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front man Conrad "Cronos" Lant.

History

Conrad "Cronos" Lant's eponymous band formed after disappointing sales of Venom's '' Calm Before the Storm'' album led him to quit Venom. He took with him the two guitarists, Mike Hickey and James Clare, that Venom had hired to replace founding guitarist

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, upon his departure in 1986. The three ex-Venom members added drummer Chris Patterson to complete Cronos' initial line-up, releasing ''Dancing in the Fire'' in 1990, followed by 1991's ''Rock n' Roll Disease''. Clare and Patterson both left in the years following, with the latter briefly replaced by drummer Ian McCormack and later by ex-

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and

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drummer Mark Ramsey Wharton. A third album, ''Triumvirate'', was recorded but never released. Instead, the band released the confusingly-titled ''Venom'' in 1995, which collected songs from the first two records, material from ''Triumvirate'', as well as re-recorded Venom material performed by the current Cronos line-up. In 1995, the 'classic' Venom lineup reformed, cancelling the release of ''Triumvirate'' and sending Cronos (the group) into permanent hiatus. Hickey then embarked on a brief stint touring with the English

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band

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. Lant has been active with Venom ever since. Hickey also rejoined Venom in 2005, but departed again two years later. Cronos' 2006 ''Hell to the Unknown'' double-CD repackages the ''Venom'' album with further rarities, demos, and previously released material.

Members

* Conrad "Cronos" Lant – vocals, bass (1988–1996) *Mike Hickey – guitar, vocals (1988–1996) *James Clare – guitar, keyboards, vocals (1988–1993) *Chris Patterson – drums (1988–1992) *Ian McCormack – drums (1992–1993) *

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– drums (1993–1995)

Discography

*''Dancing in the Fire'' (1990) *''Rock n' Roll Disease'' (1993) *''Venom'' (1995) *''Hell to the Unknown'' (2006) – anthology release

References

External links

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