{"id":2426168,"date":"2026-05-21T10:04:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2426168"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:04:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:04:46","slug":"too-young-to-drink-ready-to-destroy-how-young-punks-xcomm-are-crashing-the-hardcore-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/too-young-to-drink-ready-to-destroy-how-young-punks-xcomm-are-crashing-the-hardcore-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Too young to drink, ready to destroy: How young punks Xcomm are crashing the hardcore scene"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On a late Monday afternoon in early May, three members of the band Xcomm sit behind the control board at multiplatinum producer Ross Robinson\u2019s studio in Atwater Village during an afternoon hang while bassist Adan Escoto joins via Zoom. Usually at this point in the year, a teenager would be counting down the days until the end of school. Instead, the young band just returned from dazzling audiences at Las Vegas\u2019 Sick New World Festival and is focused on the release of its debut album \u2014 homework be damned.<\/p>\n

The members of Xcomm, which consists of singer Michael Gatto, 19, drummer Revel Ian, 14, DJ Hunter Grogan, 20, and Escoto, 16, carry themselves with the ease and confidence of music lifers as they sit confidently and explain the past few years.<\/p>\n

The band was formed in 2023 when Ian and Escoto began writing riffs together. The duo are family friends and at the time, Ian (whose parents are Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian and singer Pearl Aday) played guitar. After adding a guitarist, Ian moved to drums.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the main reasons I broke up with my old band in January 2023 was that I wanted to start a heavier, hardcore band,\u201d Ian says. \u201cOriginally, I wanted to be more metal, like Slayer and Mastodon.\u201d<\/p>\n

They named the band Xcomm, a reference from the \u201cJohn Wick\u201d film franchise.<\/p>\n

Following its formation, the emerging outfit needed a singer. Instead of putting up fliers around town, Ian did what most young musicians would do today: He posted a digital flier in an Instagram Story.<\/p>\n

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The band was formed in 2023 and consists of, from left, drummer Revel Ian, 14, bassist Adan Escoto, 16, singer Michael Gatto, 19, and DJ Hunter Grogan, 20.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt read something along the lines of \u2018I\u2019m starting a new band, it\u2019s hardcore and sounds like Discharge, Black Flag and Bad Brains,\u2019\u201d Ian says. \u201cMichael immediately replied to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A few months earlier, Gatto met Ian after attending his previous band, the Minor Threat and Circle Jerks cover band Minor Jerk Brains\u2019 show. The duo stayed in touch, with Gatto still a member of 2dust. After seeing them perform, Ian was mesmerized by Gatto\u2019s skills as a frontman.<\/p>\n

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