Limp Bizkit has posted the following on their official Instagram account regarding the death of Sam Rivers: In Loving Memory of Our Brother, Sam Rivers 💔 Today we lost our brother.Our bandmate.Our heartbeat. Sam Rivers wasn’t just our bass...
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.
KILLED BY DEAF: A PUNK TRIBUTE TO MOTÖRHEAD FEATURING THE DAMNED, RANCID, PENNYWISE, FEAR & MORE ARRIVES OCTOBER 31 A final preview of Killed By Deaf – A Punk Tribute to Motörhead (Oct. 31, BMG Recordings) arrives today with...
Europe’s founder/guitarist and solo artist, JOHN NORUM, has signed a record deal with Frontiers Music Srl. He will shortly enter the studio to record his tenth solo album, marking an exciting new chapter in his career. His distinctive singing...
British heavy metal band Venger, founded by SAXON’s guitarist Doug Scarratt and by James Fogarty (of Old Forest, formerly of In The Woods) to release debut studio album, Times of Legend, on January 9th 2026 via Silver Lining Music....
30th anniversary celebration of the band’s third album “amorica “includes the hits “Wiser Time,” “Gone,” and “A Conspiracy” plus songs never played live before from the band’s unreleased Tallest album sessions. With “amorica”, brothers Chris and Rich Robinson stayed...
Zinny Zan & Harry Cody, two original members of Shotgun Messiah, reunite! Los Angeles U.S. / Stockholm, Sweden Legendary frontman Zinny Zan is joining forces again with groundbreaking virtuoso guitarist Harry Cody! Legendary frontman Zinny Zan, former singer of...
Dressed To Kill celebrates 50 years with a specially tailored Super Deluxe 5-CD + Blu-ray Audio box rocking 107 total tracks with 78 unreleased tracks. The original album is newly remastered by Bernie Grundman from the 1975 stereo analog master...
In shocking news, legendary guitarist Ace Frehley, one of the four original members of KISS has passed away at age 74. Frehley recently made the difficult decision to cancel his remaining tour dates for 2025 after reportedly falling in...
Critically acclaimed guitarist and singer Orianthi will release her new single “Dark Days Are Gone” on Thursday, October 16th. An official music video accompanies the new single. Orianthi produced three songs from the new album including “First Time Blues,”...
Following the unprecedented success of the previous two books in the series comes Volume III of The Official Iron Maiden Colouring Book, specifically designed to celebrate the band’s 50th Anniversary, and the record-breaking Run for Your Lives tour. As...
