Tygers of Pan Tang - 'Back For Good' (official music video)

Working up a sweat every day every night
A never ending fight
Things I can't forget going outta my mind
Feels like I'm living a bad bad dream

Oh No! I can't help it
Ya keep digging getting further from home
Oh No! I can't help it
I'm gonna get back where I belong

I'm going back back for good

Walking in the dark heading for the light
With no end in sight
Caged underground no perception of time
What must I do to survive

Oh No! - I can't help it
Ya keep digging getting further from home
Oh No! – I can't help it
I'm gonna get back where I belong

I'm going back back for good

Yeah theres always somewhere
Somewhere I'd rather be
Feel the sun on my skin in my hair in my heart
I'll always be free

Working up a sweat every day every night
A never ending fight
Things I can't forget going outta my mind
Feels like I'm living a bad bad dream

I'm going back back for good

Full length album νούμερο δεκατρία για τους Tygers of Pan Tang. "Bloodlines" ο τίτλος και αναμένεται να κυκλοφορήσει στις αρχές του τελευταίου ανοιξιάτικου μήνα. Η θρυλική Βρετανική μπάντα υπάρχει στο heavy metal μουσικό σύμπαν από τα τελειώματα της δεκαετίας του εβδομήντα, ενώ από την "παλαιά φρουρά" έχει απομείνει ο κιθαρίστας (και εκ των ιδρυτών) Robb Weir...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Robb Weir is never a man to take what he has for granted. Having led Tygers of Pan Tang since their first album through a number of line-up changes, he recognises that the current Tygers are probably the strongest since they were at the forefront of the NWOBHM.

The original band, who made four 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 both 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 recently joined by Francesco Marras on guitar, and Huw Holding on bass.

Francesco arrived via solo and session work that has made him a go-to guitarist, and Huw has history of working with NWOBHM bands such as Blitzkrieg, Avenger and Holosade. Recording an EP (“A New Heartbeat”) to celebrate their re-signing with Mighty Music, the Tygers demonstrated just how potent the new lineup was becoming.

Re-recording two songs from their first album to complement the two new songs on the EP gave listeners the chance to evaluate Francesco Marras’ contribution, and the reaction was entirely positive. Following this with a tour that took in six countries across Europe both Francesco and Huw have been amazed at the reaction to the new line-up.

Fans old and new have turned up to lend their support to the continuing story of the Tygers. Now the band are all set for the release of their new album, “Bloodlines”. Recorded entirely by the musicians who comprise the current line-up, it is a tour de force of what made the NWOBHM such a potent force in music.

The songs, all self-penned, successfully demonstrate just how well the core of Weir, Meille and Ellis have blended with the new boys. New Danish producer Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Moonspell, Sick Of It All) has brought a contemporary edge to the traditional Tygers sound and immediately bonded with the band, recognising just what it was they were looking for.

Still metal at its core, the melodic vocals and exemplary guitar solos ensure that the songs are worthy rivals to the very best of their back catalogue. The last word comes from Robb Weir, whose dream created the Tygers all those years ago.

“I feel as confident with our new lineup as I did all those years ago when “Wildcat” appeared on the shelves and it was given a unanimous thumbs up. Our recent live shows have demonstrated a harmony within the band and, coupled with the quality of “Bloodlines”, the potential to create music and perform live shows for some considerable time to come.»

Band: Tygers of Pan Tang
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Location: Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England
Formed in: 1978
Genre: NWOBHM
Lyrical themes: Life, Partying, Love, Metal
Years active: 1978-1984, 1985-1987, 1999-present

Video: "Back For Good"
Music: Weir, Marras
Lyrics: Meille
Videography: Steven Christie
Video Edited by: Craig Ellis

Album: "Bloodlines"
Type: Full length
Release date: May 5th, 2023
Label: Mighty Music
Format: CD, 12" vinyl, Digital

Track listing:
01. Edge Of The World
02. In My Blood
03. Fire On The Horizon
04. Light Of Hope
05. Back For Good
06. Taste Of Love
07. Kiss The Sky
08. Believe
09. A New Heartbeat
10. Making All The Rules

Band members:
Robb Weir - Guitars
Craig Ellis - Drums
Jacopo Meille - Vocals
Francesco Marras - Guitars
Huw Holding - Bass

Miscellaneous staff:
Tue Madsen - Mixing, Mastering