NWOBHM legends Venom Inc have had a bit of bad luck recently. While touring the US for the “It’s Better To Reign In Hell Part II” tour, Venom Inc, after leaving a massively successful Atlanta performance, was involved in an accident. Luckily, there were no major injuries aside from being a little beat up but that night, after the wreck, the band pushed forward, made it to Tampa, got checked out, and then slammed into Tampa for another stellar performance. This is a prime example of ‘the show must go on” mentality and as all fans of the band know, Venom Inc is not a band to let their fans down regardless of the obstacles they may face.
A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to help Venom Inc out with some of the expenses that, unfortunately, come with being in a wreck on the road.
A Message from Venom Inc:
After a fantastic show and night in Atlanta, Georgia we headed off to drive overnight to Tampa, Florida. Two of us asleep while two of us shared the drive. After switching over drivers, Tony took the wheel with 2 hours to go. Pulling out to overtake a mac truck, his trailer wandered onto the lane lines at the exact moment we were passing and his rear corner hit our driver side corner at 70mph. Tony managed to keep us upright and got us to the hard shoulder and a safe stop! A couple of head abrasions and some minor bumps later (luckily) we had bent the shell enough so the tire was free and then with no accelerator pedal, Jeramie managed to drive us into Tampa and we played our show.
The costs of losing shows, paying the liability on insurance before repairing and re-renting in order to complete the tour + the loss of merch sales amounts to more than we can make as touring costs have soared. We don’t want free money, we are just asking our community for some help.
We are grateful for any and all support received and wanted to thank everyone who has reached out to make sure we’re ok.
If you feel so inclined, head over there and help the fellas by heading over to the
VENOM INC GOFUNDME PAGE. Every little bit helps!
About The Author
I have been running this blog since 2009. AKA as the Great Southern Brainfart, Southeast of Heaven is my baby now and forever. I’ve had my ups and downs with bands over the years but they are all great experiences and memories. My Swedish friend Charlie said once, “Don is known for being one of the meanest bastards in American rock journalism.” It’s nice to be loved.
I also once took a shit in Anthrax’s dressing room toilet and didn’t flush.
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