About

Drew Cagle & The Reputation is a High Energy, No Apologies, National Touring Hard Rock Band based out of Champaign, IL & Nashville, TN. The band, currently signed to Pavement Entertainment & Sony, brings an aggressive new youthful energy to the classic rock style of the past with their unique version of boisterous rock n roll they call “Attitude Rock”.

DC&R has provided support for multiple world-touring artists such as: Puddle of Mudd, Warrant, Living Colour, Night Ranger, Three Dog Night, Uncle Kracker, Slaughter, Mr. Big, Head East, Hinder, Lita Ford, Artimus Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd), Peter Keys (Lynyrd Skynyrd), LA Guns, April Wine, Jackyl, Escape The Fate, Great White, Trapt, Humble Pie, Stryper, Orianthi, Doyle (The Misfits), Texas Hippie Coalition, Rockett Mafia (Poison/Bulletboys), Stitched Up Heart, Trixter, Goodbye June, Plush, Gemini Syndrome, The Black Moods, Them Dirty Roses, Austin Meade, Paralandra, and more. The Reputation has performed at many famous venues, stadiums, fairs, and festivals across the US where they have continuously entertained crowds with their confident style and cultivating stage presence.

The band’s debut EP “Haunted” (released in October 2021) became one of the quickest-growing independent releases of the year, and is currently approaching 1 million streams. Cagle recorded the band’s debut album “Bad Attitude” (released in January 2025) at Compass Records in Nashville, TN alongside Grammy Award Winning Engineer/Producer Matt Coles (The Eagles, Alice Cooper, Sammy Hagar) and an abundance of A-List, Grammy Winning, All-Star musicians & industry professionals who have worked with artists like: The Eagles, Toto, Taylor Swift, Robert Plant, Elton John, Willie Nelson, Kenny Chesney, Luke Combs, Post Malone, and many more!

DC&R’s first single from the aforementioned album, “All Figured Out”, skyrocketed the band to new heights, reaching #1 on the Mediabase Classic Rock Radio Charts in the fall of 2024 & was accompanied by a multi-month summer tour alongside some of the biggest names in rock n roll . Following the success of ‘All Figured Out”, DC&R signed to the Rock/Metal label Pavement Entertainment, home of artists like Puddle Of Mudd, Ted Nugent, Candlebox, Plush, and more. The band’s second single from “Bad Attitude” features a special guest appearance from legendary sunset strip guitarist Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns, Guns N’ Roses) on the title track of the record, and has spent 8 consecutive weeks on the SMR Mainstream / Active Rock Top 100 Charts climbing all the way to #26 alongside many of the biggest names in rock!