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Refimprove|date=February 2009Infobox musical artist | name = Tygers of Pan Tang| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Whitley Bay , England | genre = Heavy metal music|Heavy metal , hard rock | years_active = 19781987, 1999-present| label = Neat Records|Neat , MCA Records|MCA , Music for Nations , Zebra Records|Zebra , Spectrum, Spitfire Records|Spitfire , Z, Angel Air Records|Angel Air , Communiquι, Hallmark Records|Hallmark , Castle Communications|Castle , Livewire| associated_acts = Persian Risk , Lionheart (band)|Lionheart , Blue Murder (band)|Blue Murder , Thin Lizzy , Whitesnake , Shadowkeep | website = http://www.tygersofpantang.com/ Official website| current_members = Robb Weir Dean Robertson Brian West Craig Ellis Jacopo Meille| past_members = #Past members|Past members Tygers of Pan Tang are a Heavy metal music|heavy metal band, formed in 1978 and originating from Whitley Bay , England . They are a notable band of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. The band is named after the pets of the Wizards of Pan Tang - an elite group of chaos-worshipping warriors from Michael Moorcock 's Elric of Melnibonι stories.
Biography
Early days, 1978-1983
The band was originally formed by Jess Cox (vocals), Robb Weir (guitar), Richard "Rocky" Laws (bass), and Brian Dick (drums). They played in working men's clubscite book|last=Christe|first=Ian|title=Sound of the beast: the complete headbanging history of heavy metal|year=2004|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-380-81127-4|page=49|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=eWRv3E59V0YC& pg=PT49 and were first signed by local independent label Neat Records before Music Corporation of America|MCA gave them a major record deal. After several singles, they released their first album, Wild Cat (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|Wild Cat , in 1980. The album reached No. 18 in the UK Album Chart in the first week of its release.
Subsequently John Sykes (formerly of Streetfighter (band)|Streetfighter , later in Badlands (UK band)|Badlands , Thin Lizzy , Whitesnake , and Blue Murder (band)|Blue Murder ) was added as second guitarist. Jess Cox had a falling out with the others and quit, to be replaced by Persian Risk vocalist Jon Deverill. This lineup released Spellbound (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|Spellbound in 1981.
Sykes quit after the release of the third album, Crazy Nights (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|Crazy Nights , to audition for Ozzy Osbourne 's band. He was replaced by ex- Penetration (band)|Penetration guitarist Fred Purser who had to learn the set in two days before touring.
Tygers of Pan Tang's fourth album, The Cage (album)|The Cage , was released in 1982. The band then had a disagreement with MCA, who were not prepared to promote them unless they agreed to play more cover recordings (following the band's hit with " Love Potion No. 9 (song)|Love Potion No. 9 "). They subsequently tried to break free from their contract, but MCA's demands exceeded the willingness of any other record company to pay to free the band, and the band broke up in frustration.
John Sykes later achieved success with Thin Lizzy and then Whitesnake , and as a guitarist in Japan.
Reformation, 1985-1987
In 1985, Jon Deverill and Brian Dick reformed the band with Steve Lamb (formerly of Sergeant) on guitar, Neil Sheppard on guitar, and ex-Warrior, ex-Satan member Clin Irwin on bass. Dave Donaldson later replaced Clin Irwin. Meanwhile, Robb Weir and Jess Cox formed the spin-off band Tyger-Tyger.
The reformed Tygers of Pan Tang released The Wreck-Age in summer 1985 through Music for Nations , and Burning in the Shade in 1987, through Zebra Records . Burning in the Shade received poor reviews and they disbanded again.
Various compilations and live albums were produced by the band's two first labels, Neat Records and MCA.
Latter days, 1999-present
During the 1998 Wacken Open Air festival, Jess Cox joined on stage with Blitzkrieg (band)|Blitzkrieg , playing three old Tygers songs. The audience's response was very positive, and a year later, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Tygers of Pan Tang and the 10th Wacken Open Air, the band was invited to play on the main stage. Brian Dick and Rocky were unable to join the band, but the Tygers (now Jess Cox and Robb Weir, backed up by Blitzkrieg guitarist Glenn S Howes, bassist Gavin Gray, and drummer Chris Percy) did perform. Recordings of their performance resulted in the Live at Wacken album.
In 2001, Robb Weir reformed the band as the only original member. The other musicians were Tony Lidell (vocals), Dean Robertson (lead guitar), Brian West (bass), and Craig Ellis (drums). They released Mystical through Z-Records. They toured in several festivals, but eventually were dropped by Z-Records in 2002, due to poor record sales.
The band went on to produce the split album The Second Wave: 25 Years of NWOBHM with Girlschool and Oliver/Dawson Saxon on Communique Records, and in 2004 released Noises in the Cathouse with new singer Richie Wicks.
Later that year, Richie Wicks left and was replaced by Italian vocalist Jacopo Meille. Wicks later joined Shadowkeep , appearing on their 2008 album The Hourglass Effect , before leaving in 2009. As of 2010, he was the vocalist in Heavenly Hell, a Ronnie James Dio|Dio -era Black Sabbath tribute band. http://www.myspace.com/voiceoflucifer Richie Wicks at Myspace
Jon Deverill went on to work as an actor under the name of John Deville, and as of October 2007 was performing in 'The Sound Of Music' at the London Palladium with Television star Connie Fisher .cite web |title=Jon De Ville - Franz |work=The Official Sound of Music London Web Site |publisher=The Really Useful Group Ltd. |url= http://www.soundofmusiclondon.com/cast/jondeville.php
In October 2007, the band issued a limited edition five track Extended play|EP titled Back and Beyond , which featured reworkings of three Tygers songs from the early 1980s, along with two new tracks taken from their forthcoming album. Animal Instinct (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|Animal Instinct was released on 19 May 2008, the first with vocalist Jacopo Meille.
On July 15, 2011 it was announced that Tygers Of Pan Tang have signed an agreement with Rocksector Records for the worldwide release of their next studio album, with a current working title of "Ambush", provisionally planned for February/March 2012.
Wild Cat (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|Wild Cat - 1980 - #18 UK
Live at Nottingham Rock City - Live, 1981
Spellbound (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|Spellbound - 1981 - #33 UK
Crazy Nights (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|Crazy Nights - 1981 - #51 UK
The Cage (album)|The Cage - 1982 - #13 UK
The Wreck-Age - 1985
First Kill (Re-release of early demo recordings) - 1986
Burning in the Shade - 1987
On The Prowl: The Best Of (compilation) - 1999
Mystical - 2001
Live at Wacken - Live, 2001
Live in the Roar - Live, 2003
Noises From the Cathouse - 2004
Detonated (compilation) - 2005
Leg of the Boot: Live in Holland - Live, 2005
Big Game Hunting (The Rarities) - 2005
Animal Instinct (Tygers of Pan Tang album)|Animal Instinct - 2008
EPs
Back And Beyond (limited edition of 3,000) - 2007cite web|url= http://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Tygers_of_Pan_Tang/801 |title=Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives - Tygers of Pan Tang |publisher=The Metal Archives |date=2002-07-23 |accessdate=2012-04-27
The Wildcat Sessions - 2010
The Spellbound Sessions (limited edition of 1,000) - 2011 http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm? newsid=64937 Tygers Of Pan Tang Reveals New EP Details
"Rock 'N' Roll Man" / "All Right on the Night" / "Wild Cats" - 1980
"Suzie Smiled" / "Tush" - 1980
"Euthanasia" / "Straight as a Die" - 1980
"Don't Stop By" / "Slave to Freedom" (live) / "Raised on Rock" (live) - 1981
"Hellbound" / "Don't Give a Damn" / "Don't Take Nothing" / "Bad Times" - 1981 - #48 UK Singles Chart|UK
"The Story So Far" / "Silver and Gold" / " All or Nothing (Small Faces song)|All or Nothing " - 1981
"Love Don't Stay" / "Paradise Drive" - 1981
"Do It Good" / "Slip Away" - 1982
"Making Tracks" / "What You Sayin'" - 1982
"Paris By Air" / Love's a Lie" - 1982 - #63 UK
"Rendezvous" / "Life of Crime" - 1982 - #49 UK
" Love Potion No. 9 (song)|Love Potion No. 9 " / The Stormlands" - 1982 - #45 UK
"Lonely at the Top" / "You Always See What You Want" - 1983
cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 572
References
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External links
http://www.angelfire.com/planet/pantang/ Absolutely full discography and Band Photos
http://www.musicmight.com/linkto/artist/{09FE13EE-63DA-4238-AA1E-25148F6 Biography at MusicMight
http://www.planetmosh.com/tygers-of-pan-tang-interviewed-at-hard-rock-hell-11211-2/ Audio Interview with the Tygers Of Pan Tang from Hard Rock Hell Festival 2011
http://www.komodorock.com/hard-rock-hell/hard-rock-hell-coverage/tygers-of-pan-tang:-audio-interview-from-hard-rock-hell-2008120810356/ Audio Interview with Robb Weir and Jack from Hard Rock Hell Festival 2008
Category:English heavy metal musical groups Category:English rock music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1978 Category:Musical quintets
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