Member Since: 1/9/2006
Band Website: thebats.co.nz
Band Members: Robert Scott, Kaye Woodward, Paul Kean, Malcolm Grant
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Influences: love contemporary 2006 psychadaelic folk pop and still drawing from wide influences way back 50's Roy Orbison to Desmond Deker, 60's Velvet Underground to Troggs, 70's CAN to Neil Young to Gram Parsons, .. in the 80's we loved Cure, Smiths, New Order etc. 90's Stereolab to the 3D's. Now we like all sorts - Ladybird, Sambasadeurs, Daft Punk ... hard to pin point what makes us sound the way we do. Some people say we're like REM (but more bent funk punk folk pop!?) - we were developing around the same time - probably with a similar broad pelette of tastes to create from. Go check out http://www.myspace.com/sambassadeurtheband They've recorded a great version of Claudine and have some excellent songs of their own.
Sounds Like: sounds like? The Bats ...
kind-of a stupid obvious answer - people say other bands sound like us more than we sound like other bands. Maybe you could help us out! Who do we sound like? Send us a message or post a comment. There are a couple of old vids below - and a brand new animated one by Christian Carruthers
Flowers and Trees
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Record Label: Magic Marker, Pocket Music, Little Teddy, Egg, FN
Type of Label: Indie