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Bats may refer to:
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- Bats (film), a 1999 horror film
- BATS Theatre, a New Zealand theatre venue
- BATS Improv, an improvisational theatre company in San Francisco, United States
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- "Bats!", a song by The Bronx
- Bats (band), an Irish band
- The Bats, a New Zealand rock band
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- Bats people, a small Nakh-speaking community in the country of Georgia
- Bats language, the language spoken by the Bats people
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- Bats, Landes, a commune in France
- Joël Bats (1957-), a former French goalkeeper and international footballer
- Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study, a long-term oceanographic study site
- BATS Global Markets, an electronic equities exchange based in Lenexa, Kansas, United States
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The Bats (New Zealand band)
The Bats are an influential New Zealand rock band formed in 1982 in Christchurch by Paul Kean (bass), Malcolm Grant (drums), Robert Scott (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards) and Kaye Woodward (lead guitar, vocals). Though primarily a Christchurch band, The Bats have strong links to Dunedin and are usually grouped in with the Dunedin Sound musicians that emerged in the early 1980s. The band has retained the same four members from 1982 to the present day.
History
1981–1986: origins and early years
In the early 1980s, Robert Scott and Kaye Woodward were sharing accommodation together in Christchurch. Scott was already playing guitar in The Clean, and had also played with bassist Paul Kean in the short-lived band, Thanks To Llamas. After Scott taught Woodward some of his songs, the three began playing together at parties as The Percy Taiwan Band. After recruiting Malcolm Grant of The Bilders on drums, they renamed themselves The Bats.
The Bats first performed in Dunedin on New Year's Eve, 1982. Over the next two years, they were involved in the live music scene in Christchurch and Dunedin, before releasing their first EP, By Night (1984), on the nascent alternative New Zealand record label, Flying Nun. The band spent the next two years touring New Zealand and Australia, and released another EP, And Here Is 'Music for the Fireside' (1985). The band's early releases were accompanied by some typically low budget but original music videos, notably 'By Night', 'I Go Wild' and 'Downfall'.
