Deraps is a new Hard Rock band, with a classic late 70's style sound, composed of Jacob Deraps on lead guitar and lead vocals, Josh Gallagher on drums and background vocals, and current hired gun Thaddy Lavoie on bass. Jacob was born in St-Georges, Québec, Canada, and Josh was born in Perth, Australia. They met online through their Van Halen covers on YouTube, getting recognition for their ability to capture early Van Halen's sound and energy, and even got featured several times on The Official Van Halen News Desk. Jacob signed a record deal with Metalville Records and a publishing deal with Anthem Entertainment, publisher of the legendary band Rush, and the duo released their self produced debut album worldwide on vinyl, CD and digital platforms, on June 17th, 2022. The album received rave reviews by legendary media such as "Classic Rock Magazine (UK)", "Burrn! (Japan)", "Screamer Magazine (USA)", "The Van Halen News Desk (USA)", and many more... Deraps was voted "The Best New Band of 2022", by readers of "Burrn!" magazine (Japan), and their song "My Side of Town" was featured in "The Ultimate Playlist of 2022" by Classic Rock Magazine (UK). In January 2023, Deraps followed "Sword" on their Québec tour opening for them. In the summer of 2023, Deraps also opened for Tom Cochrane and Ann Wilson, at the prestigious Festival D'été de Québec, for legendary bands Loverboy and Foreigner, at the Budweiser Stage in Toronto, and for Lee Aaron, at the Sound of Music Festival (Ontario). They also did their first UK/European tour, opening for Blue Oyster Cult at the Stonedead Festival (UK), and more... Jacob Deraps is a Gibson/Kramer USA, Germino Amplification USA, Celestion UK and Ernie Ball USA endorsee.