Allow me to introduce you to XGatekeeperX. The group is comprised of vocalist James Pligge (Harm’s Way, Hate Force), drummer Chad Rapper (Decline, Bystander), bassist Kyle Roth (Decline, Noose), and the guitar team of Matt Fletcher (Life Force, Shai Hulud) and Shariq Ibrahim (Decline, Bystander).
If those capital Xs hugging its band name weren’t clear enough, XGatekeeperX is united in the name of straight-edge hardcore. James, Chad, and Shariq all came up in the Chicago hardcore community, previously playing together in Expired Youth in the ’00s.
With the XGatekeeperX debut demo dropping today, I wanted to get the story behind the new project. Chad and James were nice enough to provide the details in this new interview.
Read the full Interview on No Echo
