The Tank

Punk rock revolutionized music in Great Britain during the second half of the 1970s, but the movement had exploded, imploded, and been seriously diluted by the start of the 1980s, so that former punks could be found playing in bands as fresh-faced as new romantics Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet, and as crusty as the New Wave of British Heavy Metal acts Iron Maiden, Tygers of Pan Tang, and Tank. Coming together in South London in the spring of 1980, Tank were founded by vocalist/bassist Alasdair "Algy" Ward, formerly of the Damned, with brothers Peter (guitar) and Mark Brabbs (...