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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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 on the Roach Koach Podcast we have a guest! And it’s Josh Toomey of the Talk Toomey Podcast! Josh joins Lorin and Matt to chop it up and discuss his involvement in Louisville Loves Nu-Metal, taking place July 20th at Headliners Music Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. Josh talks learning Fieldy’s bass parts, Deftones on sex playlists, Peter Steele, Nu-Metal albums aging well, and more! Take a listen!

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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 Lorin and Matt are joined by previous guest JD to discuss Deftones and their modern classic/instant classic album, Koi No Yokan. Topics this episode include:

-Where were we in 2012?

-CD rot?

-The “Swerve City” music video

-Signing up for Songingmeanings dot com

-String counts

-Missed connections in the pit

-Sad-ism

-Investigating stage banter

-Is this Nu-metal?

-Night drive music

-And of course Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and JD decide if Deftones deserve another spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

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This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s the return of Chino and the boys as the Bye Babe series continues with Diamond Eyes by Deftones. Topics covered include:

-Jenny wanted to do Ohms

-The Leak Era

-Lorin’s 2010 Top Ten

-Eros

-“hornycore”

-What does your name taste like?

-Chino’s horny level

-DMT

-Windows vs Mac

-“Last song, bro”

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

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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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Nu-Movie Month carries on as we watch LITTLE NICKY this week and discuss it’s very familiar soundtrack. What is everyone’s history with Adam Sandler? Does LITTLE NICKY hold up 20 years later? Do we have enough ideas for a Funky Ken movie? 

Also:

-Who’s Sliding Into Our DMs

-Is the Koach on a Sex Playlist?

-Filter Talk

-Muse vs Lorin

-“I’m gonna nut”

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Nu-Movie Month continues on the Roach Koach Podcast as we clip right along with the soundtrack to The Rock’s star making action romp, The Scorpion King. Is this The Rock’s best movie? Is the video for “I Stand Alone” even better? How much did Suey Erna have to do with picking these songs? Are any of them worthy of the Nu-Metal Canon? 

Also in this episode:

-Drain STH Feedback

-#NotMyDean

-Reactions of Ohms

-Burton leaves Fear Factory

-The Twiztid Two Hundo

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Side Project Summer continues on this week’s episode of the Roach Koach Podcast as we listen to the self-titled album from Chino Moreno’s side project, Team Sleep. Are these songs for a sex playlist or a wedding slow dance? Are Team Sleep fans called Sleepy Boys? Does this album drive a wedge between two members of the Roach Koach team? Listen and find out! 

Also:

Who’s Emailing 

Black Voices in Nu-Metal

Feedback on our episode all about Prison

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This week on Roach Roach the time has come for Jenny, Lorin and Matt to discuss 2003’s self titled album by Deftones. Did Chino and the boys abandon Nu-metal entirely on this album? Or do they still have some chug left? Most importantly, does Deftones deserve another place in the Nu-Metal Canon? 

Also discussed:

Who’s Recommending: Prison

Flaw Feedback

The 4 Star Rolling Stone review

Chino’s floppy hair

Poppers

The Genius List

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This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we listen to the sounds of 40 Grit and their album, Heads. Are these guys weird enough? Are they disciples of Robb Flynn? What goes on at the Church of Beer? Most important, does 40 Grit belong in the Nu-Metal Canon?

Also:

An email that changes EVERYTHING.

Deftones on tour with Poppy!

A Honking on Bobo update!

And finding a replacement for Coconut Dracula.

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It’s the end of the summer and the perfect time to end our Theme Summer with the final Family Values Tour collection from 2006. How did the boys close out the grand Family Values experiment? Are Korn a credible band or an incredible band? Are we Flyleaf fans now? Is Stone Sour actually Tonic? Most important, does anything on this album deserve a place in the Nu-Metal Canon? As well, Who’s Tweeting with Pressure 4-5 feedback, Who’s Repping the Roach at Korn/Alice In Chains, and a surprise message to Jenny and Sweet Mitchell that you will blow your mind.

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This week on the Roach Koach podcast Jenny, Lorin, and Matt listen to the Italian boys of Linea 77 and their debut album, Too Much Happiness Makes Kids Paranoid. Before getting to that, the team talks about Who’s Tweeting, going over some Serial Joe feedback, find that the Coal Chamber controversy continues, and debut The Managers Mantel. Then it’s time to talk Linea 77 (14:45). Do these guys love poop jokes? Would all of these songs have been better in Italian? Can you drive better after getting head? Is this worthy of the Nu-Metal Canon? Listen and find out. 

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1, 2, 3, 4, fuck! That’s right, it’s time for Roach Koach to check out Switched and their debut album, Subject to Change. Topics discussed: Who’s Tweeting, Pulse Ultra feedback, a wrestling explainer, Ginger Snaps, pronouncing Mushroomhead album titles, respectful disagreements, a recommendation from Thom Hazaert, anatomy album art, a demonic boy into a smooth boy, Songmeanings dot com, wordy choruses, getting a whiff of butt, Bieler Bros, getting Alice In Chained, the Deftones vibe, breathy boys, the Christgau Challenge, and of course Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and Jenny decide if Switched deserve entrance into the Nu-Metal Canon. 

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The Roach Koach Podcast returns to the confines of the Indigo Basement this week as they bask in the afterglow of the live show while discussing Chimaira’s lone nu-metal offering, Pass Out of Existence. Topics include: How do you pronounce Chimaira?; Who’s Tweeting?; “Matt was classic”, Jenny’s skateboard past, Deftones concert report, The Comedown, early and often pit activation, “Find your own pit”, Jenny loves a “Get away!” song, Matt’s halloween costume, Nickelback vs Slipknot, a drummer who hates chickens, empathy, our first jinx, “Inspired by Mudrock”, the great “Bodies” debate, the return of Prow-lar, the movie SPHERE, fatigue, a recounting of the film JADE, and of course a discussion on whether Chimaira 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!