ONSLAUGHT Allied Forces In Afghanistan

August 30, 2010

Supporters can often be found in the strangest of places but an e-mail to drummer Steve Grice of U.K. thrashers ONSLAUGHT this week wishing the band luck and enclosing the photograph below certainly rated amongst the more bizarre fan mail the band had ever received. From Lieutenant Huw Jones of 176 Abu Klea Battery based at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, the e-mail revealed that ONSLAUGHT's music has inspired more than just the odd iPod playlist amongst the U.K.'s serving forces!

Even with short online times and very limited connections available between the two, Grice was able to learn that Lieutenant Jones' company actually has five unit troops that are called Onslaughts. Grice comments, "Yes, it appears they've got five missile-based 'troops' (the artillery version of a platoon) which carry the call sign 'Onslaught'. This is Onslaught 82 with their GMLRS launchers outside Camp Bastion and apparently, with a range of 70km, they cover all different areas of Helmand Province with these bad boys!! Love the shirts, lads!!" Lieutenant Jones also revealed that the coincidence is further steeped in legend!! "I heard from one of the more senior soldiers actually that the name is no coincidence," Rice adds. "Nige Rockett [ONSLAUGHT guitarist] was apparently the 'inspiration' for using (read as 'stealing'!) the name. And quite frankly, we think it's just awesome!"

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