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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 unprofessional in small quantities and as a consequence are long out of print.
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