Barnaby Charles Ward, aka Baterz, was an Australian musician born in Canberra on July 3, 1969. He was a founding member of cult band The Bedridden and garnered an enthusiastic following as a solo performer. Baterz was born with haemophilia, a hereditary disease which affects the ability of the blood to clot. In 1984 Baterz was diagnosed with HIV infection, contracted via a routine blood transfusion a year earlier. In 2002 he was diagnosed with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy; he died that year in Adelaide on Monday July 22.
A tribute album in 2009, Great Big Squiddy Fun, included recordings by Deborah Conway and Tex Perkins.
Discography
With The Bedridden
- It's All Fun And Games Until Someone Loses An Eye album (1990, Round Records)
- Big Scary Cow album (1992, Round Records)
- I Told You It Wouldn't Work album (1998, Army of Nerds)
As Baterz
- Get Me a Fork cassette 1997
- Live at The Annandale cassette 1997
- Evil Stench cassette 1999
- The Blue Single (Target) CD 1999
- The Red Single (Darling) CD 1999
- The Yellow Single CD 2000
- Out Of Hell CD album 2000
- Goth CD single 2001
- Live and Well CD album 2001
- Armed Hold Up Song CD single
References
External links
- http://baterz.com/
- http://www.myspace.com/baterz
- http://www.fizzygo.com/
- http://www.scratch.com.au/baterz.html
- http://www.musicsa.com.au/artists/baterz/
- http://users.on.net/~gvetu/fizzygo/Baterz_For_Beginners-INFO.pdf