Tankard is a German Thrash metal band founded in 1982. Inventors of the "Alcoholic Metal"-genre. The band chose their name after looking through a dictonary and seeing a word defined as "beer mug".
Tankard were formed by three classmates, Andreas "Gerre" Geremia, Axel Katzmann and Frank Thorwarth. At the time, the band was known as Vortex and Avenger until the current name of Tankard was discovered by the band in a dictionary. Their first song written was called "Ray Death", a song about nuclear war and their first gig was played in a local classroom in 1983. As the band were not permitted to drink alcohol in the school, they smuggled their beer in with milk cartons. Soon after, band member Bernhard Rapprich left the band as his conservative father did not want him "hanging around with a bunch of drunks" and was replaced by Andy Bulgaropulos.
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Genres of the artist's albums over the years: the higher the line, the stronger the genre on that album
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On the radio
Stations that played Tankard in the last 30 days
- 36×
Violent Forces Radio: '80s Thrash
United States · Metal - 34×
Вастрик 📻 Радио
Russia · Metal - 14×
Violent Forces Radio: General Thrash
United States · Metal - 11×
Badrock Hard & Heavy
Bulgaria · Rock - 11×
HuilaGeek Radio
Colombia · Metal - 5×
- 0 N - Heavy Metal on Radio
Germany · Thrash Metal - 5×
Radio Metal On: The Thrasher
Portugal · Death Metal - 4×
- 0 N - Heavy Metal on Radio
Germany · Heavy Metal - 4×
Radio Armageddon
Poland · Death Metal - 4×
UP THE IRONS
Austria · Rock - 4×
Metalwar
Greece · Thrash Metal - 3×
ROCK ANTENNE Coversongs
Germany · Hard Rock
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