"THIS WAS VENOM'S FIRST TIME PLAYING IN THE UNITED STATES AND WHAT A LEGENDARY SHOW..."
PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on live shots, plus a concert poster design, of English first wave black metal/speed/thrash metal band, VENOM, performing live at The Paramount Theater in Staten Island, New York, USA, on April 22 & 24, 1983. 📸: Unknown/ undisclosed.
OVERVIEW: "This was VENOM's first time playing in the United States and what a legendary VENOM show this is. Venom played two nights at the Paramount Theater in Staten Island with METALLICA (whom nobody knew who they were at the time) opening both shows. The first show on the 22nd was plagued with power problems. The show gets off to a bad start with Cronos's microphone getting caught in the stage curtain and lifted up with the curtain. To say that VENOM used pyrotechnics would be an understatement.... it was more like dynamite!! The sound of the explosion during the start of "Witching Hour," it sounds like a bomb going off. It is during this show that VENOM blew a four foot hole in the stage with the pyro and the fire marshall cut the show after their regular set eliminating the encores."
-- HEAVY METAL RARITIES (blogspot)
Sources: https://oldbridgemilitia.org/gallery.html, https://heavymetalrarities.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=145&t=60156&sid=75beef7f3aca5e7e0d0d2b486893b381, Facebook, various, etc...