Category: Lore

The “Wavers“
The Wave is a unique song. Most people don’t like it, but for some reason a small and committed group of fans absolutely love it. They bring signs to shows, they organise online as “Wavers” and they analyse the performances where the song makes a rare appearance.

Part of the appeal is that The Wave often has an improvised section by the singer in the latter half of the song. Wavers enjoy the novelty this gives each performance, even as most other fans use the song as a bathroom break.

“The Big Three”
EP has three crowd-pleasing songs called Reload, Blue Orange, and Ticket. But that’s part of the problem. Early in EP’s career, these three songs were a surefire way to win over the crowd because they’re really solid songs.

But fans have taken to calling them “The Big Three,” and not always in a positive way. In the eyes of many hardcore fans, The Big Three are played out and are a sign that the band is lacking confidence in a show.

A concert that doesn’t play any of the Big Three is seen as courageous, and by extension, great. A concert that plays the whole set, which many do, is seen as a bit of a cop-out.

Duke’s Revenge
This song actually broke up the band after they played their best show to date in Hamilton. (2020-01-26) When the band got together 3 months later to prepare for their big US tour, the drummer declared he’d never play the song again.

“Well, your part doesn’t come in for two measures after ours,” the singer pointed out. “So it’s not up to you, is it?” Duke’s Revenge has turned into a bit of a powder keg as a result. The band is convinced that they’ll break up again – maybe even in the middle of a show – if it gets played again.

Canada
Fans joke that the band is from Canada. They’re not, of course. They’re based in Wellington, New Zealand. But it wasn’t until they reached Canada that their shows really began to take off and their legend began to be written.

Tour Neverending
Enthusiastic Panther have decided to keep touring until the band breaks up. Each of the bandmembers have gotten out of their leases, sold their belongings, and are committed to keeping the tour running as long as possible. Their goal is to repeat cities as infrequently as possible, much to the chagrin of their fans home in New Zealand.

Missoula
This small city in Montana has reached legendary status in the EP fan community for hosting an entire show of new songs. Attending 2020-04-24 has become a badge of honour for the few people who were able to make the show in person.

Fanthers
Fans of Enthusiastic Panther call themselves Fanthers.

“Winning North America”
The North America tour was where Enthusiastic Panther proved to others (not to mention themselves!) that they had something special. Fanthers began to joke after Winnipeg that the band might yet “win North America” and by the time they ended their epic show in Halifax, the legend was already well on its way.

Jessica Shows
These refer to shows where Enthusiastic Panther play an entire show of new songs. This odd naming came about because of a fan named Jessica who attended the first one in Missoula, Montana and wrote a blog post about it that became an instant classic in the fan community. The band secretly invited her when they planned on doing the same thing in Halifax. She later wrote a second blog post about the experience. She had a lot of the original enthusiasm, but it wasn’t quite as special as the first time.

Halifax
The Halifax set wasn’t just legendary because of the all-new setlist. It also marked a left turn for the band because the songs were all based on a single fantasy world and sequenced linearly into a kind of rock opera. The fandom was immediately introduced to a range of new characters such as Olivia, Duke, Raiya, and Moonstrike.

Moonstrike
Moonstrike’s Lament was played for the finale in the Halifax show, and became an immediate fan favourite. Some fanart of Moonstrike managed to capture the imaginations of many Fanthers, and before the European tour even began, images of Moonstrike tattoos began springing up across the internet.