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Although nowhere near as influential as a Raven, Venom, or even a Jaguar, London, England’s Weapon are one of those New Wave of British Heavy Metal bands one occasionally hears mentioned (not very accurately, they only had a few breakneck songs) as having helped to inspire the subsequent emergence of speed and thrash metal. Formed in 1979, initially using the unhappy moniker of Fast Relief, Weapon members Danny Hynes (vocals), Jeff Summers (guitar), Barry Downes (bass), and Bruce Bisland (drums) needed only a few local club gigs to finance their own debut single, “It’s a Mad Mad World,” whi...
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