In the Beginning There Was Hip-Hop, and It Was Good.<\/i><\/p>\n
And then the Great Professor Elemental and Others did Create Chap-Hop, a Commingling of Victorian Society, Steampunk, and Hip-Hop. And, Despite the Weirdness Of The Whole Matter, It Was Also Good.<\/i><\/p>\n
And Then, In Time, the Wise Moog (who Directed Several of The Good Professor\u2019s Videos, Which Are Pretty Damn Funny) Did Think Unto Themselves, \u2018What if We Mingled Swagger Rock \u2013 KISS, Queen, Guns & Roses, AC\/DC, That Sort of Thing \u2013 With Chap-Hop\u2019?<\/i><\/p>\n
And Thus Was Rapscallion<\/b> Born. And It Was Damned Good.<\/i><\/p>\n
It would be easy to discount Rapscallion\u2019s Maximum Splendid<\/i> as a joke \u2013 and the gods know, sometimes it is pretty damn funny.<\/p>\n
But much like their chap-hop comrade Professor Elemental, Rapscallion should be taken as both a source for occasional giggles and a musical act with serious chops. On their debut album, Rapscallion proves that they have the ability to channel multiple styles of \u201cswagger rock\u201d; pretty much every major hard rock act of the last thirty years is style-checked here somewhere, and it\u2019s all pulled off with skill, elegance, and a certain panache. To use a Victorian superlative, these lads (I assume they\u2019re all lads; if one of them is a lady of grace and discretion, please do forgive me) are the \u201cprime article.\u201d<\/p>\n
At various times, they come up with a magnificent party anthem with \u201c(You\u2019re Bloody Well Getting) Rock And Roll Tonight\u201d; an cock-rock special laced with calling cards and bone china tea set innuendo (\u201cCall on You\u201d); crunchy deep-fried Sabbath-style rock (\u201cQueen Of Treats\u201d); and the stereotypical rock opera long-form saga (\u201cNight Of The Giant Killer Crabs\u201d). They sing paeans to tea, moustaches, horses, and being a right villain (\u201cBlaggard,\u201d with the best lyrics on the CD). And, as appropriate, they end it with a heartfelt eight-minute ballad that only bloviates slightly. As a bonus, their videos are hilarious (all three of which are available on their website).<\/p>\n
Far from being a joke or a one-trick pony, Maximum Splendid<\/i> is a skilled and loving tribute to Victorian society, steampunk, and the kind of rock and roll that makes you want to drive a Trans Am and drink cheap beer. Well done, lads. Well done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":34386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[10688],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-46223","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-rapscallion","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46223"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46223"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}