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REDNEK WAS BORN IN 1997 IN A GARAGE WITH 2 GUYS AND A DREAM. WESTON BATLA (LEAD VOX, GIT) AND ROY SPOON (BASS) STARTED WITH A SMALL PA, A ANALOG MULTI TRACKER, AND A KEYBOARD WITH DRUM TRACKS. OUR MISSION, WRITE MUSIC. ONCE WE HAD ABOUT 8 OR 10 SONGS DOWN, NEXT IT WAS TIME TO FIND A DRUMMER AND REHEARSAL SPACE. WE FOUND A OLD BUILDING ON GARLAND ROAD IN GARLAND TX. OUR GOOD FRIEND BOBBY CHATHAM SET IN ON DRUMS UNTIL WE FOUND OUR OTHER FOUNDING MEMBER JOHN (DEER) McCAULEY. WE REFINED OUR MUSIC, AND NEXT IT WAS TIME TO START GETTING READY TO GO TO THE STUDIO. NOW IT WAS 1998. WE RECORDED OUR FIRST 6 SONG CD, LABELED ATOMIC COWBOY WITH SONGS LIKE FADE AWAY AND PANTY RAID WITCH GOT SOME AIRPLAY ON THE OLD 97.1 THE EAGLE. NOW IT WAS TIME TO FIND OUR LEAD GIT. LOT OF TRY OUTS, AND FINALLY CAME JOHN (LIGHTNING) TOPE. SO NOW WE WERE IN PLACE. TIME TO START PLAYING LIVE. AND I MUST SAY, WE MADE OUR FOOTPRINT ON DALLAS, PLAYING JUST ABOUT EVERY ROCK CLUB IN DALLAS AND THE MID CITIES, AND A FE...