Barfly

Cancer Bats have come to destroy. Fueled by a burning desire to rage harder, play louder and have more fun than any other band, Cancer Bats mix hardcore, southern metal and punk rock into a lethal rock and roll explosion.

The band originated in May of 2004 with singer Liam Cormier and guitarist Scott Middleton, former member of Toronto metal band At The Mercy Of Inspiration. The two wanted to form a project that combined their favorite parts of bands like Refused, Black flag, Led Zeppelin and Down, among others. The lineup was rounded out with the addition of Andrew McCracken on bass and Mike Peters on drums.

The four-piece wasted no time writing and recording songs for a self-released EP that saw light in January of 2005 (later reissued on Oct 31 2005 on vinyl by Tragicomedy Records). With hundreds of shows, and many epic tours under their belts, Cancer Bats are eager to party in every city, town and metropolis that will have them. Cancer Bats' long anticipated first full-length record "BIRTHING THE GIANT" is out NOW on Distort Records(canada), Abacus Recordings(usa), Hassle Records(uk and europe) and Shock Records(australia)!

Remember the Decade that brought you the likes of; Zig and Zag, Lily Savage, The Fresh Prince, Some ginger prat by the name of Chris, and errmmm Mr Blobby? Remember Jarvis showing Jacko what he really thought of him at the Brits? Or how about a crazy blue hedgehog giving you sweaty thumbs for hours and hours… !

Well dust off your inlines and skate your way down to Barfly where we’ll be mixing it up across 2 rooms with the very best in cheesy pop anthems. You won’t be able to touch this with MC Hammer, the are no limits with classic dance hits from mould breakers 2 Unlimited, Liam and Noel will be clashing heads, and we‘ll have you singing mmm bop for days!!! .

Let’s fall back into the 20th Century and Jump Around!

Entry is £1 before 11pm with flyer/nus (£3 after)
Drinks start from £1

Expect to hear: Deee-lite, Vanilla Ice, Spice Girls, Blur, MC Hammer, Oasis, Steps, Suede, 2Unlimited, Pulp, Happy Monday's, Shed7, Shamen, Prodigy, Will Smith, Nirvana, Take That, House Of Pain, Scatman, Chesney Hawkes, East 17, Massive Attack, 5ive, Eminem, Barenaked Ladies, Blink 182, Hole, Britney Spears, Proclaimers, Shaggy, Apachie Indian, Hanson, Puff Daddy, Seal, Ricky Martin, Ini Kamoze, Beck, Stereo MC's - and so many more!

STRICTLY OVER 18's ONLY - PHOTOGRAPHIC ID WILL BE REQUIRED