The Bats Ride Again

The Bats are play­ing in Welling­ton on Sat­ur­day, Novem­ber 3rd at Bar Bode­ga. As a fre­quent attendee of their gigs I can attest to their con­sis­tent awe­somenes. The loy­al fol­low­ing of groupies, sup­port­ers for over 30 years in many instances, indi­cates I’m not alone.

Indulge me by enjoy­ing some clas­sic Bats with North by North, and then let us know in the com­ments your favourite Bats song or mem­o­ry, and we’ll pop you in the draw for two tick­ets to see the gig.

 

6 Responses

  1. North by North has always been an ener­getic song to fin­ish their set. I’ve seen Paul break a string play­ing it (not too com­mon for a bass play­er). Also, the Bats played the Alpine Ice stak­ing rink in Christchurch as part of a mid-win­ter fes­ti­val in 1989 or 1990, rugged up in coats and scarves, with the pun­ters skat­ing as well as danc­ing.

    I can’t use the tick­ets, but I’d real­ly like the Bats to play in Christchurch! Their site says “Look­ing for venues in Chch and Dunedin” — both Bats home­towns, shame!

  2. My favourite song by The Bats is def­i­nite­ly North by North. I remem­ber win­ning a copy of In Love With These Times when I was at school from Tear­away mag­a­zine (remem­ber that?) and being over the moon and it had that song on it. It was my first indie record and a turn­ing point in my musi­cal direc­tion. I also have fond mem­o­ries of see­ing them in Dunedin at The Empire…I tried to find the date online (to ful­fill the gig geek in me) but there does not seem to be a defin­i­tive gigog­ra­phy…

  3. Block of wood is my all time favourite. Every­time I’ve seen them in Welling­ton they have closed with this in the encore. That song just smokes along. The best gig i remem­ber was at The Ade­laide for the launch of The Guilty Office. Small venue, tight band and a hap­py audi­ence.

  4. As Paul Cross­well will know, Kaye and Paul swap gui­tar and bass for Block of Wood. I went up after their last gig at Wun­der­bar (Lyt­tel­ton) to say “Thanks for doing the instru­ment swap, I haven’t seen that since the ’80s” (they laughed)