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After tearing up Midwestern clubs for over two years, this Madison, Wisconsin based band was the first band to be signed to Jake Wisely's Minneapolis based Red Decibel Records, and released "Gardens of Machinery" to critical acclaim. Following the release of "Gardens of Machinery", Red Decibel sent the boys out on the road - playing clubs in the Midwest, upstate New York, and Canada. Their second album, "Chameleon Drool", proved to be an astonishing mix of funkadelic acid crunch and wail, which prompted Kerrang! magazine to assert that Rapscallion were "the next Soundgarden." Both CMJ and Foundations Magazines recognized this band with favorable reviews. With all the underground buzz circling this band, Rapscallion was soon offered a Management deal with the Los Angeles based Steve Moir Company, and a publishing deal with Warner/Chappel followed. The Chameleon Drool Tour blazed through places like the "Whiskey A Go Go" in Los Angeles, The "Off Ramp Cafe" and "RCKCNDY" in Seattle, as well as many southern cities, including Louisville, Nashville, Johnson City, Knoxville, Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Atlanta, Oxford, Gainsville, Deerfield Beach, St. Petersburg, and Tampa. Other cities included Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Lincoln, Missoula, Spokane, Eugene, San Diego, Southampton, and New Haven. Both releases continued to garner high marks from various rock and alternative music publications. Fueled and strengthened by the dramatically diverse and wide range of lyrical and instrumental talents of its musicians, Rapscallion's music still remains accessible to the wide range of their audience. With this "Something for Everyone" state of mind Rapscallion is now offering up a new set of demos, Older and WiDer, which is once again attracting enthusiastic reviews from Rock journalists. The band is currently working on more new material.