The Bates
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Biography
The Bates were a German punk band known for their 'bubble gum trash' style and their punk covers of classic songs.
The band was formed in 1987 in the small town of Hessian Eschwege, taking their name from the murderer Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's film 'Psycho'.
The band's greatest successes came in the 1990s, with each album featuring covers alongside their own compositions. The most notable was a version of Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' which made it to number ten on the Swiss Charts and number 67 on the UK Singles Chart. The covers were popular with fans and in 2000 they released an album exclusively made up of covers including The Beatles' 'Helter Skelter', The Rolling Stones' 'Out of Time' and The Cure's 'Wailing Wall'.
The band disbanded soon after, however, reuniting just once in 2006 to perform a gig in tribute to their singer Markus 'Zimbl' Zimmer, who had died earlier that year. The show was filmed and, alongside interviews with Zimbl's friends and family, turned into the film 'Zimbl - A Real Cool Time'.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Norman
- Time To Shake
- Runaway
- No
- Slow Down Baby
- The Night
- Independent Love Song
- Out Of My Mind
- I Know Now
- Running Forward
- Der Westen Ist Einsam
- Poor Boy
- Sidewalk Surfin'
- Shine
- Sometimes
- Always The Same
- It's Me Again
- As Tears Go By
- Good Times Are Gone
- Junkie
- The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore
- Don'T Wanna Be Like You
- Evil
- Say It Isn'T So
