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'''Cancer''' was a British [death / thrash metal band formed in Ironbridge, Telford, Shropshire in 1988. Over the course of their career they released five full-length albums, including one for the major label [[East West Records|East West]], breaking up in 2006. | '''Cancer''' was a British [death / thrash metal band formed in Ironbridge, Telford, Shropshire in 1988. Over the course of their career they released five full-length albums, including one for the major label [[East West Records|East West]], breaking up in 2006. | ||
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Cancer was formed one night in 1988 in the Tontine public house in Ironbridge, Telford by drummer Carl Stokes, guitarist John Walker and bassist Ian Buchanan.The band quickly put together their first two-track demo, ''No Fuckin' Cover'', at the Pits studio in Birmingham, owned by ex-Starfighters vocalist Steve Burton. The demo was produced by Stevie Young (brother of AC/DC's Angus Young) and engineered by "Big" Mick Hughes (live sound engineer for [[Metallica]]). The band also began playing live, starting with their first gig in Birmingham opening for Bomb Disneyland, and including shows with the likes of [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]], Cerebral Fix and [GBH. | Cancer was formed one night in 1988 in the Tontine public house in Ironbridge, Telford by drummer Carl Stokes, guitarist John Walker and bassist Ian Buchanan.The band quickly put together their first two-track demo, ''No Fuckin' Cover'', at the Pits studio in Birmingham, owned by ex-Starfighters vocalist Steve Burton. The demo was produced by Stevie Young (brother of AC/DC's Angus Young) and engineered by "Big" Mick Hughes (live sound engineer for [[Metallica]]). The band also began playing live, starting with their first gig in Birmingham opening for Bomb Disneyland, and including shows with the likes of [[Bolt Thrower (band)|Bolt Thrower]], Cerebral Fix and [GBH. | ||
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In 1994, Cancer left Vinyl Solution to sign to major label [[East West Records|East West]] for worldwide distribution, one of the first death metal bands to do so. They entered Great Linford Studios in Milton Keynes, again with Simon Efemey at the helm, to record their fourth effort, ''Black Faith''; the record was later mixed at Pink Floyd's Brittania Row Studios. Despite Stokes allegedly using a human thigh bone for percussion on "Temple Song", whilst others considered it a "poor man's ''Heartwork''".Following a short European tour with support act Meshuggah, Cancer decided to call it a day, citing "a lack of faith from certain key individuals in the industry and Major Label Bullshit". | In 1994, Cancer left Vinyl Solution to sign to major label [[East West Records|East West]] for worldwide distribution, one of the first death metal bands to do so. They entered Great Linford Studios in Milton Keynes, again with Simon Efemey at the helm, to record their fourth effort, ''Black Faith''; the record was later mixed at Pink Floyd's Brittania Row Studios. Despite Stokes allegedly using a human thigh bone for percussion on "Temple Song", whilst others considered it a "poor man's ''Heartwork''".Following a short European tour with support act Meshuggah, Cancer decided to call it a day, citing "a lack of faith from certain key individuals in the industry and Major Label Bullshit". | ||
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==Members== | ==Members== | ||
===Final line-up=== | ===Final line-up=== | ||
Revision as of 18:26, 26 January 2010
Cancer was a British [death / thrash metal band formed in Ironbridge, Telford, Shropshire in 1988. Over the course of their career they released five full-length albums, including one for the major label East West, breaking up in 2006.
Members
Final line-up
- John Walker (vocals/guitar)
- Dave Leitch (guitar)
- Adam Richardson (bass)
- Carl Stokes (drums)
Former members
- James Murphy (guitar)
- Barry Savage (guitar)
- Rob Engvikson (guitar)
- Ian Buchanan (bass)
Discography
- No Fuckin' Cover (demo, 1988)
- Demo #2 (demo, 1989)
- To the Gory End LP (Vinyl Solution, 1990)
- Death Shall Rise LP (Vinyl Solution, 1991)
- The Sins of Mankind LP (Vinyl Solution, 1993)
- Live Death split LP with Suffocation, Malevolent Creation and Exhorder (Restless, 1993)
- Black Faith LP (East West, 1995)
- Corporation$ EP (Copro, 2004)
- Spirit in Flames LP (Copro, 2005)
