TYGERS OF PAN TANG To Record Charity Song For Local Football Club

April 14, 2009

NWOBHM legends TYGERS OF PAN TANG have accepted a request from their hometown football (soccer) club, Whitley Bay FC, to re-record the song "Live For The Day" as a way to celebrate the team reaching the VA Vase Cup Final at Wembley Stadium.

Timescales are very tight with the final scheduled for Sunday, May 10, but work has commenced this week on re-writing the lyrics and the recording studio has been booked for May 3.

The band is hoping to have the song ready for digital download via Townsend Records by May 5.

TYGERS OF PAN TANG guitarist Robb Weir has been a lifelong supporter of the Seahorses (WBFC),having lived in the area for many years. He stated, "It's a great privilege to celebrate this acheivement with one of our songs, and if it can motivate the team to win on the day, then that would be fantastic. It's given the local community a great buzz having some success on the football field."

The idea to have the TYGERS re-record the song was originally brokered by the local newspaper Evening Chronicle.

All proceeds will be donated to a charity of the paper's choice.

TYGERS' most recent album, "Animal Instinct", was released last year

According to a press release, "Animal Instinct", sees the band "go back to their early roots, playing hard-edged rock in the manner of 'Wildcat' and 'Spellbound'."

Fan-filmed video footage of TYGERS OF PAN TANGs' January 11, 2009 performance at the Motorockas Club in Como, Italy can be viewed below.

TYGERS OF PAN TANG's current lineup is:

Robb Weir - Guitar
Dean Robertson - Guitar
Jacopo Meille - Vocals
Brian West - Bass
Craig Ellis - Drums

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