Papa Roach

Papa Roach

Don't let their trendy emo haircuts fool you — Papa Roach still make music that harks back to the days where people gave a shit about Korn and Limp Bizkit. Somehow, however inexplicably, they still manage to crack mainstream radio, and The Paramour Sessions is chock full of minor-key power-chordage that will surely continue to pollute the airwaves...
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The Paramour Sessions

Papa Roach — Infest

An infestation of cockroaches would be more pleasant than having to listen to the nu metal offering from Papa Roach. Opener "Infest" rehashes guitar riffs first heard from Korn, with rapping that makes Tommy Lee sound good. It's difficult to make it through the 45-minute album without breaking out the Raid and roach motels. The...
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Papa Roach - Infest

I Read The News Today... For May 5, 2011

Ron Sexsmith's songs will be tackled by the likes of the Barenaked Ladies, soprano Measha Brueggergosman, Broken Social Scene's Kevin Drew, The Band's Garth Hudson, Andy Kim and country band Ladies Of The Canyon during this year's Luminato festival in Toronto, which runs June 10 to 19 throughout the city. The Sexsmith tribute will be held June 15...
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I Read The News Today... For June 16, 2010

The Walkmen's sixth studio album, Lisbon, is out Sept. 14. What, are they pulling for Portugal in the World Cup or something? Pitchfork Foo Fighters are suing an Australian advertising agency for copyright violation, saying they used part of the Foos' "Learn To Fly" without permission. World Entertainment News Network Mogwai's...
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Pumping: Papa Roach — Metamorphosis

This is the most misogynistic album I've heard in a while. Watch out, Nickelback, Papa Roach are trying to one-up you on songs about blow jobs! Seriously, I can't believe I just wrote that sentence....
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Ex-Papa Roach Drummer Suing Band

Ex-Papa Roach drummer David Buckner is suing his former bandmates for alleged unpaid royalties. Buckner also named Universal Music Group and Cherry Lane Music Publishing in the lawsuit, which was filed on Dec. 9 in Sacramento, Calif. The drummer was fired last December after he stopped touring with the nu-metal band in April because of...
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Papa Roach Make The Girls Cry... With Joy

Papa Roach wants to get you high. "That's how I feel after a show," says drummer Dave Buckner. Buckner is calling from Barcelona, where the band wound down the European leg of their tour in support of their latest release, Getting Away With Murder. Music fans are known to supply their own means of inducing altered states, of...
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Papa Roach Defy The Critics By Rockin' Out

Jaccoby "Coby Dick" Shaddix epitomized what every single hardcore band from high school tried to become. Filled with an angsty rage from social, emotional and societal rejection, the embodiment of an outcast's frustration was amped up for a sympathetic and understanding collective who clung to their every word and their every riff....
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Papa Roach Let Their Feeling Flow

So what inspires Papa Roach to write a new album? How 'bout putting a little love, hate and tragedy to give the Sacramento natives some new angst to spit. Following their triple-platinum major label debut, Infest, Papa Roach will release their sophomore effort, lovehatetragedy, on June 25. Frontman Coby Dick (now going by his real name,...
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WWE Tough Enough Compilation Vol. 1

It doesn't usually make sense to release a soundtrack in Canada for a show that's never aired here, but when a disc features names like Godsmack, Powerman 5000, Saliva, Disturbed and Papa Roach... well, then you know the kids are gonna dig it. Alas, when a disc features names like Godsmack, Powerman 5000, Saliva, Disturbed and Papa Roach... well,...
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WWE Tough Enough Compilation Vol. 1

Papa Roach's New Album Won't Be Radiohead

Triple platinum nu-metal rockers Papa Roach are just starting their European dates in late May with Alien Ant Farm, as well as for Ozzfest dates throughout the summer. The rest is necessary most pertinently for Dave (Buckner) the drummer who is suffering from a wrist ailment, possibly carpal tunnel syndrome. But thoughts about the follow-up to...
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