Cancer Bats are a Canadian hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario.[1] They have released six studio albums and six extended plays. The band is composed of vocalist Liam Cormier, guitarist Scott Middleton, drummer Mike Peters and bassist Jaye R. Schwarzer.
| Cancer Bats discography | |
|---|---|
 (left to right) Jaye R. Schwarzer, Liam Cormier and Mike Peters (back) at a Cancer Bats show in Sydney in February 2013 | |
| Studio albums | 5 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Music videos | 11 |
Albums
editStudio albums
edit| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [2] |
UK [3] | |||||
| 2006 | Birthing the Giant
|
— | — | |||
| 2008 | Hail Destroyer
|
— | — | |||
| 2010 | Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones
|
— | 58 | |||
| 2012 | Dead Set on Living
|
80 | 49 | |||
| 2015 | Searching for Zero
|
60 | ||||
| 2018 | The Spark That Moves
|
- | - | |||
| 2022 | Psychic Jailbreak
|
- | - | |||
| "—" denotes a title that did not chart. | ||||||
EPs
edit- 2005: Cancer Bats
- 2007: This Is Hell / Cancer Bats 7"
- 2009: Cancer Bats / Rolo Tomassi [4]
- 2009: Tour EP[5]
- 2010: Sabotage EP[6]
- 2011: Cancer Bats / Black Lungs
- 2013: Bat Sabbath EP[7]
- 2019: New Damage Records Switcheroo Vol 1. : Cancer Bats / Single Mothers
Music videos
editCancer Bats often incorporate their friends such as Alexisonfire in their music videos. In the French Immersion and Pneumonia Hawk videos the band parodied some of Dallas Green's City and Colour songs. Fellow Alexisonfire members George Pettit and Wade MacNeil performed guest vocals on the tracks "Pneumonia Hawk" and "Deathsmarch" respectively, and also appeared in the videos for the songs that included their respective contributions.
All of their music videos have been directed by Marc Ricciardelli except Old Blood and Road Sick which were directed by Vulture Culture Films.
- Hundred Grand Canyon (2006)
- French Immersion (2006)
- Pneumonia Hawk (2007)
- Hail Destroyer (2008)
- Lucifer's Rocking Chair (2008)
- Deathsmarch (2009)
- Sabotage (2010)
- Dead Wrong (2010)
- Scared to Death (2010)
- Old Blood (2012)
- Road Sick (2012)
- Bricks And Mortar (2012)
- R.A.T.S. (2013)
- Satellites (2014)
- True Zero (2015)
- Brightest Days (2018)
- Winterpeg (2018)
- Bed Of Nails (2018)
- Heads Will Roll (2018)
- Fear Will Kill Us All (2018)
- We Run Free (2018)
- Rattlesnake (2018)
- Headwound (2018)
- Space and Time (2018)
- Can't Sleep (2018)
- Gatekeeper (2018)
Members of Cancer Bats have also appeared in music videos by other bands, including '"Hey, It's Your Funeral Mama"' and "Waterwings" by Alexisonfire, "Vices" by Silverstein, "Chelsea Smile" by Bring Me the Horizon and "St. Andrew's" by Bedouin Soundclash.
References
edit- ^ "Cancer Bats Official Fan Hub - Powered by SocialMediaHubs.com". Cancerbats.com. Retrieved 2011-12-07.
- ^ "CANOE -- JAM! Music - SoundScan Charts". Archived from the original on December 26, 2004. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "CANCER BATS - The Official Charts Company". Theofficialcharts.com. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
- ^ "Alter The Press!: Limited Edition Cancer Bats/Rolo Tomassi Split 7" Announced". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
- ^ "Cancer Bats Releasing Tour EP | CHARTattack". Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Distort : Releases : Cancer Bats – Sabotage - Single". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ "Cancer Bats to Release Deluxe Edition of "Dead Set On Living" - CONFRONT Magazine". CONFRONT Magazine. Archived from the original on May 9, 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
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