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    Rattlesnake Battalion draws its influence from early 2000s punk and ska bands such as Bomb the Music Industry and Titus Andronicus.  Photo from a video by Mateo MontoyaRattlesnake Battalion draws its influence from early 2000s punk and ska bands such as Bomb the Music Industry and Titus Andronicus. Photo from a video by Mateo MontoyaSarah Faulkner - Editor-in-Chief
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    This Saturday night, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m., local pop-punk band Rattlesnake Battalion plans to make some noise at their upcoming performance at the Desert Island Supply Co. for the Fourteen76 art showcase of local artists, including UAB current and former students.

    The band is composed of UAB students James Moss, Christian Hulvey and Blake Smith, as well as a fourth member, Liam Herb, who attends the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and played with the group over the summer. The band has had shows at DISCO and the High Note Lounge following its conception in January.

    The members, who grew up and attended school together in the Chelsea area, played music together before they formed Rattlesnake Battalion.

    “I met Blake in middle school through our fourth member and auxiliary percussionist Liam,” said Hulvey, a “tentative” music technology major who primarily serves as a bassist for the band. “They played in a band together at that time where Blake played guitar and did vocals. I eventually formed a one time band with Blake called Thunder Badger in eighth grade and we played [at] the school’s dance. I’m pretty sure I met James the night we played that dance, and we became good friends throughout high school. James and I had talked about playing music together for a while, and decided to start a band earlier this year.”

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