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Eschwege, Germany (1987 – 2001)

The Bates were a Eschwege, Germany based 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 unprofessionally in small quantities and as a consequence are long out of print.
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  • MellyMUSE

    uwielbiam! <3 The first song I heard was "Independent Love Song" ... music with power and a beautiful cover versions...

    3 hours ago

  • insane3

    Stimmt ab im Punk Rock Pokal 2012 in der Punk Rock Liga!

    last month

  • EodNhoj

    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.

    February 2012

  • ZukTol

    заебатая команда

    November 2011

  • Cyankali

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

    October 2011

  • abcdef256

    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! :)

    August 2011

  • Tattoo_golf

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

    July 2011

  • nonnen8

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

    May 2011
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