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The Ditchrunners Ink A Deal With Rusty Knuckles Records

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Rusty Knuckles would like to welcome The Ditchrunners from Wisconsin! Look for their latest album to be released this year, through Rusty Knuckles! And stay tuned for tour dates! "The Ditchrunners are beginning to make a ripple, no a cannonball, in the Great Lakes music scene. If you are wondering what kind of music to expect from these boys, think the opposite of radio stars such as Kenney Chesney and Toby Kieth. I would think more along the lines of Central Wisconsin rebel-rousing, whiskey-fueled, high-octane country." -Adam Greuel, HOOPLA Magazine "From Stevens Point, these five guys must have had a love hate relationship with the country music they grew up with. They kept the country twang, and sometimes a bit of the hoe-down beat, but added a hard edge in the guitar work and palpable rebel-rousing attitude. Its more than Toby Keith country, but less than gritty southern metal, settling in a rebellious bluegrassy middle ground. Singing about whiskey, truc...

Never too Young to Rock �n� Roll: The Third Grade Punk of "Old Skull"

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There�s been much ado�countless articles, TV appearances galore,  a whole movie even�about pre-teen rockers Unlocking the Truth . Which is fine and all, but what if I told you there was another band, decades before, that were even younger, sold more records, toured extensively, and rode a wave of minor rock fame all the way to high school ? It�s true. And if Unlocking the Truth knew what happened to �em after the band broke up�a saga much grimmer than your average episode of VH1�s Behind the Music �they�d find new hobbies. Old Skull formed in Madison, Wisconsin when a couple of punk rock dads�Vern Toulon (Missing Foundation) and Robin Davies (Tar Babies)�decided to recruit their sons into the lucrative world of indie-rock. Toulon�s kids JP and Jamie handled guitar/vocals and keyboards respectively, and Davies� stepson JP pounded the skins. They �wrote� songs about hot dogs and AIDS (most people assume Toulon senior composed the music, but the truth is lost in the mist...