Welcome to An Cruiscin Lan
An Cruiscin Lan has been a staple of the Cork music scene for over 20 years, hosting countless international bands, dj’s, tours and events, as well as providing a stage for new up & coming talent to showcase their abilities.
The venue itself is known for it’s warm and friendly atmosphere, good beer and great sound, and regularly holds events from Inferno, Reincarnation and Peakvision, as well as the annual Cork Winterfest Metal Festival and regular Slovak Parties.
An Cruiscin Lan prides itself on actively working with the Cork music scene.
Tygers of Pan Tang - March 15th
The band was originally formed in 1978 by Robb Weir (guitar) who then recruited Brian Dick (drums), Rocky (real name Richard Laws, bass), and Jess Cox (vocals). Rapidly building a local following from relentless touring, they were first signed up by local independent label Neat Records who released the debut single Don’t Touch Me There before MCA gave them a major record deal. The Band released their debut album `Wild Cat` in 1980.
Robb Weir
Also in 1980 John Sykes (later of Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake) was added as a second guitarist to compliment the musical direction the band wanted to pursue. Jess Cox was replaced by Persian Risk vocalist Jon Deverill and this line up released the Classic LP `Spellbound` in 1981. The album was critically acclaimed and loved by the fans. Instead of promoting `Spellbound` to the full with worldwide touring the record company wanted the band to record a third album almost straight away which produced the under-rated Crazy Nights album. The frustration became apparent within the band and shortly after recording Crazy Nights and just before the start of a European tour John Sykes decided to leave. The band approached ex-Penetration guitarist Fred Purser who had to learn the set in two days before the tour began.
Robb Weir The bands fourth album `The Cage` (1982) was their most accomplished effort so far and the future looked promising. Unfortunately again the record company intervened and were not prepared to promote the band unless they agreed to play more cover recordings (this followed the band's worldwide hit with `Love Potion No. 9`). The band tried to break free from their contract to concentrate on their own material, but MCA's demands exceeded the willingness of any other record company to buy out the contract and the band broke up in frustration.
In 2001, Robb Weir decided to reform the band, despite being the only original member. Robb wanted to keep the Tygers name alive, play the music he loves and to play for the fans that he had remained close to. The new line up was Dean Robertson (lead guitar), Brian West (bass) and Craig Ellis (drums) who remain to this day and are by far the longest serving members in the bands history along with Robb. In 2004 fantastic unknown Italian vocalist Jacopo Meille was approached and joined the band, he also remains to this day.
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In 2007 to showcase some new material a promotional EP was produced. Although only intended for promotional purposes only, fan pressure ensured another 500 were printed to meet demand. The 5 track EP called `Back & Beyond` was very well received and the two new tracks `Bury the Hatchet` and `Live for the Day` were the perfect taster of what was to come in the future from the Tygers.
In 2008 the band released `Animal Instinct` and if the reviews were good for the `Back & Beyond` EP then for Animal Instinct they were spectacular. Geoff Barton from Classic Rock Magazine gave
the album a 8/10 with comment that he preferred the album to both Whitesnakes `Good to be Bad` and Def Leppards `Songs from the Sparkle Lounge`. The album received fantastic worldwide reviews in magazines and websites alike.
In 2009/10 the band continued to play live across Europe to promote `Animal Instinct` and found themselves in Holland, Italy, Greece, Poland, Norway, Germany, Spain and of course the UK. The reception from the fans and the reviews from the media & press of the performances were fantastic and showed that Rock fans across the world still have a special place in their hearts for the Tygers.
2010 was regarded as the 30th Anniversary of NWOBHM, this also saw the Tygers celebrate the 30th Anniversary of their debut release `Wildcat` and to commemorate this, the band re-recorded five tracks from the `Wildcat` album and called the release `The Wildcat Sessions` EP. The EP was again a fan favourite and also gave the new line up chance to modernise some of these classic songs. The Sessions series was such a success that the band agreed to continue recording this format to celebrate the early albums in between writing new material.
2011 is now drawing to a close and `The Spellbound Sessions EP` was released in February and forms the second part of the series. The Tygers continue to tour and play as many Festivals as possible to promote the bands resurgence. The band is also looking to write and record new material in 2011/12 and have contracted the services of Chris Tsangarides to produce and mix the new album. Chris was the producer for the `Wildcat` and `Spellbound` albums and who better to get that Tyger signature sound. The expected release date will be approx June 2012 and released through Rocksecter records. The Third Sessions EP `The Crazy Nights Sessions EP` will also be recorded in 2012 for release later in the year. All in all it should be a very busy year for the band.
www.tygersofpantang.com
Coming Soon
- Dead Label + support
18/05/2012 - 21:00 - €5. - Anne Savage
19/05/2012 - 18:00 - €8/€10. - Free Bass #4
25/05/2012 - 21:30 - FREE. - Reincarnation
26/05/2012 - 18:00 - €8/€10. - Eamonn McCormack/Brian Robertson (Thin Lizzy, Motörhead)
31/05/2012 - 20:00 - €15.
See all our upcoming gigs, visit the Gig Guide »
