--- title: "Tankard" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/tankard" genre: "Thrash Metal" country: "Germany" formed: 1982 --- # Tankard **Tankard** is a thrash metal band, from Germany, active 1982 to present. Tankard is a German thrash metal band from Frankfurt, founded in 1982. Alongside Kreator, Destruction and Sodom, Tankard is often considered one of the "Big Four" of Teutonic thrash metal. Stylistically, Tankard has consistently played thrash metal that thematically centres primarily on alcohol reverence, unlike the remaining "Big Teutonic Four", who are all known for covering such topics related to death, politics, violence and anti-fascism. Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankard_(band) ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Tankard | | Genre | Thrash Metal | | Parent genre | Thrash Metal | | Origin | Frankfurt am Main, Germany | | Formed | 1982 | | Releases in catalog | 25 | ## Genres [Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Gerd Lücking](https://themetalnet.com/musician/gerd-lucking) | Drums (drum set) | 2024 to present | Current | | [Andreas Geremia](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andreas-geremia) | Lead vocals | 1982 to present | Current | | [Frank Thorwarth](https://themetalnet.com/musician/frank-thorwarth) | | 1982 to present | Current | | [Andreas Gutjahr](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andreas-gutjahr) | Electric guitar | 1999 to present | Current | | [Andreas Bulgaropoulos](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andreas-bulgaropoulos) | Electric guitar | 1982 to 1999 | Former | | [Axel Katzmann](https://themetalnet.com/musician/axel-katzmann) | | 1982 to 1995 | Former | | [Olaf Zissel](https://themetalnet.com/musician/olaf-zissel) | Drums (drum set) | 1994 to 2024 | Former | | [Oliver Werner](https://themetalnet.com/musician/oliver-werner) | Drums (drum set) | 1982 to 1989 | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1986 | [Zombie Attack](https://themetalnet.com/album/3d46e755-15da-3a84-b2ab-5d0b7573ae05) | Album | | 1987 | [Chemical Invasion](https://themetalnet.com/album/970e2bd4-924b-31ee-a8b9-74e630abfb27) | Album | | 1988 | [The Morning After](https://themetalnet.com/album/18c230b0-b4f2-3037-b4bf-e9e742040ac6) | Album | | 1989 | [Alien](https://themetalnet.com/album/c29a08ca-3771-3406-af3f-12005847e614) | EP | | 1990 | [Bathory / Tankard / Rage](https://themetalnet.com/album/877592b3-a075-459d-826e-effc504eee45) | EP | | 1990 | [The Meaning of Life](https://themetalnet.com/album/a8f895d3-62a4-3edf-834b-eb336be44736) | Album | | 1992 | [Stone Cold Sober](https://themetalnet.com/album/db5ad6f5-10eb-3960-baa2-61cabdeb02f9) | Album | | 1994 | [Two-Faced](https://themetalnet.com/album/67c2725b-99a1-3a13-8d04-614a7470a3b5) | Album | | 1995 | [The Tankard](https://themetalnet.com/album/d1b3e78a-6680-35a1-8be7-0bcbcafb39dc) | Album | | 1998 | [Disco Destroyer](https://themetalnet.com/album/ca971781-3888-32ff-8b76-2cb34a9d15f6) | Album | | 2000 | [Kings of Beer](https://themetalnet.com/album/694dfdab-2d73-3ca2-a810-8f7746cc129c) | Album | | 2002 | [B-Day](https://themetalnet.com/album/07555fc1-08bd-3c32-a249-23bf16ceb04f) | Album | | 2004 | [Beast of Bourbon](https://themetalnet.com/album/0c7e62bb-4f0d-397f-861e-64280ee38962) | Album | | 2006 | [Schwarz-weiß wie Schnee...](https://themetalnet.com/album/43f3df10-dbd0-3329-9f23-406e1010dfaa) | EP | | 2006 | [The Beauty and the Beer](https://themetalnet.com/album/6cb5b2db-01be-3ad8-bac4-a0b4171fec2f) | Album | | 2008 | [Thirst](https://themetalnet.com/album/8239d6ff-b339-3a29-894e-920fed2ceb94) | Album | | 2010 | [Vol(l)ume 14](https://themetalnet.com/album/45d5d527-97eb-4fa5-b9b5-ec4444d7347d) | Album | | 2012 | [A Girl Called Cerveza](https://themetalnet.com/album/94ce2a46-297e-47d4-b23f-74cb874c50b3) | Album | | 2012 | [The Big Teutonic 4](https://themetalnet.com/album/c4fd6721-61b1-4ff2-8a98-f7279edc8094) | EP | | 2014 | [R.I.B.](https://themetalnet.com/album/1a562d09-72dc-4fe4-ab73-e1b5b9de43fa) | Album | | 2015 | [The Big Teutonic 4 – Part II](https://themetalnet.com/album/1e6e78c0-56bd-4732-8ed7-d3b185be3c1d) | EP | | 2017 | [One Foot in the Grave](https://themetalnet.com/album/1fdc2e79-4eb4-4b23-9348-463fac4b2d41) | Album | | 2019 | [Schwarz-Weiß wie Schnee](https://themetalnet.com/album/43d3e304-cf81-498b-a5da-3afa8b52cfc6) | EP | | 2022 | [Mit dem Jürgen! Für den Jürgen!](https://themetalnet.com/album/11861167-9f0c-4da1-be09-89bcf4fe2426) | EP | | 2022 | [Pavlov’s Dawgs](https://themetalnet.com/album/6d66699a-79ac-4944-be9e-577d56db7132) | Album | ## Related bands - [Sodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/sodom) (listened together) - [Kreator](https://themetalnet.com/band/kreator) (listened together) - [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together) - [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica) (listened together) - [Overkill](https://themetalnet.com/band/overkill) (listened together) - [Anthrax](https://themetalnet.com/band/anthrax) (listened together) - [Megadeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/megadeth) (listened together) - [Destruction](https://themetalnet.com/band/destruction) (listened together) - [Exodus](https://themetalnet.com/band/exodus) (listened together) - [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together) - [Annihilator](https://themetalnet.com/band/annihilator) (listened together) - [Judas Priest](https://themetalnet.com/band/judas-priest) (listened together) ## Official and external links - youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/tankardofficial - facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tankardofficial - instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tankard.official/ - x: https://twitter.com/tankardofficial - metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Tankard/535 - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0lKpKsvjBKLUeyVIAPHUy1 - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/7114 - apple music: https://music.apple.com/de/artist/72276068 --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/tankard](https://themetalnet.com/band/tankard). 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