成人快手

Upbeat guitar band The Weapons formed in August 2006 with members Dave Cording, Dave McSherry, Stevie Allen and Luke West and Johnny Lewis.

All based in north London, the five-piece decided it would be a good idea to play their first gig north of the Thames, too ... how about Scotland?!

Travelling to Glasgow's BarFly for their debut gig was, say the band, one of their best moments to date, with much crowd-surfing, chanting and (we suspect) gnashing of teeth.

These days they tend to play a bit closer to home, but having started as they meant to go on,听they don't hold back with a London crowd either.

Fully armed: The Weapons unleashed

record holders

Taking influences from the Jam to the Cooper Temple Clause, The Weapons have even threatened to unleash their own version of James Brown's Get Up on an unsuspecting public.

Clattering guitar heroes of London, they've already earned their spot as Record of the Week holders in the Camden New Journal. Niice!

Check out the demo we featured on London Calling, What You Don't Know You Don't Miss, by hitting the band's MySpace link on the right hand column of this page.