Following a year on the London Circuit, the band made a demo that raised a bit of interest and they found themselves going to the South by Southwest festival 2004. However prior to their American outing they already had some festival experience under their belts.

"The Avalon stage at Glastonbury was our fourth ever gig which like completely blew our minds," says Georgia beaming a large smile. "It was phenomenal. We sent out a really rough demo, they loved the music and suddenly we're booked for Glastonbury. We were like 'hang on a minute we've just done three shows'. It was really good fun, that was part of the building buzz which led to South By Southwest."

"South by Southwest is like a David Lynch movie," describes JG. "One long street with bars on each side as you walk along. It sounds like it's a fantasy but it's actually true. If you're into music it's a wet dream. When we were there we were blown away, just by having the opportunity to play there. That was a marking point."

At their gig they found a fan in Steve Lamacq and also in Zane Lowe who played the 'Terrorist Youth' demo upon his return from the festival. Pete Voss, lead singer of Campag Velocet would later become a fan after Weapons supported them at a packed 'Kill All Hippies' gig back in London. JD enlightens me on how further interest led to them being signed.

"Off the back of the festival we met these geezers who were part of a New York independent label who wanted to put stuff out in England. So that's how we started working with them and everything kicked off the back of that."

Georgia explains the band's reaction to some of the responses they were getting. >>