Together since 1980, The original BNI has opened live shows for Spencer Davis, Rare Earth, Lovin' Spoonful, Dave Mason, The Buckingham's, Head East, Romantics, Savoy Brown, Off Broadway, Long Riders, The Kind, Pete Special, Rick Danko, The Smithereens, Elvis Bros. BNI has played many clubs in Chicago with small Midwest tours and dates in Europe. BNI has released E.P.’s, C.D.’s, Compilation Albums, Demos and Video’s for over 30 years. This band enjoys making original music. Recording hours of material in over 25 studios we have proudly worked and co-produced with Phil Bonnet, Graham Walker, Jeff Murphy, Frank Pappalardo, Malcolm Chisholm and many more.

BNI - Batteries Not Included is Robert Satterlee, John Goskowicz and Kevin Harriss. As of 2019, our new tunes have access for streaming and downloading, with links to Amazon, Apple Music, Band camp, Deezer, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Facebook, Napster, Pandora, SoundCloud, Spotify.

Presently, the band has finished a new record with Craig Williams in Dr. Caw Studios.

BNI will release this full length album/CD called “hey hey hey” in 2019.