In March 2024, the band participated in the Hell’s Heroes music festival, which took place at White Oak Music Hall in Houston and was headlined by Sodom and Queensrÿche . They performed a “classic set” for this event.
Algy Ward died on 17 May 2023.
In June 2019, the Tucker-Evans Tank embarked on their debut Australian tour (the first visit of Tank in general to the country), co-headlining with Girlschool and Raven , after Venom Inc. had to pull out for health reasons.
In January 2016, Ward stated that Sturmpanzer was finished and would be finally released in early 2016. However, it was later delayed, and finally released in November 2018.
In 2013, it emerged that Algy Ward had resurrected his own version of the band, with all tracks on a new album called Breath of the Pit being “written, played and shouted” by Ward himself. According to Algy Ward, Sturmpanzer was to be released sometime in 2015. Tank led by…
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In February 2012, the band announced their first live DVD recorded the previous summer in Poland with additional footage to be recorded in March 2012. The band also released details of the return of former drummer, Steve Hopgood, along with details of the forthcoming album, War Nation . The album…
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On 20 December 2008, a new line-up was announced. Guitarists Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans were joined by original drummer Mark Brabbs and former Bruce Dickinson bassist Chris Dale. Algy Ward was replaced by former Rainbow singer Doogie White . For 2010, the band replaced Brabbs with Voodoo Six drummer,…
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The album Still At War emerged in 2002. In August 2006, Ward said that he was working on the next Tank album, Sturmpanzer .
As was the case with many other bands of the era, Tank was never able to build on the promise shown by their first album. The band continued on for years through line-up changes and waning commercial fortunes before finally disbanding in 1989. Ward resurrected the band in 1997 playing…
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Their 1982 debut album, Filth Hounds of Hades , was positively received by both punk and metal fans as well as most critics, regarded now as one of the best albums of the NWOBHM movement. AllMusic critic, Eduardo Rivadavia; described it as “Tank’s best album ever, and qualifying it as…
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