JEFF "MANTAS" DUNN FEELS ABSOLUTELY PROUD ABOUT KICKSTARTING EXTREME/BLACK METAL.
PIC INFO: Spotlight on 2/3 of English first wave black metal/proto-thrash/extreme metal band, VENOM, during the band's "Black Metal" era, c. 1983. Photo credit & location unknown.
MANTAS: "You know, every forest fire needs a spark. And I think we were the spark… we were the crowbar that knocked the doors down and said, "It's okay to do this." And am I proud of it? Absolutely. Without us… Well, without us having an album called "Black Metal," without us saying, "We are black metal," without having a song called "Black Metal," none of it would have… All these genres wouldn't have happened."
-- JEFF "MANTAS" DUNN, to "Blabbermouth," published c. August, 2015 A.D.
Sources: www.blabbermouth.net/news/mantas-regrets-giving-cronos-the-okay-to-continue-venom-without-him, Facebook, various, etc...
