Do not call Batusis a supergroup. Despite a line-up boasting a Dead Boy, a New York Doll and two Blackhearts, they do not like the tag.
“It is used to cheaply,” Sylvain Sylvain tells undercover.com.au. “That’s thrown around an awful lot,” Cheetah Chrome adds.Batusis spent just five days in the studio putting down the four songs found on their debut E.P. “With the music and stuff, it was basically recorded live,” Syl tells Undercover. “When don’t have fading ending and stuff like that. We are a live band that got recorded”.
“We like to fly by the seat of our pants. We like improvising and getting ourselves into situations,” Cheetah said.
Cheetah credits Joan Jett’s rhythm section for filling out the Batusis sound. “We had a great rhythm section. We had Tommy and Enzo from the Blackhearts. We had one whole night just to work with them and get the rhythm tracks and then three nights to decorate them.”
Batusis UK dates are:
Monday May 3: Glasgow O2 ABC
Tuesday May 4: Sheffield O2 Academy
Wednesday May 5: Liverpool O2 Academy
Friday May 7: London Islington O2 Academy
Saturday May 8: Hatfield Forum, University of Hertfordshire (The Attic Room)
Monday May 10: Oxford O2 Academy
Tuesday May 11: Southampton, The Joiners
Wednesday May 12: Bristol O2 Academy
Thursday May 13: Birmingham O2 Academy
