This week on the Roach Koach podcast we return to the comforting sounds of Max Cavalera as we dive deep into the fourth Soulfly album, Prophecy. Topics this episode include:

-What is like to be friends with Bobby Burns?

-Keeping these guys around

-Buying a cd in 2004

-Songmeanings dot com

-Sweating in the desert

-Making the corny cool

-“That ain’t no ballad”

-Defeat me? Defeat U!

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

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This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s in the Pit, as Lorin and Matt are joined by Josh Toomey to discuss Slipknot’s 25th anniversary tour. Topics this week include:

-Slipknot, showmen

-Knocked Loose, pit legends

-Taking Lady Raven breaks

-Lorin’s updated list of Top 5 Rappers

-Josh Toomey going viral

-Matt the Nu-Metal Evangelist

-Updating the Genius List

-And Chad Radical’s Rippers for Roaches

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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 feedback, Roachamendations, questions, and more. Topics this week include:

-A eulogy for Pitchfork

-Alien Ant Farm merch store

-The Roach Koach Meet Up 2024

-Candyass 25th anniversary tour

-KottonMouth Kings 420 Puff Puff Pass Spectacular Update

-Who’s Emailing with “a banger so insane I had to share”

-Linkin Park feedback

-And Vandals Can’t Handles Part II: Rise of the Roach

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This week on the Roach Koach podcast, it’s a wild one. For the first time in Roach Koach history, Lorin and Matt discuss an album with someone who actually made it! Lead singer and lyricist Blake Beckmann from the band Stepa walks us through Stepa’s debut and sole release (so far), 2002’s Stepa! 

Topics include:

-The Stepa Journey

-Becoming a rock star in your teenage years

-Producer Jay Baumgardner

-Band photos

-Being asked to leave the band

-“You’re known as Throat”

-Page Hamilton in your living room complaining about a mix

-“Knock Knock, who’s there? A ripper!”

-What is the Fuck Status of the new Stepa songs?

-Posting on Songmeanings dot com on Thanksgiving

-“Is this song about Doing It?”

-Channeling Bjork

-“The Roach Koach Bump”

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and Blake decide if Stepa deserves a place in the Nu-Metal Canon. 

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Thank you Blake for coming on the show! Check out Stepa wherever you stream music, follow Stepa on Instagram and follow Blake’s art on Instagram. 

This week on the Roach Koach podcast Lorin and Matt welcome Zack and Brian from Louisville Loves Emo/Nu-Metal talk all about the origins of their emo night (25:00), predicting the return of Emo and Nu-Metal, the lessons of putting on such an elaborate show, whether or not to include a chainsaw, and more! Make sure to check out Louisville Love Emo on Instagram and check out their upcoming shows, Louisville Loves Emo December 2nd at Headliners Music Hall in Louisville, Kentucky and Louisville Loves Emo at Madison Live in Covington, Kentucky on January 13th 2024. 

Also in this episode:

-PitFest!

-The return of My Ticket Home???

-Who’s Repping the Roach?

-Vandals Can’t Handles II: Rise of the Roach

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After many years, the Roach Koach Podcast has returned to Adema. Lorin and Matt welcome back Garrett Fuller to the show to discuss this week’s album, Unstable. Topics this episode include:

-Local boy done good returns

-A hot seven minute doc

-Asylum gurney rentals

-Being “CODEPENDENT!”

-Songmeanings dot com and Top 5 Favorites

-Hot Chris Rock?

-Bops, bops, bops

-Earnest and simple lyrics

-“Being betrayed is a bitch”

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and Garrett decide if Adema deserves a place in the Nu-Metal Canon. 

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Watch all of Garrett’s videos @WayneCountyLyfe on Youtube. 

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about ignoring your dad and doing what you want! Lorin and Matt invite on long time Roach Rider Ben Rice of the Barley & Me Podcast to discuss Apartment 26’s debut album, Hallucinating. Topics this week include:

-Pranks

-Geezer Butler, dad

-Uncanny valley album art

-Ulrich Wild’s resume

-Dual Income No Kids

-“I’m livid”

-Dad jokes

-Lorin is roasted by his college professor

-Buying Ulrich Wild a new button

-Having a WTF reaction

-Commencement speeches

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and Ben decide if Apartment 26 deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

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Check out Ben on Barley & Me!

NugFest 2023 arrives on the Roach Koach Podcast. The Indigo Angel herself, Jennifer Socia, returns to the podcast to discuss with Matt and Lorin the second Trust Company album, True Parallels. That means we’re talking night drives, chicken nuggets and sauces. Also, Lorin and Jenny talk about their experience at Disturbed’s Take Back Your Life Tour 2023. This episode has it all! 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 listener feedback, recommendations and Nu News. Topics this week include:

-Papa Roach reckoning with their Nu-Metal roots

-Who’s Recommending with Earth Caller

-The band Borders

-Borders Books and Music

-Matt loves 100 Gecs

-Road Dogging with Static-X and Sevendust

-Who’s got their own “The Bitch”

-Static-X episode feedback

-Chance The Rapper’s voice

-And Andrew Wolfe’s Roachamendations Part III

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This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about riffing and rocking right out the gate, as we discuss Jerk and their album, When Pure Is Defiled. Joining Lorin and Matt this week is long time friend and fan of the show, Gareth Davies. Gareth provides his insight into this Australian band as well as providing some much needed clarification on what exactly a bogan is. Other topics discussed this week:

-Lorin and Matt fight about Elvis

-Lorin and Matt fight about the Matrix sequels

-Outback Steakhouse

-WORMS

-Messy Nu-metal Math

-Sex playlist tips

-Queen of the Damned connection

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

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This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s the return of the comeback kids. That’s right, Lorin and Matt are talking about Mudvayne and their fourth album, The New Game. Special Guest Kevvy of the band Fake Shark joins the guys to discuss the arc of Mudvayne’s career and also Quiznos. Other topics this episode include:

-Roach Koach in the tour van

-Hard rock = scary?

-Lorin vs jewel cases

-The Nu-Metal Myst

-Spelling and Song Meanings Dot Com

-The Oldboy remake

-Nathanial Hawthorne

-Arbys

-Thin Lizzy

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and Kevvy decide if Mudvayne deserve another slot in the Nu-Metal Canon

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Check out Fake Shark and their new song, “Save Me”!

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

-Sick New World update

-Who’s Emailing

-Macho Man Dot Net for sale

-Nu-metal from Australia

-Thornhill rec

-Poppy back?

-Playing Roach Koach for your dogs

-Dope episode feedback

-And Andrew Wolfe’s Roachamendations Part III

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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 feedback, questions and Roachamendations. Topics this week include:

-Who’s Festing

-Sunscreen

-Every act playing Graspop

-The Sick New World schedule

-Disturbed at Hogfest

-Who’s Emailing and Side Project Summer

-Contra Talk

-Silly Goose

-And Andrew Wolfe’s Roachamendations Part III

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Time for all you MFs to get your S together because it’s time for Roach Koach to talk about Dope! This week, Lorin and Matt welcome Brandon Kellum of American Standards on the show, as they discuss Dope’s sophomore release, Life. Topics this episode include:

-What is life as a professional screamer?

-“Three guys playing some level of guitar

-What doesn’t Edsel Dope do?

-The Josh Abraham shine

-Dreds, off the charts

-Buttsburgh

-Edsel is a Bad Boy

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

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Check out Brandon in American Standards and their new EP, Dopamine Dealer!

This week on the Roach Koach podcast, Lorin and Matt welcome Daniel Terry of the DFT’S Dungeon podcast to discuss Blindside and their album, Silence. Topics this episode include:

-Are Blindside a Christian band?

-Stigmata watch

-Blindside, Christians?

-MAGA fortress Rock of Ages

-Would you say Blindside are a band of rocking Christians, or just Christians who rock?

-Hair history

-Is Christian, the singer from Blindside, religious?

-And of course Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and Dan decide if Blindside deserve a place in the Nu-Metal Canon.

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Check out Daniel Terry at DFT’S Dungeon on Gabber Media!

It’s time to look at yourself and realize that there is a new episode of Roach Koach! This week Lorin and Matt welcome Garrett Fuller of Wayne County Lyfe to discuss Emmure and their album, Hindsight. Topics include:

-Dropout Kings update

-Who can stay in Emmure?

-The advice of Mike Patton

-Dracula voices

-“Rap that shit, bro!”

-“Is that the djent?”

-The “Thunder Mouth” video

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and Garrett decide if Emmure deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon.
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This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, the Bye Babe series comes closer to its conclusion, as Jenny, Lorin, and Matt take a listen to Korn’s eighth(!) studio album, Untitled. Topics discussed this episode include:

-What is this album really called?

-World’s greatest drummer Terry Bozzio

-Monster vs Rockstar energy drinks

-Creepy liner notes

-Kids vs no kids

-David’s restaurants

-“Meat the texture of rope”

-Being an innocent bystander

-And Canon Talk, where Jenny gets one more chance to see if Korn can get into the Nu-Metal Canon. 

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This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting! Matt and Lorin go over your feedback, questions, and Roachemendations. Topics this week include:

-Going from the local level to the National level

-NHL 23

-Lorin vs Muse

-Faultline rec

-Hows that new Slipknot?

-Russian Deathcore boys

-Hooray For Boobies Feedback

-Who’s Shouting at the Roach?

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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 we are all back in the Indigo Basement, as Lorin, Jenny, and Matt reconvene to discuss Puya’s second full length album, Union. Topics discussed:

-GGGarth’s wiki

-Puya’s website

-Going for the “ride”

-Racist reviews

-Going “beyond listening”

-Tipping your hand vs tipping your hat

-Socialize = social lies

-Someone yelling “Numb!”

-Posers at the beach

-Tito Puente

-The Films of 2002

-and of course, Canon Talk, where we decide if Puya deserve another spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

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