The group started off as a power trio with only drums, bass and guitar playing punk rock, but continuously expanded their repertoire with different elements of rock music.
The band's first important commercial development came in 1995, with the release of their fourth album, Az Ember Tervez (Man Makes Plans), which has become the first gold record for Tankcsapda.
In 2003, they finally crossed over to the mainstream, with the release of their Élni vagy Égni (To Live or to Burn) album, and two singles off this record: "Be Vagyok Rúgva" ("I'm Drunk") and "Örökké Tart" ("Lasts Forever").
Their newest studio album, released in 2014, is Urai vagyunk a helyzetnek (We Are On Top of the Situation).
Tankcsapda completed its first US tour in the fall of 2015 with Sledgeback.