Charlock (guitar, back-up vocals) and Austin Reynolds (guitar) and naturally over time the project transformed from a solo project into a full band with each new member becoming strong musical additions. While their music can most certainly be described as Post-Punk, members pull their influence from all different genres of music — helping them to bring an eclectic sound that is both catchy and heavy.
When the band first formed, they had a tough time deciding on the name. Campbell had been reading about Ghandi’s “Seven Social Sins,” likened to the Bible, and found his mantra “Pleasure Without Conscience” very intriguing because of its ideas of indulging in things for only short-term gratification, regardless of how these actions may harm. They considered that as a band name, but thought it didn’t roll off the tongue in the way they’d like. After throwing a couple others around, Pleasure Venom was mentioned, and that was it. The five-piece is currently working on their first EP “Hunt,” which released in Februrary 2016.

The five-song EP includes heavy riffs, dance-y melodies and strong vocals. Each songs’ lyrics are written by Campbell about her emotions on love, sex, resentment and the absurdity of it all. Both her and Charlock (Phantom Fox, Prom Threat) bring very strong Riot Grrl personas to the stage, treating audiences to fierce femme-punk-rock thunder, which encapsulates their identity as a band.