FM Bats is a four-piece punk band from Long Beach, California

Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...

 that formed in 2004, consisting of singer Todd Jacobs (aka Hot Batch Todd or Nancy Manhands), formerly of The Distraction, Le Shok

Le Shok

Le Shok was a synthpunk band from Long Beach, California, USA. The band was made up of members of various other punk bands from the area and existed from 1997 until early 2001, releasing numerous 7" records, one full-length, and touring the US twice....

, and Neon King Kong; bassist Leonardo Salas of Parades End and I'm Gonna Stab You; drummer Tony Matarazzo of Grand Elegance ; Brett Cutts; and Orlando Sanchez formerly of I'm Gonna Stab You and Parades End.

Releases

• Everybody Out... Shark in the Water LP
  Gramophone record
  A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
  
   (Vinyl Dog Records)
• FM Bats Are Out To Harm LP
  Gramophone record
  A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
  
   (Sound Virus)

History

After recording Everybody Out... Shark in the Water Orlando Sanchez left the band for a two year sentence in a Nevada state prison. He was replaced by Brett Cutts who performed on Bats Are Out To Harm and for ZM radio on KUCI

KUCI

KUCI is a college radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Irvine, California, USA, the station serves the Orange County area...

, but the death of Cutts in March 2006 left the future of FM Bats in limbo. Dru Hubbell replaced Cutts from 2007-2008.
In 2011, the band began making appearances in Southern California again with Dru Hubbell on Guitar and Mike Mulcahy aka Mike the Tryke on drums. Hubbell & Mulcahy are both Current members of the recently reunited Sensitive Side (SS).

Reviews

• "the last dangerous band in L.A." L.A.Record
• “The FM Bats pack in more action into their ten-minute EP, Everybody Out... Shark in the Water, than most bands pack into an entire album” Space City Rock (zine)
• "FM Bats don't have much time to spare" Splendid magazine