THE 7 GATES OF HELL-WHO IS VENOM
Who Is Venom?
Well,here's a tough question:Who Is Venom??
When they were formed in late 70's they were a 5 member group called
Oberon However Mantas asked Cronos,
who was the guitarist that time to sing "Live Like An Angel,Die Like A Devil",that he just
wrote.Cronos did sang the song and everyone loved it.At the same time Abaddon had arranged
for the band to play to a club.There was no bass player however so Cronos decided to learn
how to play bass,since he thought it wasn't that difficult.That was it,the blackest,darkest
,scariest band on the planet was born.When others were singing "Wheels Of Steel",Venom
released Welcome To Hell and spread chaos.From then
on the story goes on and on,scarier and scarier...
Cronos
Conrad Lant
Vocals/Bass
|
Mantas
Jeff Dunn
Guitar
|
Abaddon
Tony Bray
Drums/Percussion
|
These three made Venom,the heaviest band at that time.
They wanted to combine Motorhead's heavy style(it turned out to be heavier...) and Kiss' image.
Well,they achieved what they wanted without tons of make-up or media attracting acts:just with music
and attitude.Even their enemies admit that Venom played everything with their soul
and were a band that was close to the fans and not 200 feet above
them,like some others.
Previous Venom members
| Name |
Nickname |
Instrument |
Year |
| Tony Dolan |
Destruction Man |
Vocals/Bass |
1989-1996 |
| Steve White |
War Maniac |
Guitar |
1991-1992 |
| V.X.S. |
- |
Keyboards |
1991-1992 |
| Al Barnes |
- |
Rhythm Guitar |
1989-1991 |
| Mike Hickey |
- |
Guitar |
1987 |
| Jimmy Clare |
- |
Guitar |
1987 |
Someone can see how influental Venom were just by looking at
today's black metal scene:the whole "system" in black metal today is
a copy of Venom:the members of the groups all have nicknames,the band
and song names are taken directly or indirectly from Venom and more...
I can list thousands of bands that were influenced by Venom.Most
of these bands are considered the best in the metal scene now.Some others however don't admit that,probably because they're not brave
enough to admit that they were not pioneers and didn't dare to do something new or even didn't know how to do it and instead copied the pioneers and creators of Black Metal and tried to gain glory and riches from this.You all know who i'm talking about...
