Tankcsapda

Tankcsapda
General information
Genre (s)	Hard rock , punk rock , metal
founding	1989
Website	http://www.tankcsapda.com/
Current occupation
Vocals, bass	Lukács László
guitar	Gábor Sidlovics
Drums	Tamás Fejes
former members
singing	Buzsik György
guitar	Elek Ottó
guitar	Tóth "Labi" Laboncz Attila
guitar	Levente Molnár

Tankcsapda is a three- piece rock band from Hungary . They are considered the most popular Hungarian rock band and, with 17 number one albums and over 40 platinum records, are among the most successful Hungarian musicians.

history

Tankcsapda was founded in Debrecen in 1989 . The head of the band is singer and songwriter Lukács László. The band started out as a punk band . Her debut album Punk & Roll received little attention in her second year. The band developed over time towards hard rock and heavy metal . The second album A legjobb méreg was already more successful, but the breakthrough came after Molnár Levente joined the band as guitarist and second singer. The third album Jönnek a férgek entered the Hungarian charts at number 14 in 1994 and lasted for several weeks. After that, the first two albums were re-released as a double CD, also at number 14.

With Az ember tervez it went to higher chart regions for the first time in 1995, the album reached number 3 and they got their first gold award . With the live album Eleven they made it to the top of the chart for the first time in 1996 . From then on, they were among the most successful bands among fans and music buyers. In the Hungarian edition of Metal Hammer , they were voted the most popular rock band for the first time in 1996 and then regularly confirmed. The next two studio albums again achieved top placements.

At the turn of the millennium, Tamás Fejes took over the drums. The album Agyarország was Tankcsapda’s third number one album in 2001 and in 2001 won them the “Golden Giraffe”, the national music award , in the rock album category. It is the first album to reach platinum status. Two years later, with Élni vagy égni , they not only won the second “Giraffe” and again platinum, there were also other awards from the TV station VIVA , and the head of the band, Lukács László, received the award for best songwriter from the copyright association Artisjus . The song Örökké tart received the Hungarian Song of the Year award. In 2004 the band released not only a successful best-of album for its 15th anniversary, but also the band biography TANKönyv , which became a bestseller with 10,000 copies sold. In addition, they repeatedly set attendance records, in Debrecen they exceeded the number of Iron Maiden with 10,000 spectators in the hall and at the Sziget Festival in Budapest in August 2005 they had more than 50,000 spectators.

The trio released two more number one albums, then Levente left the band in 2012 and Gábor Sidlovics came as the new guitarist. The band's most successful period began. With Rockmafia Debrecen they experienced another increase in the same year, the album was awarded five times platinum. Urai vagyunk a helyzetnek received one more platinum award in 2014. And in 2018 Dolgozzátok fel came! even on eight platinum records. The album consists of two CDs on which Tankcsapda covers songs by other artists and other artists cover Tankcsapda songs. Before the 30th anniversary, the band released three CDs in 2018 with songs from three different periods in the band's history. After their release they occupied the first three places on the album charts. Liliput Hollywood was the band's 14th studio album and 17th number one album in 2019.

Discography

Press photo by Lukács László, 2015

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		HU
1994	Jönnek a férgek	HU3 gold (119 weeks)HU	Chart entry: February 28, 1994 at number 14, highest ranking only in 2013
	A legjobb méreg / Punk & Roll	HU14 (8 weeks) HU	Re-release of the first two albums as a double album Chart entry: October 10, 1994
1995	Az ember tervez	HU3 gold (149 weeks)HU	Chart entry: August 28, 1995
1996	Eleven	HU1 (10 weeks) HU	Live album chart entry: April 29, 1996
1997	Connector 567	HU1 gold (47 weeks)HU	Chart entry: September 8, 1997
1999	Ha zajt akartok!	HU2 gold (51 weeks)HU	Chart entry: February 22, 1999
	Tankológia	HU7th gold (55 weeks)HU	Compilation of previously unreleased songs. Chart entry: November 29, 1999
2001	Agyarország	HU1 platinum (165 weeks)HU	Chart entry: March 26, 2001
2002	Baj van !!	HU3 platinum (52 weeks)HU	New recording of the demo from 1989 with bonus material Chart entry: February 4, 2002
2003	Élni vagy égni	HU1 platinum (171 weeks)HU	Chart entry: September 29, 2003
2004	A legjobb mérgek - Best of 1989-2004	HU3 platinum (59 weeks)HU	Best of album entered chart: November 1st, 2004
2006	Mindenki vár valamit	HU1 platinum (158 weeks)HU	Chart entry: April 24, 2006
2007	Electromagnes	HU3 gold (22 weeks)HU	Live album chart entry: November 5th, 2007
2009	Minden jót	HU1 platinum (68 weeks)HU	Chart entry: October 12, 2009
2012	Rockmafia Debrecen	HU1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (98 weeks)HU	Chart entry: November 5, 2012
2013	Igazi hiénák	HU1 platinum (67 weeks)HU	Compilation chart entry: November 4, 2013
	A legjobb méreg	HU1 gold (110 weeks)HU	First published: December 22, 1992 Chart entry: November 4, 2013
	Punk & roll	HU6th gold (116 weeks)HU	First published: October 14, 1990 Chart entry: November 4, 2013
2014	Urai vagyunk a helyzetnek	HU1 × 6 Six-fold platinum (107 weeks)HU	Chart entry: October 13, 2014
2015	Anniversary 25 (Főnix Concert)	HU1 × 5 Quintuple platinum (76 weeks)HU	Live album chart entry: November 9, 2015
2016	Három rohadék rockcsempész - A huszonötödik év	HU1 × 3 Triple platinum (92 weeks)HU	Chart entry: May 9, 2016
	Dolgozzátok fel!	HU1 × 8 Eight times platinum (106 weeks)HU	Double CD with cover versions Chart entry: November 21, 2016
	Dolgozzátok fel! (Mások dalai tőlünk)	HU31 (1 week) HU	Cover versions: Tankcsapda play strange song Chart entry: November 21, 2016
	Dolgozzátok fel! (A mi dalaink másoktól)	HU33 (1 week) HU	Cover versions: Other artists play Tankcsapda songs Chart entry: November 21, 2016
2017	Aréna concert	HU1 × 2 Double platinum (88 weeks)HU	Live album chart entry: December 15, 2017
2018	1989-1999	HU1 platinum (14 weeks)HU	Compilation chart entry: November 16, 2018
	2000-2011	HU3 platinum (16 weeks)HU	Compilation chart entry: November 16, 2018
	2012-2018	HU1 platinum (15 weeks)HU	Compilation chart entry: November 16, 2018
2019	Liliput Hollywood	HU1 × 4 Quadruple platinum (… Where.)HU	Chart entry: October 11, 2019

more publishments

• 1989: Baj van !! - demo
• 1996: 'Cause for Sale
• 2000: Ez az a ház - Maxi
• 2003: Szextárgy - Maxi

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		HU
2003	Szextárgy Szextárgy	HU1 (81 weeks) HU
2005	Ez az a ház Élő Főnix	HU9 (2 weeks) HU
2007	Rock a nevem Mindenki Vár Valamit	HU9 (2 weeks) HU
2013	1000 Ördög Rockmafia Debrecen	HU5 (1 week) HU
2014	Köpök rátok Urai vagyunk a helyzetnek	HU8 (3 weeks) HU
2016	Alfoldi gyerek	HU17 (1 week) HU
	Fiúk olébe a lányok	HU20 (2 weeks) HU	featuring Wellhello
	Agyarország	HU36 (1 week) HU	featuring Ákos
2017	Adjon az ég	HU36 (2 weeks) HU
2018	Mennyország tourist	HU33 (1 week) HU
	A legjobb méreg	HU9 (1 week) HU
	Vagyok olyan szemét	HU1 (3 weeks) HU
2019	Szevasz öcsém Liliput Hollywood	HU3 (2 weeks) HU
2020	Szuless meg újra	HU1 (2 weeks) HU
	Plasztik József	HU10 (1 week) HU

swell

1. ↑ Molnár Levente életrajza , Starity, accessed on August 31, 2020
2. ↑ Fejes Tamás életrajza , Starity, accessed on August 31, 2020
3. ↑ Lukács László életrajza , Starity, accessed on August 31, 2020
4. ↑ Sidlovics Gábor József életrajza , Starity, accessed on August 31, 2020
5. ↑ ^{a b} Chart archive Hungary (from October 29, 1990), search for Előadó: "Tankcsapda"

Web links

• Official website
• Tankcsapda - Hallgass (2009) ( Memento from June 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
• Tankcsapda at Discogs (English)