This is the highest quality Official promo video for Van Halen’s 1980 song, “Loss Of Control”. The video was aired only outside of the U.S., so it is somewhat rare. Mayday! I checked it out. I think you ought...
Bobby Caughron
Bobby Caughron is a music journalist and Editor-In-Chief for XS ROCK. He began a life-long fan of hard rock and metal music after hearing KISS as a kid. He is still an avid fan of the 80s metal scene and continues to discover and write about new music in all rock genres today.
As the Earth of 2020 continues to revolve in a puzzling singularity, three of the world’s most powerful men have harnessed their collective capabilities for nuclear and musical power into a quest for world peace. On October 30th, this...
Former Judas Priest guitarist K.K. Downing has started his own band called KK’s Priest. The band featuring Downing on guitars, AJ Mills on guitar, Tony Newton On bass, Les Binks on drums, and former Judas Priest vocalist Tim “Ripper”...
Former KISS guitarist, Vinnie Vincent Just Released The Following Announcement: OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT VINNIE VINCENT FANS, On Oct 17, 18, 2020 VINNIE VINCENT – LET FREEDOM ROCK BASH (LFRB) will take place at SIR NASHVILLE. I am rescheduling the VINNIE...
Frankie Banali was the longtime drummer with the multi-platinum heavy metal band Quiet Riot. Metal Health reached the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 charts. Banali also played drums in the band W.A.S.P. as well as performed as a...
The 1980s saw heavy metal go mainstream and reach a large audience worldwide. The genre was split into sub-genres like Glam Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM, Traditional Metal, and more. Regardless of which sub-genre you preferred, there was...
The 1980s saw heavy metal go mainstream and reach a large audience worldwide. The genre was split into sub-genres like Glam Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM, Traditional Metal, and more. Regardless of which sub-genre you preferred, there was...
The 1980s saw heavy metal go mainstream and reach a large audience worldwide. The genre was split into sub-genres like Glam Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, NWOBHM, Traditional Metal, and more. Regardless of which sub-genre you preferred, there was...
Dokken broke out with their debut album “Breaking The Chains” in 1981. The band consisted of what would be considered the classic lineup of Don Dokken on vocals, George Lynch on guitar, “Wild” Mick Brown on drums, and with...
The Vinnie Vincent Invasion hit the scene with their debut album in 1986. After scoring a tour with Iron Maiden the band continued to build a fanbase before releasing the album “All Systems Go” in 1988. But, alas this...
