Kind of a trippy picture, I thought, of a boar's skull stuck in a tree in my yard.
I chose this post next because like the previous one it was released in 1981 and it has a very similar cover. I've always prefered punk/hardcore over metal for various reasons, but in the early 80's I was definately into these guys. When I was in 9th grade my buddy Roy and I got dropped off by his mom to see them at the Hollywood Palladium, with Slayer and Exodus on the Combat Tour in 1984. Calling it a crazy show doesn't even begin to describe it. We stood on the edge the pit, which seemed like a safe place until this big hesher punched me in the back of the head. I turned around and before I could think I told him "what the fuck". He looked like he was going to really kick my ass at the point when this even bigger hesher got in his face and told him to back off. It turned out that the guy who saved me from getting my ass kicked was Armando Acosta, the drummer for St. Vitus
As usual, Wikipedia provides a pretty decent write up on the band here,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venom_%28band%29 . It's funny because I never thought of them as horrible musicians, but according to the article that was what some chose to focus on as far as their music. I always liked that the vocals were growled instead of screamed as was the case with so many NWOBHM bands. Check these two out.
EDIT: Sorry, links to tunes deleted for fear of the copyright police...they were damn good too. Go give your money to itunes or something...
Kind of a trippy picture, I thought, of a boar's skull stuck in a tree in my yard.
I chose this post next because like the previous one it was released in 1981 and it has a very similar cover. I've always prefered punk/hardcore over metal for various reasons, but in the early 80's I was definately into these guys. When I was in 9th grade my buddy Roy and I got dropped off by his mom to see them at the Hollywood Palladium, with Slayer and Exodus on the Combat Tour in 1984. Calling it a crazy show doesn't even begin to describe it. We stood on the edge the pit, which seemed like a safe place until this big hesher punched me in the back of the head. I turned around and before I could think I told him "what the fuck". He looked like he was going to really kick my ass at the point when this even bigger hesher got in his face and told him to back off. It turned out that the guy who saved me from getting my ass kicked was Armando Acosta, the drummer for St. Vitus
As usual, Wikipedia provides a pretty decent write up on the band here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venom_%28band%29 . It's funny because I never thought of them as horrible musicians, but according to the article that was what some chose to focus on as far as their music. I always liked that the vocals were growled instead of screamed as was the case with so many NWOBHM bands. Check these two out.
EDIT: Sorry, links to tunes deleted for fear of the copyright police...they were damn good too. Go give your money to itunes or something...
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