Weapon UK

WEAPON UK – “Burning Skies” – official single from the album „Rising From The Ashes“ - official release date on Vinyl: 28th of September 2018 by PURE STEEL RECORDS

“Set The Stage Alight” must be considered one of the biggest hymns of the entire New Wave Of British Heavy Metal period. Just ask a certain Lars Ulrich. (More of that a bit later). “Set The Stage Alight” originally appeared on the B-Side of Weapon’s debut 7”/12” single »It’s A Mad Mad World« (issued in 1980).

The original “classic” line-up of Weapon consisted of Bruce Bisland (drums), Jeff Summers (guitars), Barry Downes (bass) and Danny Hynes (vocals). The band was initially called Fast Relief but changed its name to Weapon in early 1980. 

People have for a long time been baffled by the astonishing similarities between “Set The Stage Alight” and Metallica’s “Hit The Lights”, especially regarding the main riff. Has the band ever talked to Lars or James about this? Danny Hynes explains: “Anyone who knows the history of Weapon will know that ‘Set The Stage Alight’ was written by Jeff in 1979, three to four years before ‘Hit The Lights’. Metallica actually lifted the whole intro and used it for their song ‘Hit The Lights’!” 

Due to management problems, the original incarnation of Weapon split up in mid-1981 before having recorded their long awaited debut album. Pure Steel’s »Set The Stage Alight« record compiled on glorious vinyl what would have been Weapon’s first full-length album. Danny Hynes explains: “We would have completed the four demos and put twelve songs on the album. All the finished tracks were recorded between July and August 1980 at The Manor Studios, Oxford (which was also the home of Richard Branson) and Townhouse Studios, Shepherds Bush, London. The demos were recorded at Alvic Studios in West Kensington, London.”

Weapon did briefly reform in 1984 and even recorded some demos with Andy Scott of Sweet. In 2014, their proper comeback album »Rising From The Ashes« was released. Danny Hynes comments on the exclusive vinyl edition put out Pure Steel Records: “»Rising From The Ashes« was a direct continuation of our early material but we've matured as people and musicians over the intervening years so have a much more modern sound. Overall the material its a bit more melodic, a bit more polished. We received incredible reviews by the press and fans. My personal favourites are ‘Ride The Mariah’, ‘Alemain’ and ‘Burning Skies’. I wrote the lyrics to ‘Burning Skies’ on the flight to London to record the album. I had the music on my phone and was thinking about the 9/11 disaster and the whole thing came to me in a matter of minutes.”

LINE-UP:
Danny Hynes – vocals
Jeff Summers – guitars, vocals
PJ Philips – bass, vocals
Ian Sweeting – drums

Special guests:
Roy Shipston (Alamein) – keyboards
Baz Downes (Killer Instinct) – bass, vocals
Bruce Bisland (Killer Instinct) – drums, vocals

www.weapon-uk.com/
www.facebook.com/Weapon.UK
www.twitter.com/hashtag/TheRealWeaponUK?src=hash
www.reverbnation.com/weaponuk

WEAPON UK @ PURE STEEL RECORDS http://www.puresteel-records.com/bands/view/453/Weapon_UK
“Rising From The Ashes” @ PURE STEEL RECORDS http://www.puresteel-records.com/releases/view/563/Rising_From_The_Ashes

WEAPON UK - "Rising From The Ashes" CD @ PURE STEEL SHOP https://www.puresteel-shop.com/WEAPON-UK-Rising-From-The-Ashes_1
WEAPON UK - "Rising From The Ashes" DL @ PURE STEEL SHOP https://www.puresteel-shop.com/WEAPON-UK-Rising-From-The-Ashes-DOWNLOAD_1

Rising from the Ashes

Burning Skies

WEAPON UK - Burning Skies (PURE STEEL RECORDS)

WEAPON UK – “Midnight Satisfaction" – official single from the album „Set The Stage Alight - The Anthology“ - official release date: 30th of November 2018 by PURE STEEL RECORDS

“Set The Stage Alight” must be considered one of the biggest hymns of the entire New Wave Of British Heavy Metal period. Just ask a certain Lars Ulrich. (More of that a bit later). “Set The Stage Alight” originally appeared on the B-Side of Weapon’s debut 7”/12” single »It’s A Mad Mad World« (issued in 1980).

The original “classic” line-up of Weapon consisted of Bruce Bisland (drums), Jeff Summers (guitars), Barry Downes (bass) and Danny Hynes (vocals). The band was initially called Fast Relief but changed its name to Weapon in early 1980.

“Set The Stage Alight” was originally also called “Fast Relief” (as well as the band itself) when written in 1979 by Jeff Summers. In addition to that, “Liar”, “It’s A Mad Mad World” and “One Night Stand” were three of the earliest songs the group had written together. The live set at the time consisted of around twelve original compositions (including later stage favourites such as “Midnight Satisfaction”, “Take That Bottle Away”, “Olivia”, “Killer Instinct”, “This Is The Song” and “Remote Control”).

People have for a long time been baffled by the astonishing similarities between “Set The Stage Alight” and Metallica’s “Hit The Lights”, especially regarding the main riff. Has the band ever talked to Lars or James about this? Danny Hynes explains: “Anyone who knows the history of Weapon will know that ‘Set The Stage Alight’ was written by Jeff in 1979, three to four years before ‘Hit The Lights’. Metallica actually lifted the whole intro and used it for their song ‘Hit The Lights’! We've never had the chance to talk to Lars or James about it but I've been informed that they used to open their set with ‘Set The Stage Alight’ in the very early years.” Lars later selected the “Set The Stage Alight” for his famous »NWOBHM ‘79 Revisited« compilation album.

Due to management problems, the original incarnation of Weapon split up in mid-1981 before having recorded their long awaited debut album. »Set The Stage Alight« now compiles on glorious vinyl what would have been Weapon’s first full-length record. Danny Hynes explains: “We would have completed the four demos and put twelve songs on the album. All the finished tracks were recorded between July and August 1980 at The Manor Studios, Oxford (which was also the home of Richard Branson) and Townhouse Studios, Shepherds Bush, London. The demos were recorded at Alvic Studios in West Kensington, London.”

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Danny Hynes – lead vocals 
Jeff Summers – vocals, guitars
Baz Downes – bass, vocals 
Bruce Bisland – drums

www.weapon-uk.com/ 
www.facebook.com/Weapon.UK www.twitter.com/hashtag/TheRealWeaponUK?src=hash www.reverbnation.com/weaponuk

WEAPON UK @ PURE STEEL RECORDS http://www.puresteel-records.com/bands/view/453/Weapon_UK 
“Set The Stage Alight – The Anthology” @ PURE STEEL RECORDS https://www.puresteel-records.com/releases/view/594/Set_The_Stage_Alight_The_Anthology

Set The Stage Alight - The Anthology

Midnight Satisfaction

WEAPON UK - Midnight Satisfaction (PURE STEEL RECORDS)

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WEAPON UK - Burning Skies (PURE STEEL RECORDS)

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