Released on this day in 1984. Both the 7" and 12" included this song, Lady Lust. The 12" also has Seven Gates of Hell.
The single debuted at #3 in the Heavy Metal charts.
Listen below to Side 2 of the Nightmare cassette. It opens with a short clip of Mike Reid introducing the Warhead single on his Radio 1 show after being challenged by Tommy Vance on his programme.
Rush out and buy for your granny now, she's dying to get hold of a copy. It's at number 15 in our current rock and metal singles chart. That record is by Venom it is called Warhead. I'd give a £100 to the charity of his choice if Mike Reid would play that on the breakfast show. But I doubt that he will.
If some of you want to go and make a cup of tea...
If you continue listening, the tape has a track called True Venom Legions Answerphone Message. As you can hear, VENOM diehards leaving telephone messages!
A bunch of these are about the Birmingham Odeon and, if it is mid-1985, the World Possession (Part 2) Tour problems and cancellations. Most of the early dates were cancelled but the Brum Odeon did go ahead on 6 October.
Mark, on these messages, mentions VENOM being on ECT (Channel 4), here's what he was talking about: