Stiff was cooked up in the scorching heat of a Texas summer. Some of us were in Houston after touring with another band. Things hadn’t worked out with that group, so Greg Peddie (vocals) and Jon Ster (guitar) and...
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.
For the first time in twenty years, Anthrax will share a stage with Black Sabbath when the band performs at Sabbath’s “Back to The Beginning” concert set to take place on Saturday, July 5 at Villa Park in Birmingham,...
Drowning Pool have released their brand-new single “Madness” through SBG Records, marking their first new music of 2025. The band states, “We are inspired by the multiple possibilities for millions of conflicting disputes across many schools of thought and...
Former Misfits Singer Michale Graves has posted the following on his official website: I am no stranger to being cancelled. Since 2004 when I helped found a website called Conservative Punk, I have been one of the deranged lefts’...
Dark Angel have returned with the spine-shattering Extinction Level Event, their first album of original material since 1991’s colossal Time Does Not Heal. “Musically, lyrically, and vocally, I’m so stoked about this album,” says Gene Hoglan, the iconic drummer-of-all-trades...
Ghost has released their brand new single and video for “Lachryma” from their upcoming album Skeleta’. Skeleta’ Track Listing: 01. Peacefield02. Lachryma03. Satanized04. Guiding Lights05. De Profundis Borealis06. Cenotaph07. Missilia Amori08. Marks Of The Evil One09. Umbra10. Excelsis
Metallica has announced the following info regarding their new documentary film: As a few of you may know, we’ve been working behind the scenes the last couple of years on a new film that will be released later this...
Classic Alternative Rockers Garbage have a brand new album set for release on May 30th called “Let All That We Imagine Be The Light”. Listen to the first single “There’s No Future In Optimism” below: Garbage “Let All That...
Pulp are happy to announce their new album “More”, their first in almost twenty-four years which will be released via Rough Trade Records on June 6th, 2025. The album was recorded and mixed at Orbb Studio in Walthamstow E17....
Crown X Recordings, Canada’s premier re-issue label, proudly announces the release of Helix 50 – The Best Of, a career-spanning collection celebrating five decades of one of Canada’s most legendary hard rock bands. The compilation features an all-star re-recording...
