Biography

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 OUT‘S, 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 FEW IN FTW. AS TIME MOVED ON WE WROTE MORE MUSIC, AND IT WAS TIME TO RECORD AGAIN WITH FULL BAND IN TACT THIS TIME AND WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS EVEN BETTER MUSIC AND A BETTER STUDIO.  HOTT TRAX)  NOW IT WAS ABOUT 2000 AND WE HAVE FINISHED OUR 2OND 6 SONG CD, LABELED REDNEK IIWITH THIS CD WE DID GET INTEREST FROM NASHVILLE, BUT FOR CERTAIN REASONS IT DID NOT HAPPEN. STILL PLAYING THE CLUB SCENE, WE WERE STILL WRITING MORE MUSIC. SO AROUND 2002 WE DID THE LAST CD BY REDNEK. WE RECORDED OUR BEST CD, 6 GREAT SONGS THIS ONE LABELED SOUTHERN NIGHTS.WE ALSO GOT NASHVILLE ATTENTION ONCE MORE, BUT IT SEEMS WE HAD THE MUSIC BUT NOT THE FATE.SOON AFTER JOHN TOPE MOVED ON AND WE ADDED MICK O’CONNER AND KELP PLAYING CLUBS, FESTIVAL BENEFITS, OUTDOORS CONCERTS, JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE. WELL AFTER ABOUT 8 YEARS IT WAS TIME FOR A BREAK. SO WE BEEN ON VACATION FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. BUT NOW ME (ROY) AND WES IS BACK WRITING NEW MUSIC, WITCH IS GOING TO BE A CROSS OF COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN ROCK AND SOME ROCK.STAY TUNED, GOOD THINGS TO COME. PLEASE SIGN OUR GUEST BOOK AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK, OR WHAT YOU WANT TO HERE. THANKS GOES OUT TO ALL OUR FANS WHO HAVE STUCK WITH US OVER THE YEARS.