There’s a lot to unpack here regarding Rob Brown (aka xKingOfShredx), who has played live for bands like Entheos and Brand of Sacrifice. Turns out, there’s a pattern of shady behavior that’s finally coming to light.
He allegedly took a prototype signature model from Steve and Cerberus Guitars and never returned it. Apparently the serial has been tracked down and legal action is being perused.
Multiple people claim he scammed them on guitar lessons, taking money and either not delivering or straight-up threatening them if they called him out. One guy even commented on the Jacobra Records video saying he has a threatening voicemail from Rob, which only adds to the mess.
He reportedly sold someone a Quad Cortex, but when the package arrived, it was just an empty box—essentially stealing their money.
He’s been deleting comments from people calling him out for stealing property for months now—especially those pointing out that his Instagram and YouTube covers are faked. Many noticed his guitar was possibly not plugged in based on the string noise, his playing was full of mistakes, often on the wrong frets, and he was hiding behind pre-recorded audio.
Now that people are putting the pieces together, Rob’s scrambling—flooding his IG stories with random clips of the few real performances he has actually played, while simultaneously lashing out at “keyboard warriors” out of sheer embarrassment. It’s classic damage control: when exposed, shift the goalposts, deflect, and act like the people calling you out are the problem.
Technique-wise, he’s not exactly Lucas Mann. Lucas has had his own history of backtracking issues, but at least there’s a shred of self-respect there—Rob, on the other hand, seems to have no problem lying and scamming people to keep up appearances.
