A.R.E. Weapons is a NYC trio consisting of Matthew McAuley, Brain F McPeck and manager/musician Paul Sevigny. The Weapons have been making tracks and playing incendiary live shows in and around the downtown NYC slum set.

Throwing parties/showz that draw crazers of all sorts (drug addicts, gallery owners, actress people, model things, fashion dorks, music nerds, criminals, and ultimately the police), the Weapons have inevitably earned a reputation for being wild and bold with the balls to back it up. Not content neither with retro-retard rock nor electro-amateurism, the Weapons have created a sound high on energy, long on musicality, and rife with pissed off, but ultimately positive, messages.

A self-produced and self-released demo quickly moved off the shelves in New York 2000, eventually ending up in the Rough Trade UK office via that Pulp dude. Offers to release said demo were refused, but an agreement was reached to release a pair of singles and put the Weapons in the studio with producer Marc Waterman of Elastica fame.

On the strength and positive reaction of the debut "Street Gang" single, the Weapons toured UK and Europe before entering the studio in 2002. With the upcoming and eagerly anticipated full-length debut, the Weapons have achieved a tough, new, aggressive sound and message. And are as ready as ever to bring their determined, honed attack to the masses.

Don’t be scared.

Sincerely,
Brain