Inez McLain is a drummer and a singer of the father-daughter combo of The Exbats. She was 10 when her dad first suggested they start playing music together.
Kenny McLain had picked up the guitar a few years earlier, at 40, and he decided drums would be the way to go for his new bandmate, who became a singing drummer. It wasn't long before they started writing songs and playing shows in Portland, Oregon, where they were living.
Their band name is a British term for Ex-Battery Hens — or female chickens of a certain age who are killed after their egg production drops. They were previously called the Numbats, but they were forced to find a new name when another Arizona band released an album on Lollipop Records as the Numb Bats. By that point, they had moved to Piñon, Arizona, Kenny had taken a teaching job at a school there as Inez was about to enter high school.
The band released their first album in 2016, and since then they have released four Lps and four singles.
