- The Bates【 7 albums 68 lyrics 】
- The Bates were a German punk band, founded in Eschwege, federal state of Hessen, Germany in 1987. The name referred to the character Norman Bates from Alfred Hitchcock's film, Psycho.
The Bates were mainly known for their cover versions of songs made famous by other artists. On each of their albums they published at least two such cover songs alongside original compositions. Because the cover versions were particularly well received, The Bates released the album 2nd Skin (2000), which featured cover versions of songs taken from various genres. The Beatles ('Helter Skelter'), Rolling Stones ('Out of Time'), The Cure ('Wailing Wall'), Sailor ('Glass of Champagne'), Aneka ('Japanese Boy'), and Eiffel 65 ('Blue') were covered in the album in typical Bates style.
Amongst The Bates' commercially most successful singles was their cover version of Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' (1995), which reached No. 10 in the Swiss charts, and No. 67 in the UK Singles Chart, gaining them the highest charts entries of their career. Some other well-received songs were the Shakespears Sister cover 'Hello (Turn Your Radio On)' (1994), 'A Real Cool Time' (1995), 'It's Getting Dark' (1996), and 'Independent Love Song' (1997). Fan favourites were 'It's Getting Dark', 'Say It Isn't So', 'A Real Cool Time', 'Bitter End', 'I Don't Wanna Love You' and 'Not Like You'.
In 2000, The Bates disbanded. The band members reunited only briefly in December 2006 to play one concert, as a tribute to their former singer Markus 'Zimbl' Zimmer, who had died earlier that year. The concert was filmed and, together with some interviews of family, friends and former acquaintances of Zimbl, made into a movie: Zimbl - a real cool time. A shortened version was first screened a year later on the same date as the concert.
Discography
Studio albums
1989: No Name for the Baby
1990: Shake
1992: Psycho Junior
1993: The Bates
1995: Pleasure + Pain
1996: Kicks 'n' Chicks
1997: Punk?
1998: IntraVenus
1999: Right Here! Right Now!
2000: 2nd Skin
Live albums
1993: Unfucked: Live
1997: Live
Singles
1994: 'Hello'
1995: 'A Real Cool Time'
1995: 'Billie Jean'
1995: 'Say It Isn't So'
1996: 'It's Getting Dark'
1996: 'Poor Boy'
1997: 'Independent Love Song'
1999: 'Bitter End'
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Album name
Release Date
Song
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2nd Skin
2000
1.Up The Down Escalator
2.Ferry' Cross The Mersey3.Big Spender
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IntraVenus
1998
1.She's Mine
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What a Beautiful Noise
1.Say It Isn't So
2.It's Getting Dark
3.Friendship
4.All I Got to Say
5.Here We Go6.Shine
7.The Only One
8.Beautiful Noise
9.Runaway
10.Fuck the World
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The Bates
1.Something to Do
2.Gone Tomorrow3.Paint My Horse Green
4.Off
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Pleasure and Pain
1.Don't Wanna Be Like You
2.Fuck
3.A Real Cool Time
4.Fuck the World
5.Junkie
6.A Fuck On the Edge of the World
7.In This Town8.Yeah
9.Shine
10.The Only One
11.Tonight
12.Rock 'N' Roll Heart
13.Say It Isn't So
14.High above the Ground
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Pleasure + Pain
1.In This Town2.Billie Jean
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Miscellaneous
1.She Won't Come Back
2.Yeah (Acoustic Version)
3.Poor Boy
4.Pay Back
5.Over You
6.One Minute
7.Leuchtturm
8.Tonight (Remix)
9.Be My Baby
10.Der Westen Ist Einsam
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11.O.k.
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12.When Will I See You Again
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13.Wallflower
14.I Can Handle It
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15.I'm Still Waiting
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16.Song for Michael
17.On My Own
(Provided)18.In Your Head
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19.Lips
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20.Baby I Got You
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21.Poor Little Girl
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22.Drivin' Without Brakes
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23.All I Got To Say
24.Not Like You
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25.I Hate To Go
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26.Do You Care
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27.The End
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28.Gonna Make It Through The Night
29.The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More
30.Goldfinger
31.Let's Get It On (A Tribute to Turbonegro)
32.Put the Blame on Me
33.Hello
34.Japanese Girl
【Correction of errors in the album information】