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  The bell rings, students who had just been at rest begin to reactivate their brains. It’s finally lunch. On Monday, the students at the school kicked off Battle of the Bands as Yours Truly took the stage. The concert was infectious, with the drums literally shaking the floor as the beats were pounded out. As their music seeps into the student union, with guitarist/vocalist Caleb Bishop, guitarist/vocalist Dean Bliss, manager/keyboardist Bernardo Faraco, and drummer Mongo DeLegge, MavLife got to know who Yours Truly, truly is. Names are first impressions, forming your opinion of something or someone in an unchangeable way. For Yours Truly, it took a while to come up with what they wanted to be called. Their idea came about while the band’s singer was on Facebook chatting with a friend. “I sent him a song that we recorded and said this is Yours Truly playing and he asked ‘Is that your band name?’ And I said ‘no we don’t have one’ and then I was like, ‘wait,’ and I had an epiphany right there,” Bishop said. Yours Truly is inspired by three main types of music: Indie, pop-punk, and rock. They were also influenced by many specific bands. “Muse, Modest Mouse, and Blink-182,” Bishop said. “We listened to them a lot as kids and they really influence our music.” “[As far as influential bands] we can go all the way back to The Beatles,” Dean Bliss said. Unlike other bands, Yours Truly is upfront about what inspired them to be a band. “Attractive good looks, and boredom over the summer,” Bishop said. “We’re all friends and thought it would be fun. But mostly good looks.” Making it to the finals is not a top priority for Yours Truly. They competed in Battle of the Bands for the music and to entertain the audience.