Tygers of Pan Tang

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Tygers of Pan Tang
Tygers of Pan Tang in Vorselaar
Tygers of Pan Tang in Vorselaar
General information
Genre (s) New Wave of British Heavy Metal
founding 1978
Website www.tygersofpantang.com
Founding members
Jess Cox (until 1980, 1999)
Robb Weir (until 1983, since 1999)
Richard Laws (= Rocky) (until 1982)
Brian Dick (until 1987)
Current occupation
guitar
 Robb Weir (until 1983, since 1999)
singing
 Jacopo Meille (since 2004)
guitar
 Micky Crystal (since 2013)
Drums
 Craig Ellis (since 2001)
bass
 Gavin Gray (since 2011)
former members
guitar
 John Sykes (1980-1982)
singing
 Jon Deverill (1981-1982, 1985-1987)
Guitar, keyboard
Fred Purser (1982)
guitar
 Steve Lamb (1983-1987)
singing
 Tony Liddle (1983-1984, 2001)
bass
 Tony Curry (1983-1984)
guitar
 Neil Shepherd (1985)
bass
 David Donaldson (1985)
singing
 Richie Wicks (2001-2004)
bass
 Brian West (2001-2011)
guitar
 Dean Robertson (2001-2013)
Guest musician
Bass, keyboard
 Steve Thompson (1985-1987)
guitar
 Glen S. Howes (1999)
bass
 Gavin Gray (1999)
Drums
 Chris Percy (1999)

Tygers of Pan Tang is a British heavy metal band. The name of the band comes from the novel Stormbringer by Michael Moorcock .

The band combines the heavy metal of previous bands like Black Sabbath and Deep Purple with punk rock . This new style became generally known as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWoBHM), among which bands such as B. Diamond Head , Iron Maiden , Saxon and the early Def Leppard can be counted.

history

The band was formed in 1978 by Jess Cox (vocals), Robb Weir (guitar), Richard Laws aka Rocky (bass) and Brian Dick (drums) in Whitley Bay in North East England . Her first album Wild Cat was released in 1980 and rose to number 18 on the UK album charts . After the album was released, John Sykes was hired as the second guitarist in 1980. Jon Deverill replaced Cox in 1981, who left the band after musical differences. With this line-up, the second album Spellbound , which reached number 33, and the third album Crazy Nights (number 51) were released in the same year .

Sykes left the band in 1982 and replaced Snowy White with Thin Lizzy ; he was in turn replaced by Fred Purser. In the same year the band released their best-selling album The Cage , with which they reached number 13 in the charts and which contained the hit Love Potion # 9 (number 45 in the singles charts), which was still recorded with Sykes . With this album, the band used external songwriters for the first time. However, the group had strayed from their original style with the very commercial album and officially broke up in late 1983 due to management and label problems. A best-of album was released the following year.

From 1983 to 1984 Robb Weir and Brian Dick performed sporadically under the name Tygers of Pan Tang along with Tony Liddle (vocals), Tony Curry (bass) and Steve Lamb (guitar).

In 1985 Deverill and Dick formed a new edition of the Tygers of Pan Tang with guitarists Steve Lamb and Neil Shepherd and Dave Donaldson on bass with the participation of mainstream producer Steve Thompson, but they split again in 1987 after two unsuccessful albums. In the meantime, Weir and Cox tried in 1986 together with bassist Brian Emerson under the name Tyger Tyger to revive the old band. However, the project was short-lived. Only the title Small Town Flirt has been published as the only song of this project (on the album First Kill ).

After the group had not heard any signs of life for years after 1987, founding member Jess Cox received an offer in 1999 for the Tygers to perform at Wacken Open Air . Since Dick and Laws were not available, Cox and Weir were the remaining founding members of three musicians of the British heavy metal group Blitzkrieg - u. a. later band member Gavin Gray - assisted in the open air performance and the warm-up gigs . In addition to their earlier hit Love Potion # 9, the program for the Wacken Open Air only included songs from the band's founding line-up.

After Robb Weir came up with the idea of ​​reviving the Tygers, he implemented the idea in 2001. In addition to Robb Weir, the group included singer Tony Liddle (previously bassist and singer with Angel Witch ), bassist Brian West, drummer Craig Ellis and guitarist Dean Robertson. In the same year singer Liddle was replaced by Richie Weeks after only one album and two appearances. After further line-up changes, the band is still active with the singer Jacopo Meille, who joined them in 2004, and the new bassist Gavin Gray and the new guitarist Micky Crystal.

Over time, various albums with previously unreleased recordings by the original band were released.

The band made a few appearances in Germany in 2014. Some appearances in Germany are also planned for 2017.

Discography

Albums

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Wild cat
  UK 18th 08/30/1980 (5 weeks)
Spellbound
  UK 33 04/18/1981 (4 weeks)
Crazy Nights
  UK 51 11/21/1981 (3 weeks)
The cage
  UK 13 08/28/1982 (8 weeks)
Singles
Hellbound
  UK 48 02/14/1981 (3 weeks)
Love Potion Number 9
  UK 45 03/27/1982 (6 weeks)
date
  UK 49 07/10/1982 (4 weeks)
Paris by Air
  UK 63 09/11/1982 (2 weeks)
  • 1980: Wild Cat ( MCA Records )
  • 1981: Spellbound (MCA Records)
  • 1981: Crazy Nights (MCA Records)
  • 1982: The Cage (MCA Records)
  • 1985: The Wreck-Age ( Music for Nations )
  • 1987: Burning in the Shade (Zebra Records)
  • 2001: Mystical (Z Records)
  • 2003: Noises from the Cathouse (Communiqué Records)
  • 2008: Animal Instinct (Livewire)
  • 2009: Animal Instinct x 2 (Angel Air Records)
  • 2012: Ambush (Night Of The Vinyl Dead Records)
  • 2016: Tygers of Pan Tang (Target Group Aps ( Soulfood ))
  • 2019: Ritual (Target)

live

  • 1981: BBC in Concert
  • 2001: Live at Wacken
  • 2001: Live at Nottingham Rock City
  • 2003: Live in the Roar
  • 2005: Leg of the Boot: Live in Holland

EP

  • 2007: Back And Beyond
  • 2010: The Wildcat Sessions
  • 2011: The Spellbound Sessions
  • 2014: The Crazy Nights Sessions

Video albums

  • 2003: Visions from The Cathouse
  • 2003: Live
  • 2009: Live at Berlin Studios

Web links

Commons : Tygers of Pan Tang  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interview with Robb Weir . Metal trails. Retrieved June 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK