Foldout Digipak  with thick nice informative booklet (in German) written H.J.Klitsch

Band started in Berlin around 1964 under the band name  (Die) TORNADOS recording 2 songs one
released as backside to EDGAR & DIE ATEMLOSEN  (EDGAR & The BREATHLESS) title
"Da Doo Ron Ron" in German language, the other song a great German Garage version of 'Money' =
= Gib mir deine Liebe under the bandname The BATS.
In 1965 confronted to a english band with the same name (had a hit with "Telstar")they changed
name to The ROLLICKS.
After winning the Star Club competition they recorded one song for Star Club Records and some
others for ELITE all released on different varius artists compilations, before getting signed to CBS.
CBS released 4 singles in 65 and 1966, to earn some more money they recorded under the name
The SHOUTERS and as THUNDERBEATS some great rough beat and R&B covers for 
the EUROCORD  label.
In 1966 and 1967 some group members changed before the band split forever.
PETER HAUKE who did some managing for the band too, went into producing and started the famous
BACILLUS label, with bands like NINE DAYS WONDER ; DZYAN ; JERONIMO ; NEKTAR ;
PELL MELL and so on .

Style:  Beat ; Garage ;

see: 
Odd Persons ; (Drafi &) The Magics ; Jeronimo ; King Beats ; The Shouters ;

Musicians:
Rolf Joachim Tacht - lead guitar; Wolfgang Mieles - vocals; Peter Hauke  (=Hajo Born) - drums;
Lothar Böse, Walter Ortel (1967) - piano, organ; Georg Schneider, Gunar Schäfer  (67) - bass;

TORNADOS (Bats):
Bernd Richter - guitar; Tommi Schütt - vocals; Lothar Grciwocz - drums;

Tracks:
Let's Go Go Go  (Hajo Born)  1965
Das Totenschiff  (Born-Metis-Starr)
Addicted to Love  (Rolf Tacht)  1966
Girls were on my Door  (Rolf Tacht)
Things of Love  (Born)  1965
Walking in the Sand  (Morton)  1965
SHOUTERS - LP (1966):
Shakin' all over  (Heath)
Shimmy Shimmy   (Ballard)
Summertime  (Gershwin)
Walking the Dog  (R.Thomas)
Drums in Thunder  (Hauke)
Walkin'   (Carpenter)
Little by Little  (Phelge-Spector)
Baby Doll   (C.Berry)
Skinney Minnie  (Haley-Keefer) 
Can I get a Witness  (Holland-Dozier-Holland)
Dora (Donna) (R.Valens)   1966   The THUNDERBEATS
The House of the Rising Sun  (trad. arr.Price)  1966  The THUNDERBEATS
Da Doo Ron Ron   (Aber-Greenwich-Barry-Spector-Niessen)  1964  Die TORNADOS
Gib mir Liebe (Money) (Berry Gordy jr.-Janie Bradford-Montague) 1964  Die TORNADOS
                                                                                                                 released on Polydor as The BATS
Rosalie come back to me  (Domino)  1965  on Star Club + Elite
You better move on  (Alexander)   1965   4 songs on Elite Records
Louie Louie  (Richard Berry)
Sweet little Rock'n Roller  (C.Berry)
I'll never get over you  (Mills)
Tom Dooley  (trad)  1965   CBS
Umba Latta  (trad. Born)   1965  CBS
Hundert hübsche Männer   (Büttenhofer-Verard) 1966  GITTA WALTHER & The THUNDERBEATS
Honeyboy, ich mach mir Sorgen  (Bexter-Verard) 1966  GITTA WALTHER & The THUNDERBEATS