Cancer Bats

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Proving that loud, gritty, and ranting punk rock is still alive and thrashing in Canada, Toronto's Cancer Bats were founded in the spring of 2004 by singer Liam Cormier and guitarist Scott Middleton. Cormier and Middleton had worked together before in a metal band called At the Mercy of Inspiration, and were looking to launch a new project that would take their music in a harder but more elemental direction. Teaming with bassist Andrew McCracken and drummer Joel Bath, they formed Cancer Bats and recorded a four-song demo that the band pressed for sale at shows in early 2005; the disc soon sold out two pressings, and was later reissued as a 7" vinyl EP by Tragic Comedy Records. After a few months, the group became disenchanted with drummer Bath, and Mike Peters shortly took over as the group's beat-keeper. Cancer Bats hit the road with a vengeance, playing all over Canada and making occasional jaunts into the United States while sharing stages with most of the Great White North's best punk outfits. The hard-partying band released its first full-length album, Birthing the Giant, in the fall of 2006, which was released in Canada by Distort Entertainment, in the United States by Abacus Records, and in the U.K. by Hassle Records; each release featured the same songs, though the sequence was changed for the American release of the disc. The band kept up its relentless touring pace after the album hit stores, and played a major American tour opening for Billy Talent. In 2007, McCracken amicably parted ways with Cancer Bats to devote more time to his design business, and Jason Bailey, a veteran of the bands Shattered Realm and Figure Four, signed on as their new bass player. In 2008 the band released its second album, Hail Destroyer. After spending a couple of years touring the metal festival circuit, Cancer Bats released Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones in 2010. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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    Friday Feeling: Cover-core with Cancer Bats
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    to do a full on version of this song it would hilarious, if only because the four of us combined would be some of the ugliest, bearded girls the world...
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    Friday Feeling: Cover-core with Cancer Bats
    www.drownedinsound.com
    , er, eight...'Communication Breakdown' by Led Zeppelin Liam: "Such a classic ripper of a song you can't help but bang your head - Plant just wails in...
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Tour Dates

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  • May 21 Tuesday
    Montreal, QC, Canada Les Katacombes
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  • May 23 Thursday
    Exeter, UK Exeter Phoenix
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  • May 24 Friday
    Weymouth, UK Weymouth Pavilion
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  • May 25 Saturday
    Leeds, UK Leeds University Union
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  • May 26 Sunday
    Hatfield, UK University of Hertfordshire / Hatfield Polytechnic
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  • May 27 Monday
    Wolverhampton, UK The Civic Hall
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  • May 29 Wednesday
    Cork, Ireland Pavilion Bar & Nightclub
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  • May 30 Thursday
    Dublin, Ireland Academy 2
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  • May 31 Friday
    Belfast, UK The Stiff Kitten
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  • Jun 7 Friday
    Ysselsteyn, Netherlands Unknown venue
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  • Jun 7 Friday
    Antwerp, Belgium Kavka
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  • Jun 8 Saturday
    Ysselsteyn, Netherlands Jera On Air
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  • Jun 13 Thursday
    Berlin, Germany Magnet Club
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  • Jun 14 Friday
    Castle Donington, UK Donington Park
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  • Aug 23 Friday
    Hamilton, ON, Canada Club Absinthe
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Discography

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  • Dead Set on Living (2012)
    Cancer Bats
    Dead Set on Living (2012)
    Metal Blade
  • Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones (2010)
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    Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones (2010)
    Good Fight
  • Hail Destroyer (2008)
    Cancer Bats
    Hail Destroyer (2008)
    Metal Blade
  • Birthing the Giant (2006)
    Cancer Bats
    Birthing the Giant (2006)
    Abacus
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