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After racking up countless road miles on tour with his band YYNOT, John Waite and Anna Nalick, producing, writing, and recording for various artists, and having two Billboard charting songs with his band Feel, Billy Alexander is set to deliver his debut solo album\xa0Rock & Roll Diary\xa0in 2024. The first taste of what\u2019s to come is the song and video release for \u201cHammer Of The Gods\u201d.\xa0See the video here:\xa0\u2060https://youtu.be/NbvD8hr56jc\u2060 When asked about the song Alexander explains,\xa0\u201cHammer Of The Gods\u201d is a salute to some of the bands of the 70\u2019s who went big and bold. Re-shaping rock by allowing their imaginations and musical skills to take them to new places. Not afraid to experiment with new sounds,\xa0and\xa0arrangements or write more intellectual pieces. Critics of the time often calling them \u201cself-indulgent\u201d while I call it adventurous. His upcoming debut album\xa0Rock & Roll Diary\xa0is a nine-song-set that covers the full spectrum of rock n\u2019 roll genres. \u201cAfter writing and producing three albums for my band YYNOT and years of writing for other artists, I started writing a batch of songs with no aim or intention other than just to write for myself. The songs were shaping themselves up to be a kind of reflection of my early influences and inspirational bands and artists from my youth and beyond. Some progressive rock and others more classic rock. Hints of Rush, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Tom Petty, The Beatles, and others were creeping into my creative process more and more,\u201d\xa0shares Alexander. He continues, \u201cWhen it came time to start putting the songs together in the studio, I felt even more liberated to just make a record in the spirit of the ones that lit my fire as a young teen and helped shape me as a guitarist, songwriter, and musician. Yet, I didn\u2019t just go for an obvious \u201cretro\u201d vibe as I\u2019m still very much into the here and now in terms of current influences and growth in all areas. As much as this record is a celebration of my rock and roll heroes, at its core it\u2019s my story. But hopefully a story many others can relate to. My goal was to make a modern-classic Rock and Roll record similar to the ones I love\u201d.

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