Tygers of Pan Tang

Tygers of Pan Tang
Tygers of Pan Tang at Headbangers Open Air 2014
Tygers of Pan Tang at Headbangers Open Air 2014
Background information
OriginWhitley Bay, England
Genres
Years active
  • 1978–1982
  • 1985-1987
  • 1999–present
Labels
MembersRobb Weir
Craig Ellis
Jacopo Meille
Francesco Marras
Huw Holding
Websitetygersofpantang.com

Tygers of Pan Tang are an English heavy metal band who are part of the new wave of British heavy metal movement.[2] They formed in 1978 in Whitley Bay, England, and were active until 1987. The band reformed in 1999 and continue to record and perform.[2] The name is derived from Pan Tang, a fictional archipelago in Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné fantasy series whose wizards keep tigers as pets.

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin. "The top 25 NWOBHM records". Goldmine. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (2003). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 471. ISBN 1-85227-969-9.