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The Tanks

Let's go on tour!..or not.

About Me

We live in Iowa City, IA. We're all originally from Dubuque, IA. We'd love to play a show in your town. Especially if we're on tour. We hope to tour a lot more in the future. It's ever-so-much fun.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/2/2005
Band Website: the-tanks.com
Band Members: Adam Luksetich - [Bass] --Kevin Koppes - [Mouth]
Influences: From dictionary.com:1. A power affecting a person, thing, or course of events, especially one that operates without any direct or apparent effort: relaxed under the influence of the music; the influence of television on modern life. 2. Power to sway or affect based on prestige, wealth, ability, or position: used her parent's influence to get the job. 3. 1. A person who exerts influence: My parents considered my friend to be a bad influence on me. 2. An effect or change produced by influence. 3. A determining factor believed by some to affect individual tendencies and characteristics understood to be caused by the positions of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth. 4. Factors believed to be caused by the changing positions of the stars and planets in relation to their positions at the time of one's birth. 4. 1. A determining factor believed by some to affect individual tendencies and characteristics understood to be caused by the positions of the stars and planets at the time of one's birth. 2. Factors believed to be caused by the changing positions of the stars and planets in relation to their positions at the time of one's birth.tr.v. in·flu·enced, in·flu·enc·ing, in·flu·enc·es1. To produce an effect on by imperceptible or intangible means; sway. 2. To affect the nature, development, or condition of; modify. See Synonyms at affect1.
Sounds Like: A state of perpetual adolescence.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Tour Cancellation...and other bummer news.

Howdy Tanks fans,Let's get right to it. The Tanks tour which ran from March 13th -April 5th through various parts of the South and West USA, HAS BEEN CANCELED! Kevin Koppes (vocalist) is having some m...
Posted by The Tanks on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:57:00 PST

TANKS NEWSLETTER!!!!

Okay, so we haven't posted a blog in almost a year! Wow! Sorry about that. But we have been busy and a lot of things have been happening. Since I'm tired of people saying to me, "So what are you guys ...
Posted by The Tanks on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:07:00 PST

Tour Diary.

Nordic Frost Tour 2007 by: Adam Luksetich (Surprisingly, I wasn't the one who picked this name for the tour.) ((Also, I apologize in advance for the sloppiness and length of this journal. You can...
Posted by The Tanks on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:46:00 PST

Life on the road is awesome.

It's true.We're on the road. And in good spirits. Which is quite an accomplishment in my book. We'll give you the full account once we get a chance to collect our collective thoughts. But you'll be th...
Posted by The Tanks on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:18:00 PST

Reviews

Okay . . .I can't remember if I posted these things or not. I probably did. But if I didn't, or you didn't see them, here they are again:http://www.75orless.com/?/archive/2006/09/the_tanks_su mmo.phpht...
Posted by The Tanks on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 12:24:00 PST

In case you don't read bulletins . . .

Watch this.http://www.optimus.com/clients/media/angerson_25G2L.mov It's for your own good.- Kevitank
Posted by The Tanks on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:58:00 PST

Website update, other things.

Dudes,Our website (www.the-tanks.com) has a new look. It's pretty much the same thing. Just new colors. Maybe it's dumb. But it's already done. And if you're a nerd who insists on making suggestions o...
Posted by The Tanks on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:09:00 PST

Yeah . . .

We're playing a couple shows.They're both in Iowa.I'm trying to pull things together.Really.Working sucks.But not being broke is awesome.That's the way she goes.More later.If I get around to it.- Kevi...
Posted by The Tanks on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 03:52:00 PST

Tank Tube

For your edification . . .http://www.youtube.com/results?search=tanks+iowa+city&s earch_type=search_videos&search=SearchSo . . . yeah, if you're into that kinda thing. Let us know what you thin...
Posted by The Tanks on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 11:29:00 PST

New Songs . . . and stuff.

Yeah.We put up two songs from the new CD, Summon Creature. You can buy it in Iowa City on June 15th at our CD RELEASE SHOW with THE APES. It's going to be most excellent. The show, that is. The qualit...
Posted by The Tanks on Wed, 31 May 2006 02:04:00 PST