Bates | pt

Norma Bates is a Swedish rock/punk/garage-band formed in 2004. Group members are Julia Blomgren (vocals), Christian Massana (guitar), Jenny Sjöström-Massana (bass) and Pär Ekberg (drums). On Nov 14 2007 the group released the single Bow Down in Sweden. Among other songs are You Make Me Fine and Pushing and Smashing. Officiell website: www.normabates.com. .

Como é fazer rock and roll no meio da Amazônia?Sem se preocupar com a reposta, mas buscando sua própria identidade, talvez a banda Norman Bates, seja uma das respostas exemplares a essa questão. Rock nervoso, com guitarras altas e uma bateria que parece uma tribo indígena tocando punk rock. Essa poderia ser uma das muitas definições dessa banda que, aos 12 anos de carreira, é uma das mais importantes do rock paraense. Com letras fortes, que formam cenários ora psicodélicas, ora realistas do seu habitat na floresta urbana, o NB tem ganhado respeito nacional de crítica e público. O ex-VJ...

Reprobates was a hardcore/punk band from Toronto, ON, Canada. .

The singer and musician Martyn Bates has since the early 1980s been important to the development of new folk related music. Originally (and still) a member with Peter Becker of the adventurous independent band, ‘Eyeless In Gaza’ he has also had a long concurrent solo career. In his solo work he started to work in experimental folk music during the late 1980s when synthetic and pomp-rock music were the prevailing forms of the time. Folk music was generally ignored at best and often despised, it was therefore an early and bold move to promote the old traditional songs and stories...