRIZZLY, Suspicious Image, Third Son, Hot Tuna, Beowulf, Pitbull, Bunter, Manhunter, Niteman, Vitas, Mausioso and The Punisher. In 1995 diskette releases were rapidly being supplanted by CD-ROMs, and Razor 1911 moved into the CD-ripping scene. Razor 1911 was still active as a software cracking group. In 1993 a new demogroup calling itself Razor 1911 formed, in which Colorbird was the only original member of Razor 1911. Razor 1911 took a break from the demoscene in 1992. Razor had a handful of others throughout the 1990s, such as Zodact, ROMKernel, The Renegade Chemist (TRC), The WiTcH KiNG, Butcher, SwiTch, Marauder, and Randall Flagg. Razor was revitalised by new members gained from another group, Nexus, who brought with them some UK suppliers and the leaders The Speed Racer (TSR), Hot Tuna and The Gecko.

(TRSi), International Network of Crackers (INC) and Fairlight (FLT) in 1994 to Prestige, Hybrid (HBD), and others in 1995.

Throughout the 1990s Razor faced competition from many different groups, ranging from groups such as Tristar & Red Sector inc. Razor was a supply group on diskette from 1992 until diskettes were abandoned for CD-ROMs. In the very early 1990s Razor 1911 made another transition, this time to the IBM PC, foremost as a cracking group, but still continuing to release cracktro loaders, demos and music. Shortly after, they changed from 2992 to 1911 which translates to 777 inīetween 19 the group began to move away from the Commodore 64 and migrated to a new hardware platform, coding demos and cracking games for the Amiga. The group was founded as Razor 2992 by Doctor No, Insane TTM and Sector9 in Norway in October 1985 as a Commodore 64 software cracking group. Razor 1911 ran the diskmag 'Propaganda' until 1995. According to the US Justice Department, Razor 1911 is the oldest software cracking group that is still active on the internet. It was the first ever such group to be initially founded exclusively as a demogroup, before moving into warez in 1987. Razor 1911 ( RZR) is a warez and demogroup founded in Norway, 1986. Currently down, latest archived snapshot available here
