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Released: Jan 1, 1988
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General Info

  • Genre: Indie / Psychobilly / Rockabilly

    Location Breda/Rotterdam, NL

    Profile Views: 480163

    Last Login: 1/16/2012

    Member Since 3/3/2006

    Website http://www.batmobileforever.com

    Record Label Count Orlok..Nervous.. Kix 4U

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ......Bat-Bio.. Batmobile was founded 1983. After several months of covering Elvis Presley, Johnny Burnette and Gene Vincent, Jeroen Haamers (vocals/guitar), Johnny Zuidhof (drums) and Eric Haamers (double bass) decided to start to write their own material and all of a sudden people started to call the mental Dutch threesome 'psychobillies'..... In 1985 the first Batmobile album was released, which led to international recognition. For the first time a non-british band headlined all international psychobilly festivals..... The second half of the eighties and the first half of the nineties the band is touring through Germany, France, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Austria and England. The band is headlining numerous times in the legendary KlubFoot in London..... The releases of the band are consistent in the concept of sounding different every time. The band hates to cover itself so the Batmo gents are always in search of new sounds within the rockabilly/psychobilly spectrum. This leads to the very first (and ever so often copied) metal-sounds within the scene on their 1988 realease Bail's Set...... but ofcourse also to the back to basics release Amazons from Outer Space (1989) and the massive concept mini-album Batmobile is Dynamite (1990). If ever there's a band ahead of things within rockabilly/psychobilly it's Batmobile..... In 1997 the band introduces their own brand of Rock n Roll B-music. Like in a B-film, B-music stand for B-musicians, bad (read: funny) jokes, horror, nakid women and having the time of your life. So theres not a big difference with decent psychobilly. .... The second half of the nineties Batmobile does a lot of concerts in the ..Jukebox Tour.. in which the audience decides what the band should play. Their first concert in New York is being taped and released on film and will be the last concert before a 3 year break..... In 2001 the album titled A Tribute To Batmobile is released on a Japanese label. On the album all kinds of bands from all over the world play Batmobile songs. Batmobiles own contribution on the album is called Baby Go Back Home. In 2003 'A Tribute to Batmobile part 2' was released and the band recorded the song Deep Down for it..... In 2003 the band makes one live appearance in Germany which makes Batmobile decide to start doing more live performances again starting 2004. Since then they have been doing concerts in the Netherlands, Japan, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Brazil and the US/Hollywood... .. The band recently contributed a live version of Kiss Me Now on the Kaiser Records 'Soundtrack to Oblivion' and has recorded the old Warren Smith classic Ubangi Stomp for the Stray Cats Tribute record 'Go Cat Go' for Baseline Music... Batmobile has just released a split album with the Dutch Peter Pan Speedrock called Crosscontamination. This album is available on Suburban Records (BeNeLux) and People Like You (worldwide)....... ..Releases:.. 1985 Batmobile - Kix 4 U.. 1987 Bambooland - Count Orlok.. 1988 Bails set at $ 6.000.000 - Nervous.. 1988 Buried alive Count Orlok.. 1989 Amazons from outer space - Count Orlok.. 1990 Batmobile is dynamite - Count Orlok.. 1991 Sex starved - Count Orlok.. 1991 Batmobile in Japan 1991 - Live video - Count Orlok.. 1992 Hard Hammer hits - Count Orlok.. 1992 CD single Midnight Maniac- Count Orlok.. 1993 Blast from the past, the worst and the best - Count Orlok.. 1993 CD single Shoot Shoot - Count Orlok.. 1995 Shake your pagodas, drop your kimonos, Batmobile strikes again - live video - Count Orlok.. 1997 Welcome to planet cheese - Count Orlok.. 2008 The Clarendon Ballroom Blitz, live at the KlubFoot 1986 - Anagram.. 2008: Crosscontamination - Batmobile & Peter Pan Speedrock - Suburban/People Like You.... ..Various compilations:.... Psycho attack over Europe 1 & 2.. Stomping at the Klubfoot 3&4.. Fistful of pussies.. Rock n Horreur.. DVD Stomping at the Klubfoot.. 2001 A Tribute to Batmobile (various artists) - Downer records.. 2004 A Tribute to Batmobile II (various artists) Downer records.. 2005 AMP-Magazine vol 5: Psychobilly.. 2006 Go Cat Go ; A Tribute to the Stray Cats.. 2006 Soundtrack to Oblivion - Kaiser Records...... Check out the new Official Batmobile Webshop!.... ...... .... You can also find the shop on Myspace: ..Batmo Webshop on Myspace...... ..Promo video Cross Contamination, splitalbum Batmo/PPSR.... ..Crosscontamination!...... .. .. .. .. .. .......... ..Batmobile in the KlubFoot 1986...... ...... .. .. .. ................ ..The Scum in Hollywood.... ....Batmobile: The Scum in Hollywood........ .. .. .. .. ......Add to My Profile.. | .. More Videos.. ..

  • Members

    Jeroen Haamers - vocals and guitar.. Eric Haamers - (double) bass .. Johnny Zuidhof - drums .. .. ..

  • Influences

    Johnny Burnette.. Elvis .. Motörhead.. ACDC .. Link Wray .. Ramones

  • Sounds Like

    Elvis on speed.. Funny Rockabilly.. Wild Rock and Roll..

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