**Tygers of Pan Tang**
Robb Weir is never a man to take what he has for granted. Having led the Tygers since their first album through a plethora of line-up changes, he recognises that the current band are probably the strongest since they were at the forefront of the NWOBHM. The original band, who made 4 albums for MCA records, survived the unexpected departure of Jess Cox to run Neat records and later John Sykes, who was bound for Thin Lizzy and a multi-million seller with Whitesnake. What they didn’t survive was their greatest commercial success with the album ‘The Cage’. However, Weir, ever the optimist, formed a new version of the band to play the old material and write songs that would represent this ‘new’ Tygers. The backbone of the band – Craig Ellis on drums together with Jack Meille on vocals have now been together for considerably longer than the first Tygers and were joined by Francesco Marras on guitar and Huw Holding on bass for their 2023 album ‘Bloodlines’. 2024 saw the release of both a new live album ‘Live Blood’ and reimagining of the album that put the Tygers back on the rock and roll rails - ‘Animal Instinct’. A new album is expected in 2026.
**Demon**
The original line-up was completed by former Hunter members Les Hunt (Lead guitar), Chris Ellis (bass), and John Wright (drums). The band were signed by Mike Stone's Clay records in 1980 and licensed to Carrere records to join their stable of metal bands. Their debut album, *Night of the Demon*, was released in 1981.
After their 1982 follow-up album, *The Unexpected Guest*, the band experimented beyond the NWOBHM sound and moved the band in a more melodic direction whilst still retaining the more traditional heavy metal black magic lyrical style.
In 1983, Demon took a change in direction. *The Plague* marked a swing towards a more progressive sound, adding the keyboards of session musician Andy Richards to the album's sound. Lyrically the band also changed direction, switching to a more overtly political style that was to characterise their albums for the rest of their career.
The following album, the Pink Floyd influenced *British Standard Approved* (1984), released on the small independent Clay label, was not a huge commercial success, and with the death of Mal Spooner later that year, it appeared that the band would soon fold. At this point, the band had recruited a permanent keyboard player and co-songwriter in Steven Watts.
Hill reunited the band with new members in 2001, and released a new album called *Spaced Out Monkey*. The band has since gone on to release a further three albums: *Better the Devil You Know* (2005), *Unbroken* (2012), and their latest release *Cemetery Junction*, which was released on 28 October 2016.
All of the band's post-reunion releases have received positive reviews from the press, leading the band to go on and play many festivals across Europe - including the Bang Your Head festival and Sweden Rock Festival - but rarely embark upon full tours. The band toured with Magnum singer Bob Catley in 2005, and in 2018 celebrated the 35th anniversary of *The Unexpected Guest* by touring the UK, playing all of the songs from the album, plus some other classics.
Wed Apr 29 2026
7:00 PM
£29.63
14+
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TYGERS OF PAN TANG x DEMON
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Tygers of Pan Tang
Metal
Tygers of Pan Tang
Robb Weir is never a man to take what he has for granted. Having led the Tygers since their first album through a plethora of line-up changes he recognises that the current band are probably the strongest since they were at the forefront of the NWOBHM. The original band, who made 4 albums for MCA records, survived the unexpected departure of Jess Cox to run Neat records and later John Sykes, who was bound for Thin Lizzy and a multi-million seller with Whitesnake. What they didn’t survive was their greatest commercial success with the album ‘The Cage’. However, Weir, ever the optimist, formed a new version of the band to play the old material and write songs that would represent this ‘new’ Tygers. The backbone of the band – Craig Ellis on drums together with Jack Meille on vocals have now been together for considerably longer than the first Tygers and were joined by Francesco Marras on guitar and Huw Holding on bass for their 2023 album ‘Bloodlines’. 2024 year saw the release of both a new live album ‘Live Blood’ and reimagining of the album that put the Tygers back on the rock and roll rails - ‘Animal Instinct’. 2025 promises to see no let up and a new album is expected as well as shows across the UK, Europe and South America.
Website
https://www.tygersofpantang.com/official/index.html
Social Mediahttps://www.instagram.com/tygers_of_pan_tang/
https://www.facebook.com/tygersofpantangofficial
https://twitter.com/tygersofpantang
Tygers booking
Ludy Wetzl - ludy@eternalrock-musicagency.com
Press
Fernando Reis ---- intpr@targetgroup.dk
Tygers management
Tom Noble - sparechaynge1@gmail.com
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Demon
Heavy Metal
£29.63 14+
**Tygers of Pan Tang**
Robb Weir is never a man to take what he has for granted. Having led the Tygers since their first album through a plethora of line-up changes, he recognises that the current band are probably the strongest since they were at the forefront of the NWOBHM. The original band, who made 4 albums for MCA records, survived the unexpected departure of Jess Cox to run Neat records and later John Sykes, who was bound for Thin Lizzy and a multi-million seller with Whitesnake. What they didn’t survive was their greatest commercial success with the album ‘The Cage’. However, Weir, ever the optimist, formed a new version of the band to play the old material and write songs that would represent this ‘new’ Tygers. The backbone of the band – Craig Ellis on drums together with Jack Meille on vocals have now been together for considerably longer than the first Tygers and were joined by Francesco Marras on guitar and Huw Holding on bass for their 2023 album ‘Bloodlines’. 2024 saw the release of both a new live album ‘Live Blood’ and reimagining of the album that put the Tygers back on the rock and roll rails - ‘Animal Instinct’. A new album is expected in 2026.
**Demon**
The original line-up was completed by former Hunter members Les Hunt (Lead guitar), Chris Ellis (bass), and John Wright (drums). The band were signed by Mike Stone's Clay records in 1980 and licensed to Carrere records to join their stable of metal bands. Their debut album, *Night of the Demon*, was released in 1981.
After their 1982 follow-up album, *The Unexpected Guest*, the band experimented beyond the NWOBHM sound and moved the band in a more melodic direction whilst still retaining the more traditional heavy metal black magic lyrical style.
In 1983, Demon took a change in direction. *The Plague* marked a swing towards a more progressive sound, adding the keyboards of session musician Andy Richards to the album's sound. Lyrically the band also changed direction, switching to a more overtly political style that was to characterise their albums for the rest of their career.
The following album, the Pink Floyd influenced *British Standard Approved* (1984), released on the small independent Clay label, was not a huge commercial success, and with the death of Mal Spooner later that year, it appeared that the band would soon fold. At this point, the band had recruited a permanent keyboard player and co-songwriter in Steven Watts.
Hill reunited the band with new members in 2001, and released a new album called *Spaced Out Monkey*. The band has since gone on to release a further three albums: *Better the Devil You Know* (2005), *Unbroken* (2012), and their latest release *Cemetery Junction*, which was released on 28 October 2016.
All of the band's post-reunion releases have received positive reviews from the press, leading the band to go on and play many festivals across Europe - including the Bang Your Head festival and Sweden Rock Festival - but rarely embark upon full tours. The band toured with Magnum singer Bob Catley in 2005, and in 2018 celebrated the 35th anniversary of *The Unexpected Guest* by touring the UK, playing all of the songs from the album, plus some other classics.
Robb Weir is never a man to take what he has for granted. Having led the Tygers since their first album through a plethora of line-up changes, he recognises that the current band are probably the strongest since they were at the forefront of the NWOBHM. The original band, who made 4 albums for MCA records, survived the unexpected departure of Jess Cox to run Neat records and later John Sykes, who was bound for Thin Lizzy and a multi-million seller with Whitesnake. What they didn’t survive was their greatest commercial success with the album ‘The Cage’. However, Weir, ever the optimist, formed a new version of the band to play the old material and write songs that would represent this ‘new’ Tygers. The backbone of the band – Craig Ellis on drums together with Jack Meille on vocals have now been together for considerably longer than the first Tygers and were joined by Francesco Marras on guitar and Huw Holding on bass for their 2023 album ‘Bloodlines’. 2024 saw the release of both a new live album ‘Live Blood’ and reimagining of the album that put the Tygers back on the rock and roll rails - ‘Animal Instinct’. A new album is expected in 2026.
**Demon**
The original line-up was completed by former Hunter members Les Hunt (Lead guitar), Chris Ellis (bass), and John Wright (drums). The band were signed by Mike Stone's Clay records in 1980 and licensed to Carrere records to join their stable of metal bands. Their debut album, *Night of the Demon*, was released in 1981.
After their 1982 follow-up album, *The Unexpected Guest*, the band experimented beyond the NWOBHM sound and moved the band in a more melodic direction whilst still retaining the more traditional heavy metal black magic lyrical style.
In 1983, Demon took a change in direction. *The Plague* marked a swing towards a more progressive sound, adding the keyboards of session musician Andy Richards to the album's sound. Lyrically the band also changed direction, switching to a more overtly political style that was to characterise their albums for the rest of their career.
The following album, the Pink Floyd influenced *British Standard Approved* (1984), released on the small independent Clay label, was not a huge commercial success, and with the death of Mal Spooner later that year, it appeared that the band would soon fold. At this point, the band had recruited a permanent keyboard player and co-songwriter in Steven Watts.
Hill reunited the band with new members in 2001, and released a new album called *Spaced Out Monkey*. The band has since gone on to release a further three albums: *Better the Devil You Know* (2005), *Unbroken* (2012), and their latest release *Cemetery Junction*, which was released on 28 October 2016.
All of the band's post-reunion releases have received positive reviews from the press, leading the band to go on and play many festivals across Europe - including the Bang Your Head festival and Sweden Rock Festival - but rarely embark upon full tours. The band toured with Magnum singer Bob Catley in 2005, and in 2018 celebrated the 35th anniversary of *The Unexpected Guest* by touring the UK, playing all of the songs from the album, plus some other classics.
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