This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we finally say goodbye and goodnight to Side Project Summer, as Lorin and Matt discuss the final Chino Moreno side project, the 2023 album from Crosses, Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.

Topics this episode include:

-Top album lists

-20th anniversary albums

-Loving Depeche Mode

-“You can’t both be gimps!”

-Movie monster email chains

-12 string guitars

-Rescuing Amelia Earhart

-The Michael Mann synth

-And finally making a decision on whether this album is Ego, or Essential. 

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Side Project Summer continues! Finally! Lorin and Matt are back to discuss another Chino Moreno side project, and this week it’s Palms. Is this giving tropical vibes, Kong vibes, or something else? Topics this episode include:

-What were we bumping in 2013?

-Is this the album that is truly about Chi?

-A Songmeanings dot com development

-Star Trek vs Star Wars

-The ghost in Three Men and a Baby

-Jerk Off Island

-The downsides of a watery grave

-And the answer to the question, is Palms Ego or Essential? Listen and find out! 

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This week we celebrate on the Roach Koach Podcast! It’s the beginning of Side Project Summer! And it’s a celebration of 8 years of Roach Koach! Matt and Lorin reflect on 8 years of podcasting before diving into Chino Moreno’s debut album from his goth/nu-wave/witch house project, Crosses. Topics this episode include:

-Chuck Doom, top 5 name

-Depeche Mode vibes

-My Interpretation at Songmeanings Dot Com

-Playing twisted little games

-Testing a couch

-Amateur Photography

-“That piece of shit movie SOMEWHERE IN TIME”

-Matt explains Gated Drums

-Existing on vibes

-Food blindness

-Lorin and Matt asking whether Crosses is Ego or Essential to Chino Moreno. Find out and take a listen!

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

-How do nu-metal bands feel about being called “nu-metal”?

-Do you respect Fred Durst?

-The origins of rock n roll

-Tips for Chino

-Who’s Recommending with the Glitch Gang remix

-“Certified nut slapper”

-Ranking Deftones albums

-Escape from LA soundtrack episode feedback

-and Andrew Wolfe’s Roachamendations Part 2

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It’s time for some sensual danger on the Roach Koach Podcast! This week Jenny, Lorin, and Matt listen to Deftone’s 5th studio album, Saturday Night Wrist, as chosen by our Patreon patrons. Topics covered:

-Producer changes and clashes!

-Chino is going THROUGH IT

-Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

-Donnie Darko vibes

-Unfortunate music videos

-being “Wet4Chino”

-Underanalysts

-And whether Deftones deserve another spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

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Pits activated, pits stoked, pits of all kinds are evoked on this new episode of The Roach Koach Podcast. This week Jenny, Lorin and Matt do double duty, as they discuss Soulfly’s self titled debut along with Max Cavalera’s autobiography, My Bloody Roots. Topics include: Is music better when you’re drunk?; poor Paolo, Max’s prolific output, Jenny’s history with Soulfly, “It takes a village to make Soulfly album”, the return of Sensual Chino, “Bring the shit”, Does no hope equal no fear?; dive bomber riffs, Lorin and Jenny’s respect for the canon, “Take that, Hootie!”; an overview of the Ten Commandments, Who’s Tweeting?; Mushroomhead feedback, the appeal of video games with water levels, and of course the answer to the question, does Soulfly deserve a place in the Nu-Metal Canon?

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In this episode, Lorin and Jenny go deep on the debut album from Deftones. Was the recording process rushed? Is Chino a sensual vocalist? Is Matt surviving all this nu metal riffage? Listen and find out. Special thanks to Mark Rudolph for designing our new logo!