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The Bats (1982 - )

Group - New Zealand NZ rock band

Releases (25)

Official

Album

  1. Daddy's Highway 1987
  2. The Law of Things 1988
  3. Fear of God 1991
  4. Silverbeet 01 Jun 1993
  5. Couchmaster 1995
  6. At the National Grid 20 Sep 2005
  7. The Guilty Office 2008
  8. Free All The Monsters 17 Oct 2011
  9. The Deep Set 03 Feb 2017
  10. Foothills 13 Nov 2020

Album - Compilation

  1. Compiletely Bats 1990
  2. Thousands of Tiny Luminous Spheres Oct 2000
  3. The Bats, Volume 1 27 Apr 2014

Single

  1. Made Up in Blue 1986
  2. Block of Wood 1987
  3. The Black and the Blue 1991
  4. Spill the Beans 1994
  5. Free All the Monsters 05 Sep 2011

EP

  1. By Night 1984
  2. Four Songs 1988
  3. Courage 1993
  4. Spill the Beans 1994
  5. Don’t You Rise 06 Oct 2009
  6. Afternoon in Bed 15 Mar 2019

Relationships (4)

Members

  1. Kaye Woodward
  2. Robert Scott
  3. Malcolm Grant membranophone
  4. Paul Kean

Recordings by (183)

  1. By Night 2:25 (1983)
  2. My Way 2:50 (1983)
  3. Joes Again 3:50 (Oct 1984)
  4. I Go Wild 2:45 (1984)
  5. Jeweller's Heart 3:25 (1984)
  6. Man in the Moon 3:14 (1984)
  7. United Airways 2:06 (1984)
  8. Earwig 2:49 (1985)
  9. Chicken Bird Run 2:50 (1985)
  10. Blindfold 2:59 (1985)
  11. Offside 3:03 (1985)
  12. Claudine 3:13 (1985)
  13. Neighbours 3:10 (1985)
  14. Some Peace 2:35 (1986)
  15. Made Up in Blue 4:00 (1986)
  16. Trouble in This Town 2:25 (1986)
  17. Mad on You 2:30 (1986)
  18. Treason 2:55 (1987)
  19. Sir Queen 3:25 (1987)
  20. Round and Down 2:18 (1987)
  21. Take It 2:30 (1987)
  22. North by North 4:08 (1987)
  23. Tragedy 3:00 (1987)
  24. Block of Wood 3:12 (1987)
  25. Miss These Things 3:10 (1987)
  26. Mid City Team 2:26 (1987)
  27. Some Peace Tonight 2:56 (1987)
  28. Had to Be You 3:07 (1987)
  29. Daddy's Highway 4:03 (1987)
  30. Calm Before the Storm 2:43 (1987)
  31. Candidate 3:29 (1987)
  32. Other Side of You 3:10 (1988)
  33. Law of Things 2:13 (1988)
  34. Never Said Goodbye 2:33 (1988)
  35. Yawn Vibes 3:40 (1988)
  36. Time to Get Ready 4:16 (1988)
  37. Ten to One 2:38 (1988)
  38. Mastery 3:00 (1988)
  39. I Fall Away 2:27 (1988)
  40. Cliff Edge 3:05 (1988)
  41. Nine Days 3:43 (1988)
  42. Bedlam 3:28 (1988)
  43. Smoking Her Wings 4:37 (1988)
  44. Straight Through My Heart 4:14 (1988)
  45. Get Fat 2:53 (1988)
  46. Best Friends Brain 3:06 (1988)
  47. I Don’t Want You Anyway 2:43 (20 Sep 1991)
  48. It's a Lie 2:58 (1991)
  49. Dancing as the Boat Goes Down 3:06 (1991)
  50. The Black and the Blue 3:15 (1991)
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On Recordings (36)

Produced

  1. Calm Before the Storm 2:43 The Bats (1987)
  2. Miss These Things 3:10 The Bats (1987)
  3. Treason 2:55 The Bats (1987)
  4. Block of Wood 3:12 The Bats (1987)
  5. Mid City Team 2:26 The Bats (1987)
  6. Candidate 3:29 The Bats (1987)
  7. Had to Be You 3:07 The Bats (1987)
  8. Take It 2:30 The Bats (1987)
  9. Sir Queen 3:25 The Bats (1987)
  10. Daddy's Highway 4:03 The Bats (1987)
  11. Some Peace Tonight 2:56 The Bats (1987)
  12. North by North 4:08 The Bats (1987)
  13. Round and Down 2:18 The Bats (1987)
  14. Time to Get Ready 4:16 The Bats (1988)
  15. Mastery 3:00 The Bats (1988)
  16. Cliff Edge 3:05 The Bats (1988)
  17. Smoking Her Wings 4:37 The Bats (1988)
  18. Nine Days 3:43 The Bats (1988)
  19. Get Fat 2:53 The Bats (1988)
  20. Best Friends Brain 3:06 The Bats (1988)
  21. Law of Things 2:13 The Bats (1988)
  22. Ten to One 2:38 The Bats (1988)
  23. Never Said Goodbye 2:33 The Bats (1988)
  24. Bedlam 3:28 The Bats (1988)
  25. I Fall Away 2:27 The Bats (1988)
  26. Straight Through My Heart 4:14 The Bats (1988)
  27. Yawn Vibes 3:40 The Bats (1988)
  28. Other Side of You 3:10 The Bats (1988)
  29. Block of Wood (demo 2) 1:41 The Bats (27 Apr 2014)
  30. Downfall 3:48 The Bats (27 Apr 2014)
  31. Daddy's Highway (drum machine version) 5:05 The Bats (27 Apr 2014)
  32. North by North (remix) 4:04 The Bats (27 Apr 2014)
  33. Passed By 3:01 The Bats (27 Apr 2014)
  34. Block of Wood (demo 1) 5:23 The Bats (27 Apr 2014)
  35. Is That All I Get for My Heart 3:07 The Bats (27 Apr 2014)
  36. Check Check 3:03 The Bats (27 Apr 2014)

Credited as (2)

  1. The Bats
  2. Bats

Events (1)

Main Performer At

  1. SXSW 2006, day 4: Habana Calle 6 Patio time

Links (15)

Official Homepages

  1. http://thebats.co.nz/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the_bats

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/The+Bats

Setlist.Fm

  1. https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/the-bats-23d6e457.html

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/261399

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000038061

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3519888

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/2YvNi4oPdBgD45gc1UycxW

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/artist/id3294790
  2. https://itunes.apple.com/nz/artist/id3294790

Bandcamp

  1. https://thebats.bandcamp.com/

Biographies

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/19970618102524/http://www.flyingnun.nz.com/bats.html

Social Networking

  1. https://twitter.com/theBatsNZ
  2. https://www.facebook.com/thebats.co.nz

Myspace

  1. https://myspace.com/thebatsnz