Trivia / Venom (Band)

• Genre Popularizer: They were highly influential to the Black Metal scene, along with Bathory. Welcome to Hell is also a candidate for the first Thrash Metal album.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: The three albums made with Tony "Demolition Man" Dolan (Prime Evil, Temples of Ice and The Waste Lands) have long since gone out print and have not been re-released.
• The Pete Best: Clive Archer, their original vocalist who went under the name Jesus Christ. He performed on their first demo Demon.
• Reclusive Artist: The aforementioned Clive Archer. It's not known what became of him after he left the band.