[1] The band played only covers of early rockabilly and rock and roll by Elvis Presley, Gene Vincent, Chuck Berry, and Johnny Burnette.

The band began playing covers extra fast, in a punk rock style to get everyone's attention.

Bar staff and some patrons enjoyed the music and the band started playing psychobilly shows.

[1] That same year, Zuidhof and the band's sound engineer, Eddie, created Count Orlok records after a lawsuit with their then current label, Rockhouse/Kix4U.

In 1990, they released an EP, Batmobile is Dynamite!, and the following year, their sixth full-length album, Sex Starved.

[1] The tribute featured 33 international bands and a song contributed by Batmobile, titled "Baby Go Back Home.

The band no longer does major tours, but, continues to perform at least once a few times a month and at special events.

Jeroen also plays in Speedmobile, a loud rock 'n roll band together with the Barts from PPSR[4] "We didn't get into psychobilly, but that got into us."

– Jeroen Haamers, Batmobile lead singer and guitar[2]The band originally started out playing covers of early American rockabilly and rock and roll, and were initially disinterested in playing psychobilly, because of the bands that were performing this style in the Netherlands in the 1980s, which Batmobile deemed to be "boring and corny".

It takes him between "two minutes..to two days," to write a song, and that "Inspiration comes at the weirdest times..in bed, on the toilet, or in the shower.