Recently, I sat down with Don Dokken to discuss his new album, appropriately named The Lost Songs: 1978-1981. I’ve been a fan of Dokken for years and I was interested to talk with Don, not only about the new...
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.
One of XS ROCK’s most popular articles has been our article on 25 Great Hard Rock Albums Of The ’80s That You Might Have Missed. So popular in fact, that we now present the second round of “Great Hard...
Marcie Free, lead vocalist for Unruly Child, Signal and former lead singer for King Kobra as Mark Free, has posted the following on her Facebook page with the accompanying video: Marcie’s Universe I should preface this by saying please...
Recently, we published the article “10 Bands That Helped Form The Gothic Rock Movement” which you can read here. Now, we’re going to start to dig in a little deeper and take a look at some more bands that...
If you’re a fan of Gothic Rock and you haven’t heard all of these bands before, by all means, check them out. These bands along with numerous others helped create a new sub-genre of rock music that still thrills...
Artist: Def Leppard Album: The Early Years Box Set 79-81′ Box Set Genre: Hard Rock / Melodic Metal Label: Ume/Virgin Release Date: March 20, 2020 Reviewed by: Bobby Caughron Review: If you were to add Pyromania to this box...
Artist: Dio Album: The Studio Collection 1996-2004 Genre: Metal Label: BMG/Niji Release Date: March 20, 2020 Reviewed by: Bobby Caughron Review: The late great Ronnie James Dio is now a legendary figure in the Heavy Metal genre. His untimely...
Known primarily for their biggest hit single “Turn Up The Radio”, Autograph released three major albums for RCA Records including “Sign In Please”, “That’s The Stuff” and “Loud and Clear”. The original lineup of Autograph got together in 1983....
Don is best known as a co-host of VH1 Classic’s hit heavy metal talk show series, That Metal Show, where legends of rock hang out to discuss their past and current projects in front of a live studio audience....
Comedian/actor/ writer Brian Posehn, who has appeared in several films including Rob Zombie’s “The Devil’s Rejects,” starred in Comedy Central’s “The Sarah Silverman Program,” had a recurring role on the Emmy-winning TV series “The Big Bang Theory,” has written...
