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Eschwege, Germany (1987 – 2001)

The Bates were a Eschwege, Germany based punk rock band that was primarily known for their numerous cover versions. The group’s name refers to the person Norman Bates from Hitchcock’s movie Psycho.

They existed from 1987 until 2001 and “founded at a time in which it was said that punk rock is dead, remaining always faithful to their style” (Trini Trimpop, Power Vision Festival in October 1995.) The band’s Punk rock attitude is often pure, although the lyrics are about love, pain and longing.

The Bates published alongside original compositions on each of their albums at least two cover versions. Due to the fact that the cover versions arrived very well, the band released in 2000, an album that only included foreign compositions from different styles, which were presented in a completely new, Bates typical style - by the Beatles (Helter Skelter) and the Rolling Stones (Out of Time) on Sailor (Glass of Champagne) and Aneka (Japanese Boy) to Eiffel 65 (Blue). The highest chart placement of a single was number 10 in Switzerland for the Michael Jackson cover version of “Billie Jean”.

In 2001, the band broke up, allegedly over disputes over the consumption of alcohol by singer / bassist and frontman Markus “Zimbl” Zimmer . Zimbl continued to record two solo albums and a side project until his death, and were released unprofessional in small quantities and as a consequence are long out of print.

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1	Billie Jean	149
2	Independent Love Song	30
3	Sound of Silence	22
4	Billy Jean	16
5	Say It Isn't So	15
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7	It's getting dark	11
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EodNhoj wrote:
Friday afternoon

Gestern hab' ich endlich die ersten drei Alben der Bates mal in Form der schon vor Jahren ergatterten LPs wirklich als Vinyl gehört und das war einfach großartig. Bei der Gelegenheit wurde mal wieder (für mich) die Großartigkeit von "Psycho Junior" klar. Und das mit all dem netten Knistern auf Platte. Hammerwahnsinnsalbum, und dieses Teil ist 20 Jahre alt. Schade, dass mein Rolling Stones-Sampler mit "As tears go by" zerbrochen ankam. Tolle Band, großartig.

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ZukTol wrote:
November 2011

заебатая команда

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Cyankali wrote:
October 2011

war auch mein erstes ernstzunehmender Konzert mit den Bates damals 1995 (?).

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abcdef256 wrote:
August 2011

Ja, ich mag die auch. Trotzdem wäre es schön, wenn der hier ~ http://www.amazon.de/Eigensinn-Bates/dp/B000NVJQUG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312219901&sr=8-1 ~ nicht automatisch zu The Bates werden würde. Falls ich das selbst ändern könnte - kein' Plan! :)

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Tattoo_golf wrote:
July 2011

Kann mich L8L8 nur anschließen. Wieviele geile Konzerte plus x ich mit den BATES hatte!

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nonnen8 wrote:
May 2011

fantastic cover == LEUCHTTURM === .... I LOVE IT

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british-rocker wrote:
September 2010

klasse band einfach kult

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post-Agherm wrote:
August 2010

кавер на The Chameleons - заебончик

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Mia1881 wrote:
March 2010

<3 Mein erstes Konzert <3

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alex8b wrote:
March 2010

Does anybody have the early records tagged "Nuclear Graffity" or any other exclusive stuff?

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acid_sound wrote:
January 2010

mag ich =)

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sheislover wrote:
January 2010

Real cool band.

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evilutuion wrote:
January 2010

... und wir waren jung!!!!!

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Ichthyander wrote:
January 2010

http://www.lastfm.de/music/The+Bates/_/Der+Westen+ist+einsam

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mantelmann83 wrote:
November 2009

Punk? ABER WIE!!!

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LordMumpitz wrote:
September 2009

Hell, The Bates were my first concert I went to, must have been in 2000. The 2nd Skin Tour. There's still the tour poster somewhere here, in some poster box. I'm just archiving some of their albums right now, the cds won't make it very longer, my stereo already refuses to play them. Yeah, good ol' Bates. Tis was fun, tis was fun.

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parlotte wrote:
April 2009

A real cool time -> thinking on Alex (you were too young to die)

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LookingForClues wrote:
February 2009

Hi, wir sind die Bates aus Eschwege..

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indieviduality wrote:
February 2009

One of the coolest german bands ever! Great voice! miss their concerts

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xGrissomx wrote:
January 2009

Eins der besten Cover-Songs der Bates \m/

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