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 been featured in many of the top music publications in the world including both Rolling Stone & SPIN Magazine’s “Top 10 New Bands To Take Notice Of In 2025”, as well as renowned radio programs like SiriusXM, Eddie Trunk & Alice Cooper’s syndicated radio shows, and hundreds of major stations across the globe. The group known as “The Baddest Band On The Planet” has made a name for themselves performing alongside over 50+ Multi-Platinum, Grammy-winning, & world-touring artists such as: Gene Simmons (KISS), Puddle of Mudd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Buckcherry, Warrant, Living Colour, Night Ranger, Three Dog Night, Uncle Kracker, Slaughter, Marshall Tucker Band, Mr. Big, Head East, Hinder, Lita Ford, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Queensryche, Saving Abel, LA Guns, April Wine, Jackyl, Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick), Escape The Fate, Everclear, Great White, Trapt, Humble Pie, Stryper, Orianthi, Vertical Horizon, Rikki Rocket (Poison), Doyle (The Misfits), Aldo Nova, Texas Hippie Coalition, Bulletboys, Eva Under Fire, Stitched Up Heart, Trixter, Goodbye June, Color Me Badd, Plush, Gemini Syndrome, Nashville Pussy, The Black Moods, Powerman 5000, Eddie & The Getaway, Gunshine, Them Dirty Roses, & many more. DC&R has also shared major festival lineups with bands like Shinedown, Carrie Underwood, Collective Soul, Creed, Skillet, & more! Cagle has performed at hundreds of famous venues, stadiums, fairs, and festivals across the US where his band has 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 aforementioned album, “Bad Attitude” skyrocketed the band to new heights, producing millions of streams & four Top 40 Singles so far! “All Figured Out”, the band’s debut single, reached #1 on the Mediabase Classic Rock Radio Charts in the fall of 2024 & resulted in Cagle signing with the Rock/Metal label Pavement Entertainment, home of artists like Puddle Of Mudd, Ted Nugent, Candlebox, and more. The album’s title track, “Bad Attitude” features a special guest appearance from legendary sunset strip guitarist Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns, Guns N’ Roses) and became the band’s first iTunes Top 100 single, reaching #75, as well as spent 8 consecutive weeks in 2025 on the Active Rock Top 100 Charts, climbing to #26 alongside many of the biggest names in rock! DC&R’s third single “She Said” was an edgy ballad that caught the ear of Eddie Trunk, peaking at #11 on the Classic Rock Charts, & was accompanied by a massive three month long US tour run with multi-platinum rockers Buckcherry in the fall of 2025!

In the end 2025, Drew Cagle was announced as one of the first ever recipients of a recording grant from Faith In Music Foundation, a non-for-profit organization founded by Michael Sweet of Stryper, to start the recording process of the band’s sophomore album. Cagle’s reputation stormed into 2026 with his first iTunes Top 40 single “Wine Talkin”, holding its own against names like The Rolling Stones, Journey, & AC/DC. The southern hard rock ballad became Cagle’s first crossover hit when it went on to hold #18 on Blues / Jamband Charts for months accompanying the band’s “Wine Talkin’ Tour” across the US.