New Music & Video Release - Project X - XMusic artists' tribute to Temple Of The Dog's 'Hunger Strike' - 10th April 2026
Artist Name - Project X
Release Name - Hunger Strike
Release Date - 10th April 2026
Genre - Rock, Hard Rock, Alt Rock, Grunge
Label - XMusic
Several artists on Australia's fastest growing rock label, XMusic have come together under the name, Project X to record their own version of one of the most powerful songs of the early 90's and arguably the one song that birthed an entire sub-genre. Temple of the Dog's immortal, Hunger Strike.
Featuring members of Dreamkillers, Fractured State, Dellacoma, Audio Reign, Awaken The Hate, Wayward Kings and Whiteford, Project X is a charity arm of XMusic and a share of the proceeds will go to charities including Men's Mental Health and Support Act from this track.
Mastered by Roger Lian who also mastered Soundgarden, gave this song a great lift from the amazing recording done from Damien Kechagias.
Hunger Strike is such a special song to me and fans around the world, with its haunting vocals and was such an amazing song to hear live from both Soundgarden and Pearl Jam! I have had this idea for a few years now and then Damien Kechagias (Dreamkillers and now FRACTURED STATE) came to me with a full album concept and thus the fun began. A huge thanks to Damien Kechagias for the production of this track and enlisted fellow Dreamkillers/Fractured State drummer Steve Hatchman and then the hunt for the vocalists began.
The overwhelming response from all vocalists on this track was amazing! A let's do this! Attitude, so a huge thanks and much love goes out to Dellacoma Rio of Dellacoma, Jake Fleming of Audio Reign, Ben Rogers of Awaken The Hate, Ryan Daley of Wayward Kings and Zarz Vox of Whiteford - XMusic CEO, Tim McLean-Smth
As part of the 5th Anniversary of XMusic we decided to start the project before the Anniversary live shows.
There are more songs coming from Project X featuring your favourite artists from XMusic, with the next being Adele's Hello featuring some amazing female vocalists.
Simply we want to give back to the people who help us, Support Act and Men's Mental health charities who are very important to the musicians in our industry!
So Please Turn it UP! And enjoy....
XMUSIC 5th ANNIVERSARY SHOWS
To Celebrate the 5th Anniversary there will be a series XMusic Live Shows featuring some of your favourite XMusic Artists and New Merch.
Thursday, April 30th: Musicland, Melbourne
Dellacoma
Sisters Doll (Special Acoustic Performance)
Karly Jewell
Electric State
Friday, May 1st: Musicland, Melbourne
Frankenbok
Cicadastone
Awaken The Hate
Electric State
Saturday, May 2nd: The Den, Newcastle
Wayward Kings
Kodem
Whiteford
Stormflower
Sunday, May 3rd: Soapbox, Brisbane
Dellacoma
Awaken The Hate
Tailor Made Rejects
Kaosphere
Sound Affliction
Slythr
Runt
Tickets for all shows and 5th Anniversary Merch including Limited Edition T-Shirts & Muscle Shirts
are available from https://xmusic.au/tours/