Michigan Rattlers, a rock band that was started by childhood friends in Petoskey and had grown an audience outside of the state, is calling it quits for now.
In a social media post published Thursday, Michigan Rattlers — singer and guitarist Graham Young, Adam Reed on upright bass, Christian Wilder on keys, and drummer Tony Audia — announced the band’s “indefinite hiatus”:
Some news: it’s bittersweet that we let everyone know Michigan Rattlers will be going on an indefinite hiatus.
Ten years, hundreds of shows, every state in the continental United States. So many friends made along the way. We are proud of the music we made. We are grateful to all of you who joined us on the journey and made this life a reality for the four of us. The experiences we shared exceeded anything we ever could’ve dreamt up as childhood best friends growing up in Petoskey, Michigan. The love and support we’ve felt over the last ten years as a band is immeasurable. The good times were endless and we’ll remember them forever, and we sincerely hope you all will, too. New opportunities await us… stay tuned.
Love, Graham, Adam, Christian, Tony
The band had grown in prominence over the years, opening for Bob Seger at Pine Knob in 2019 and pivoting from alt-country to more of a synth-rock sound on last year’s Waving From a Sea, which was produced by Detroit’s Dominic John Davis, the longtime bassist for Jack White.