The arena-ready stomp of “What Do I Got To Lose?” was co-written by SEBASTIAN, Myles Kennedy (Alter Bridge, Slash) and Elvis Baskette (Mammoth WVH, Slash), the latter of whom also served as the track’s producer. Guitars lock into a heart-thumping...
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.
In Madison Square Garden, KISS closed out the last show of their live performances for what has been billed as their final tour called “The End Of The Road”. But the band had an announcement at the end of...
The guitarist and co-founder of The Dictators Scott “Top Ten” Kempner has died at age 69 from complications of dementia. He would also co-found the band The Del-Lords. Scott Kempner released three solo albums Tenement Angels, Saving Grace, and...
Judas Priest have released their first official video from their upcoming new album Invincible Shield for the song “Trial By Fire”. Invincible Shield is set to be released on March 8th, 2024. This will be the first studio album...
Eric Martin Band – Sucker For A Pretty Face – Original Sessions Tracklist: 1. Sucker For A Pretty Face 2. Don’t Stop 3. Private Life 4. Letting It Out 5. Young At Heart 6. One More Time 7. Catch Me If You Can 8. Love Me 9. Can’t...
Kevin “Geordie” Walker reportedly suffered a massive stroke on Friday, November 24th, and passed away on Sunday, November 26th. Killing Joke released their first album in 1980 and Geordie was the guitarist for all of the band’s albums with...
2023 had some really good hard rock and metal albums released if you know where to look and listen. The hard rock and metal scene is littered with new bands that seemingly appear out of thin air, only to...
Sevendust is one of those bands that I listened to originally from their first album and then somewhere along the way about 2 or 3 albums later I lost track of the band. Shame on me for doing so....
Lacey Sturm has released her sophomore solo album Kenotic Metanoia, available everywhere on November 17 at https://stem.ffm.to/kenoticmetanoia. The former Flyleaf lead singer offers the project to the world independently, led by a string of arresting singles including “Awaken Love,”...
Angelica Attempting to hit on the sound of guitar slingers like Van Halen and George Lynch, Angelica went for a more glam-sounding singer, similar to Mark Slaughter. The original vocalist was replaced by Rob Rock and Dennis Cameron had...
