Episode 458: Who's Festing LOUDER THAN LIFE

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast Who’s Festing consumes the show! Matt bleeds! Lorin bloviates! LOUDER THAN LIFE! Symbols! Circles! HOT! MILK! Flushable toilets! Also Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu Core for Old Heads! You gotta listen! Do it!
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Episode 457: Louisville Loves Nu-Metal Deep Cut Night Preview

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about deep cuts! Lorin and Matt welcome Brian and Corey from Louisville Loves Nu-Metal back to the show to discuss their just announced Deep Cut night. The guys talk about the origins of the event, the methods of picking the right kind of deep cut, and talk about the influence of the Koach on creating the setlist! They close out the segment with some blind Nu-Metal album rankings.
Later in the show, Lorin and Matt talk Disturbed’s 20th Anniversary Sickness Tour, check out a Roachamendation for Deathtape, and listen to the newest selection from Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu-Core For Old Heads.

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Tickets are now on sale for Deep Cut Night, April 19th 2025. Get yours today! 

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Episode 456: Welcome To The Downside by Speak No Evil

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast get some Rock 101 with the boys of Speak No Evil and their album, Welcome To The Downside. Topics this episode include:

-Timely album art

-Matt vs Vocals

-A musical gumbo

-Wishing someone was in orbit

-The 90s

-Amazon Dot Com reviewers

-Rollbar music

-Sometimes things are too intense

-Taking big swings

-An extremely heavy chainsing

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt decide if Speak No Evil deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. 

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Episode 455: Derek Blevins of My Ticket Home

This week the Koach celebrates the return of My Ticket Home! Lorin and Matt sit down with Derek Blevins, guitarist from My Ticket Home. Topics this episode include:

-What brought them back and the future of My Ticket Home

-Self producing

-Returning to the live show

-Lorin’s music video ideas

-Derek’s nu-metal roots

-And This or That: Nu-Metal Guitarists

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Episode 454: Can't Breathe by Boiler Room

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, one low res photo sends Matt into space and beyond as he and Lorin listen to Boiler Room’s 2000 album, Can’t Breathe. Topics discussed this episode include:

-Most nu-metal titled album of all time?

-Butt on the sun

-Amazon dot com reviews

-“Hitting stations all over the nation”

-Bands no one knows

-Prime gym music

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt decide if Boiler Room deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. 

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Episode 453: Who's Tweeting "The Rock Hall"

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Lorin and Matt go over the latest Nu-News, listener emails, lists and more! Topics this episode include:

-Viral video feedback

-Nu-Metal bands who should be in the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame

-Who’s Festing at Nova Rock 2025

-New songs from Tetrarch and Stray From The Path

-Who’s Emailing with the Nu-Metal Mount Rushmore

-And Stupid F’N Matts Nu Core for Old Heads

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Episode 452: Millenium IV V by Flymore

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we answer the question of whether Flymore is Korn or korn or corn as we listen to their 2009 album, Millennium IV V. Topics discussed:

-Nicknames

-The Korn rating scale

-Jonathan Devis

-“Life is too long until you die”

-Amazon reviews

-Filling “a” void

-Nothing personal!

-Attention to detail in music videos

-Songs for the common man

-And Canon Talk, where Matt and Lorin decide if Flymore deserve a place in the Nu-Metal Canon. 

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Episode 451: Who's Tweeting "Viral, baby"

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about the Koach going Viral! That’s right, we did it! Topics this episode include:

-Matt’s secrets to internet fame

-What percentage of internet commenters just want to say hi

-Spineshank and the Roach Koach Bump

-The Louder Than Life slow drip

-Logo discussion Part 2

-Diving at the dial

-Who’s Listing with Josh Toomey

-Mini Canon Talk

-Movie podding

-Nu-Metal from Chile and Poland

-And Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu Core for Old Heads

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Episode 450: Self-Destructive Pattern by Spineshank

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we celebrate 450 episodes and make a long awaited return to the boys of Spineshank and listen to their third album, Self-Destructive Pattern. Topics this episode include:

-A song that drips

-College vibes

-Stomping and spinning in the pit

-Swearing too much?

-Going to the Bobby’s World tour

-Intentional smothering

-Muse

-Jammin’ tunes

-“Play it at my funeral”

-Paying to listen to a sound

-Knowing when you’re cooked

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt decide if Spineshank deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. 

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Episode 449: Who's Tweeting "2+5=7"

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Lorin and Matt go over listener feedback, questions, Roachamendations and more. Topics this week include:

-Movie podding on BETTER MAN and KRAVEN THE HUNTER

-90’s Naas

-Who’s Touring with Cold

-Who’s in those DMs with Heathen Sun

-Who’s Emailing with Deficit and Mindset

-And Stupid F’N Matt’s NU Core For Old Heads

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Episode 448: To The Pain by Nonpoint

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s time to visit the road dawgs in Nonpoint and their 4th (or 6th!) album, To The Pain! Topics this episode include:

-Will Nonpoint listen to this episode?

-Swallowing bullets vs swallowing nails

-Bullet budgets

-Getting an autograph from Shinedown

-“Broken glass”

-The forces trying to stop Nonpoint

-Thinking about your ex at the gym

-“This is a dad song”

-Explain yourself/myself

-Getting a massage

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt decide if Nonpoint deserve another spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. 

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Episode 447: Who's Tweeting "Water levels"

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Matt and Lorin go over your feedback, Roachamendations, lists, emails and more. Topics this week include:

-Who’s in those DMs

-The Nu-Metal Renaissance

-Flymore, Korn clones?

-The Nu-Metal Big 4…or 5

-The Nu-Metal Junk Drawer

-Boggy Depot feedback

-Video game complaints

-And Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu Core For Old Heads

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Episode 446: Hybrid Theory by Linkin Park (Matt's Version)

It’s 2025 and it’s time to get Matt’s take on one of the biggest albums of all time! This week on the Roach Koach podcast, Matt shares his thoughts and feelings on Linkin Park’s world beater debut album, Hybrid Theory. Lorin dove into the trenches of Songmeanings dot com to find out what was happening in those internet hills in 2002. Get a bag of Pringles and take a listen! 

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Episode 445: Boggy Depot by Jerry Cantrell

Matt and Lorin get Very Cantrell and head to the Boggy Depot.

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Episode 444: End of Days Soundtrack

This week on the Roach Koach podcast we go back 25 years to the lost Arnold Schwarzenegger classic END OF DAYS and its accompanying soundtrack. Topics include:

-Shout out to Louisville Loves Emo

-Shout out to the Nu-Metal Agenda’s Christmas Album

-Being an Arnold fan

-The plot of END OF DAYS

-Filler on albums

-The majesty of “Crushed”

-Girl on a motorcycle mix

-The real Sherlock Holmes on SongMeanings dot com?

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt decide if any of these tracks deserve a place in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

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Episode 443: Who's Tweeting "Who's NOT Festing"

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Lorin and Matt go over Nu-News, Roachemendations and more. Topics this episode include:

-Recapping 2024

-1 year on Youtube

-Sick New World CANCELLED

-Unsolicited advice

-Welcome to Rockville

-R.L. Stine

-Josh Toomey’s phone

-The Daytona Owner’s Club

-New Nu from Architects

-Boots on the ground at Thrown

-And Stupid F’N Matt’s Nu Core For Old Heads

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Episode 442: The Paradigm Shift by Korn

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about returns! Jenny is back and so is Head to Korn! The Indigo Angel rejoins Lorin and Matt to discuss Korn’s eleventh album, The Paradigm Shift. Topics this episode include:

-Who is in Korn?

-A Hot Korn Doc

-Jonathan Davis vs Don Gilmore

-Rolling Stone’s review

-Jenny’s love of dubstep

-“Dabbling” in meth

-Korn and the survelliance state

-Being funny

-What member of Korn is the seventh string?

-Lorin vs Monsters University

-A lullaby for a sadist?

-Lorin loves noises

-Korn in E.T.

-And Canon Talk, where Jenny, Lorin, and Matt decide if Korn deserves another place in the Nu-Metal Canon.

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Episode 441: Who's Tweeting "The Koach in print"

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting. Matt and Lorin go over your Roachamendations, Nu News, lists, tours and more. Topics this week include:

-Roach Koach in The Independent!

-Skribbal goes Nu-Metal

-Who’s Touring 

-Linkin Park new album

-A show just for the Lorin

-Touching Logan Mader’s nipple

-The greatness of Thrown

-And Stupid F’Ns Matts Nu Core for Old Heads

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Episode 440: Beyond The Calm of the Corridor by The Blank Theory

This week on the Roach Koach podcast, Lorin and Matt dip into a box received at their treehouse and listen to the album Beyond The Calm of the Corridor by The Blank Theory. Topics this episode include:

-Having a fake face

-Twins!

-Matt and “cyber”

-Final Destination music video

-Fountains of Wayne and Smashing Pumpkins 

-Soccer challenges in the backyard

-Portishead 

-What are they doing in a tent?

-And of course Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt decide if the Blank Theory deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. 

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Episode 439: Who's Tweeting "Iconic logos require visibility"

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Lorin and Matt go over listener feedback, Nu News, Roachamendations and more. Topics this week include:

-Current events

-Sick New World feedback

-Iconic logos

-The Pact Bump

-New songs from Ded and Stepa

-Tour tips

-Limp Bizkit in the studio?

-New Swollen Teeth

-And Stupid F’Ns Matts Nu Core for Old Heads

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