[1][2] Arms Race was formed at end of 2012, by Nick Stab, Ola Herbich, Patrick Henderson and Oli McVean in an attempt to make music that merged the sounds of United Blood, Condemned 84 and The Partisans.
[3] On 1 October 2014, they released their debut EP Gotta Get Out, through Quality Control HQ and Painkiller Records.
[6][7] The same year, Henderson departed from the band, due to scheduling issues, and artist Nicky Rat from Belgium, took on his role.
[12] They played their final show at Damage is Done festival on 22 November 2019, with The Flex, Payday, Ekulu and Big Cheese.
[18][19] In an article for Stereogum, Tom Breihan described them as "what might’ve happened if Motörhead had decided that they wanted to be Youth Of Today".