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Weapons of Mass Destruction are creating a sensation around Dublin and beyond with their unique brand of sindustrial® adult contemporary. They are truly a supergroup: The lead guitarist and drummer from Papercop, and the contact mic scratcher from Murmansk: What could possibly go wrong? So far; nothing. After just one poorly-attended gig and a s/t Deserted Village cdr, the word was on the street; producers were clamouring for tracks to remix and journo-types are still ramming rocks of base coke up their arses to fuel the most gushing torrent of praise since the third Cactus World News album.
The first Weapons album is a recording of their first gig, raw as fuck in front of a tiny but rabid crowd in Lazybird. It was the weekend of Shitnness so musicians and audiences were scarce. WOMD was cobbled together at the last minute just to fill a slot but ended up exceeding everyone's expectations. Before they'd even recovered their hearing The trio decided that a new band had been formed and a terrible beauty was born....
WMD went on to play the 2003 Dublin Fringe Festival. In 2004 they expanded into the WMD Arkestra to headline the Mor Festival with the legendary Damo Suzuki. The most recent WMD release is “No Retreat, No Surrender” a three inch on Dublin’s Slo Loris Label.