Tygers of Pan Tang - Wildcat (1980)

Ah, NWOBHM - never really got into this, too

much hair and spray on trousers which offended

my 100% punk view of music.

But ....... among all the dross that every record

company signed up in case they lost out on the

next big thing (there were some genuine contenders

that stood the test of time but also some dreadful

shit that managed to cling on to the tails of the

bandwagon) the Tygers of Pan Tang managed to

sink their claws into me...... (sink their claws into me -

did you see what I did there? Tigers have claws and in

a non-linear narrative, I alluded in musical terms that ....

......... oh, never mind.)

I did not like any of their other releases but the debut album

hit all the right buttons for me.

Great riffs, catchy tunes, no ballads, a vocalist that had

a punky voice - no screaming or high pitched wailing and

a guitar player who, when soloing, was clearly influenced by

the Motorhead "Fast" Eddie Clarke school of heavy, fast

blues playing circa "Overkill" and "Bomber".

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