Founded in Frankfurt, Germany in 1982, Tankard got the attention of Noise Records owner Karl-Ulrich Walterbach when they sent the label their 2nd self-financed demo 'Alcoholic Metal'. Given just 10,000 marks and two weeks to record their debut album 'Zombie Attack', they trashed the hotel room they were staying in and were forced to pay for repairs from their next licence deal.
Luckily the band’s beer metal take on thrash metal proved incredibly popular and they went on to become one of the "The Big Four" of Teutonic thrash metal along with Kreator, Destruction and Sodom.
'Oldies & Goldies (The Noise Years 1986-1995)' features humorous thrash metal from the band’s 8 albums on Noise records.
Tracklisting
CD1:
1. Zombie Attack
2. Mercenary
3. Maniac Forces
4. (Empty) Tankard
5. Poison
6. Total Addiction
7. Tantrum
8. Don't Panic
9. For a Thousand Beers
10. Chemical Invasion
11. Alcohol
12. Intro / Commandments
13. Shit - Faced
14. F.U.N.
15. Try Again
16. The Morning After
17. Alien
18. 666 Packs
19. Live To Dive
CD2:
1. Open All Night
2. We Are Us
3. Dancing On Our Graves
4. Bermuda
5. Space Beer
6. Jurisdiction
7. Broken Image
8. Stone Cold Sober
10. Death Penalty
11. Nation Over Nation
12. Two - faced
13. Grave New World
14. Minds On the Moon
15. Atomic Twilight
16. Hope?