Demo Tapes
Blood in the Shower
1988 – self-released
No
Norman
Song for Drinkers
Summer in the City
Wallbreaker
Wet Look
Same
1988 – self-released
Waiting for the Sun
Broken Picture
Banshee Calling
Norman
As Tears go by
CD’s
Alabama ’94 / Batschkapp ’99
2002 – Fanclub
The Bates live from the Alabama 1994 & live in the Batschkapp on 22.12.1999
Viva-Weihnachten ’95
2002 – Fanclub
The Bates at the Viva Christmas Concert in Düsseldorf 1995
VHS
Overdrive ’99 / Göttingen ’92 / Taubertal ’98
2002 – Fanclub
The Bates live (uncuted concert!) At Overdrive 1999 & in Outpost / Göttingen 1992 and at the Taubertal Open Air 1998
Viva Weihnachten ’95 / Waldheim ’98
2002 – Fanclub
The Bates live at the Viva Christmas concert in Dusseldorf 1995 + live in Waldheim 1998. At the Waldheim concert you can see Zimbl harmonica playing!
DVD’s
Taubertal ’98
2002 – Fanclub
Taubertal concert from 1998. Approx. 20 minutes from the Fankfurt gig in the Batschkapp on 22.12.1999, as well as a Sat.1 report on Jam City 13.06.2000. Including a short interview with the Bates. Video clip “Love is Dead”
Tokyo 2000
2002 – Fanclub
Tokyo live concert in spring 2000. Also included are the two video clips “Bitter End” & “Japanese Girl”.
Viva Overdrive ’99
2002 – Fanclub
The great concert from early November 1999 at Viva II. The uncuted complete version.
Books
The Bates – Vom trashigem…
2010 – Books on Demand
The Bates … Von trashigem Garagensound und lauwarmer Fertigpizza: From a real cool time ‘til the bitter end
from Linus Lumpitzsch
This book is an unauthorized and unofficial work on the music band The Bates, which comes up with a lot of biographical data and a lot of statements of the band members. In addition to a “after the dissolution of the Bates” -Part and a concert history, a separate detailed Zimbl chapter has been integrated. This book is only available in German.