In 1992, XL was put together by Mikey (vocals/bass) and Chris Jones (guitars) – the XL songs were of the time, Def Leppard meets Poison and Alice Cooper. The Jones boys chose 6 songs from their XL project and headed to Los Angeles for three weeks with a view to get signed. However, just around corner, the ‘grunge’era was rearing its head and the glam-rock, pretty boy bands were about to be replaced by Nirvana and Pearl Jam - and so the party ended for XL. However, the 6-Tracks EP, ‘Rock All Over You’ became a cult classic and the limited edition CD (only 500 copies pressed) was one of the most sought after ‘Def Leppard-sound-a-like’ recordings of the past 20 years – it was selling for £150.00 on eBay at one point! But little has anyone realised that there were more than a dozen fist-raising XL songs recorded in ’92-93 - and iTunes has the lot right here, all togther for the first time!

In 1996, the Jones Boys created another project, Freefall and another truly...