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(1982 – present)
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.
In 1984, Tankard signed to Noise Records after narrowly missing out on signing with Steamhammer during a gig where guitarist Andy Bulgaropulous made the mistake of wearing a blue sweatshirt with a deer on the front creating the wrong image and causing Steamhammer to retract their offer of a contract.
Now, they have just released their new album “
“Thirst” which is in stores now.
Members:
* Andreas “Gerre” Geremia (1982)- Vocals
* Frank Thorwarth (1982) - Bass
* Olaf Zissel (1994)- Drums
* Andy Gutjahr (1998)- Guitars
Former Members:
Guitars:
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.
In 1984, Tankard signed to Noise Records after narrowly missing out on signing with Steamhammer during a gig where guitarist Andy Bulgaropulous made the mistake of wearing a blue sweatshirt with a deer on the front creating the wrong image and causing Steamhammer to retract their offer of a contract.
Now, they have just released their new album “
“Thirst” which is in stores now.
Members:
* Andreas “Gerre” Geremia (1982)- Vocals
* Frank Thorwarth (1982) - Bass
* Olaf Zissel (1994)- Drums
* Andy Gutjahr (1998)- Guitars
Former Members:
Guitars:
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Beast of Bourbon
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The Beauty and the Beer
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Chemical Invasion
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Shoutbox
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AntanasD wrote:
strange to see cover in first place
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MilosSegrt wrote:
a 111 metal je rat!
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ratts36 wrote:
v Really? I'd much rather commit suicide and then become an hero on the Internets.
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Jesakah_Punkah wrote:
DRINK TILL DEATH :) [3] :D
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dakt wrote:
Maniac Forces!!!
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TheAssassinX wrote:
I guess Tankard listeners want to join Beer&Metal!
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Strungouted wrote:
DRINK TILL DEATH :) [2] :D
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HelmetedKiss wrote:
Hell Bent For Jesus! Come Kiss The Bible Asshole! Die Motherfucker Die Motherfucker Die! >< haha!
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mtobi666 wrote:
Fuckin awesome gig in Warsaw yesterday! We are ready for some fukin old school thrash metal!
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CorporalDoug wrote:
time keeps spinning in the afternoon
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IgorPhilosopher wrote:
DRINK TILL DEATH :)
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FastZombiesRule wrote:
THRASH 'TIL DEATH!
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morcius666 wrote:
never to late to say BEER METAL!!!
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Beerkiller77 wrote:
Am 12.12.09 endlich wieder Tankard in Enschede im Atak mit Nile, Grave, Hail of Bullets und anderen!!! Yeah Yeah Yeah!
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-Renji- wrote:
Best german thrash metal band!! They are the kings, kings of beer!!
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ratts36 wrote:
Are people really offended because someone said ''beer suck''? Clearly, humanity is meant to fall.
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AristidesDime wrote:
www.myspace.com/Tankard
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Vitamin69 wrote:
Gerre is the best!
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lulled wrote:
A friend of mine bought the domain http://www.Planetwide-Suicide.com and we write about music there. Ain't it great?
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JobForAPelli wrote:
"Gerre lost 20 KG".. Good for him! (y)
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Events
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Dec
12
Headbanging Enschede
Atak, Enschede, Netherlands
21 shouts
| 66 attendees
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Jan
8
Tankard
Café Central, Weinheim, Germany
4 shouts
| 18 attendees
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Jan
8
Winterbreath 2010
Hauptsmoorhalle, Strullendorf, Germany
15 shouts
| 30 attendees
News
RELEASE-NEWS TANKARD
25 Aug 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/Tankard
Am 18.Dezember erscheint via AFM Records die zweite TANKARD-DVD “Open All Night - Reloaded". Dabei handelt es sich um die Veröffentlichung des “Open All Night"-Livevideos des TANKARD-Gigs auf dem “Thr. …
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7 Jan 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/Tankard
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Recent Activity
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CorporalDoug tagged Tankard with ‘thrash metal’. 3 hours ago
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trevordamron27 added Tankard to trevordamron27’s library. 3 hours ago
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carlos_galvan tagged Tankard with ‘thrash metal’. 4 hours ago
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jas1974, Kadu33, robsotoxic and 9 other people added Tankard to their libraries. 6 hours ago
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HAND_OV_DOOM tagged Tankard with ‘thrash metal’. Friday evening
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hassyfed tagged Tankard with beer, speed metal and thrash metal. Friday evening
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Rey2 created the French wiki page for Tankard. Friday evening
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DebatableLight, Acalletha, Euphores and 2 other people added Tankard to their libraries. Friday evening
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ArteFucked tagged Tankard with ‘thrash metal’. Friday afternoon
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Wesssant, Madame_Death, Cagataytopcu and 1 other person added Tankard to their libraries. Friday morning
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