Pride Tiger was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band, based in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. Consisting of vocalist and drummer Matt Wood, guitarists Bob Froese and Sunny Dhak and bassist Mike Payette, the band released its debut EP in 2006. They subsequently signed with EMI Music Canada, which released their full-length debut in June 2007.

The name "Pride Tiger" comes from a mix of "ride the tiger" (a lyric from the Dio

Dio (band)

Dio was an American heavy metal band from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Formed in 1982 and led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, after he left Black Sabbath with intentions to form a new band with fellow former Black Sabbath member, drummer Vinny Appice. Naming the band Dio made sense from a commercial...

 song, "Holy Diver") and "Pride Pops" (a drink similar to apple cider).

The band's single "White Witch Woman Blues" has been playlisted on CBC Radio 3

CBC Radio 3

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 and other Canadian radio stations. It has also been noted, by many fans and other musicians, including Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...

, that Pride Tiger bears a resemblance to the classic rock

Classic rock

Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...

 band Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy

Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. Two of the founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums...

.

Dhak, Froese and Wood are all former members of 3 Inches of Blood

3 Inches of Blood

3 Inches of Blood is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in 2000 in Vancouver, British Columbia, currently consisting of Cam Pipes, Justin Hagberg, Shane Clark, and Ash Pearson...

. Payette is a former member of S.T.R.E.E.T.S.

As of June 2009, the band has broken up.

Discography

• Wood, Dhak, Froese, Payette EP (2006)
• The Lucky Ones
  The Lucky Ones (Pride Tiger album)
  The Lucky Ones is the debut full-length album from the Canadian rock band Pride Tiger. It was nominated for a 2008 Juno Award in the Rock Album of the Year category.-Track listing:#"Let'em Go"#"What It Is"#"Fill Me In"#"A Long Way Down"...
  
  (2007)