With the money won from a Battle of the Bands contest in August 2000 they recorded their debut EP, Take Note, at a tiny single garage at B Sharp Studios in Boksburg with the help of a local producer, John Paul de Stefani.

It took almost another year of on-off recording again at B Sharp Studios to complete their full first full-length album, The Romantic Lure of Possum Worship.

'"[citation needed] After Possum Worship was released, Garth Barnes' younger brother, Brendan (more commonly known by his nickname of Bugsy), joined the band as a permanent drummer.

Dirty Sanchez and the Misfit Kidz was recorded in January 2003 with a much bigger budget at the world-class SABC Studios.

The release was themed around the idea of hanging onto one's youth as long as one can (much like Peter Pan and his Lost Boys Club), but still growing up despite what one might try and do to avoid it.

In January 2005, sheer determination and self-belief led Tweak to sell everything they owned and head for the United Kingdom.

We will also be taking this opportunity to update our Biography, Web site and Myspace pages to ensure that they more accurately depict who we are as a band today.

To everyone who ever attended a show, bought a CD or sent us an email, we appreciate it more than you could ever know and we ask for your continued support as we bid farewell to Tweak and say hello to: CRASHCARBURN

Front man Garth explains the name change:The more time we spent on the band, the more we realise that we have a rare opportunity to have a positive influence on people.

In 2005 Crashcarburn recorded their debut self titled EP at SABC Radio Park Studios which was released in the UK in early 2006.

Chris Brink and Dylan Belton were replaced by Etienne Janse van Rensburg and Ian Broekhuizen respectively.

Shortly after returning home, the band released their debut full-length album, This City Needs a Hero.

With their first single Serenade topping rock charts across the country, the band quickly found themselves opening for acts such as OK GO in February 2008 and Korn, Muse, Good Charlotte, Chris Cornell, Thirty Seconds to Mars and Kaiser Chiefs in March 2008.