Claim: Mick Turner formed Venom P. Stinger in 1985 with Australian born Jim White on drums, and their debut album was called Meet My Friend Venom.
Evidence: Venom P. Stinger were formed in Melbourne in 1985 by Dugald Mackenzie on lead vocals (ex-Sick Things, Brainshack), Alan Secher-Jensen on bass guitar (ex-Brainshack, Beachnuts), Mick Turner on guitar (ex-Sick Things, Fungus Brains, Moodists), and Jim White on drums (ex-People with Chairs Up Their Noses, Feral Dinosaurs). Venom P. Stinger's debut album, Meet My Friend Venom, appeared in January 1987 via No Master's Voice.