Posts tagged Roach Koach
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

Take a listen!

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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

Take a listen!

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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 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 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 438: Prophecy by Soulfly

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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Episode 436: Armageddon Through Your Speaker by Bionic Jive

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we get consider having our lungs turning into gills and get ourselves a mouthful of grenades because its time to talk about Bionic Jive! Lorin and Matt dive into the debut album, Armageddon Through Your Speaker and talk about what happens when a band understands the assignment a little too well. Did the street team let them down? Are the freaks being let out in the club? Is there a song about Nam? Most importantly, is Bionic Jive going into the Nu-Metal Canon? Listen and find out!

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Episode 433: Korn Live and the Team Fries Controversy

This week on the Roach Koach podcast we’re talking Korn, Team Fries, merch, and more as Lorin and Matt go boots on the ground at Korn’s show on September 27th at Pine Knob. Topics discussed this episode include:

-3 dads in a Honda

-Merch critiques

-The Team Fries Controversy

-Korn, showmen

-Leaving early

-Who’s Emailing with the Jesus Christgau Challenge

-And Workshopping the Drop with a NEW LIST

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Episode 432: The Burning Red by Machine Head (Matt's Version)

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s time once again to get Matt’s Version, as we re-visit The Burning Red by Machine Head. Topics this week include:

-Matt took notes!

-Polarizing reviews

-Robb Flynn is gonna make it fit

-Songmeanings dot com having operational issues

-The Greatest Name in the history of Songmeanings

-A Moby Dick Update

-Drugs are drugs

-Matt, The Police fan

-“Great grunts”

-The devil’s tail

-And Canon Talk, where Matt decides if The Burning Red needs a canon reassessment. 

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Episode 430: Palms by Palms

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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Episode 428: DevilDriver by DevilDriver

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we’re finally doing one for the haters. We heard your calls so fuck it, we’re doing DevilDriver. Topics this week include:

-Recruiting your band at a cookout

-The headache of choosing a band name

-Songmeanings dot com update

-The philosophy of Pantera

-Listening to a song 100 times a day

-Brats vs burgers

-What does it take to get into Heaven?

-White Magic vs Black Magic

-Thrones talk

-The shit part of hell

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

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Episode 427: Who's In The Pit at Slipknot with Josh Toomey

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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Episode 426: I Let It In And It Took Everything by Loathe

We gotta build this canon! One album at a time! We’re back this week on the Roach Koach podcast and we’re talking about Loathe and their 2020 album, I Let It In And It Took Everything. Lorin and Matt finally heard your calls and dive in head first. Topics this episode include:

-Lorin doing the research

-Genius dot com annotations

-Riff Magazine

-Flying a gundam under the influence 

-Sick as hell slow motion 

-Liverpool bands

-Pyramid Head

-Night drives

-Matt vs Hot Browns

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

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Episode 424: We Met The Bizkit

This week on the Roach Koach podcast, Lorin, Matt, and Jenny take you through the Greatest Night of their Lives as they recount their experience going backstage at Limp Bizkit’s Loserville tour at Pine Knob and meeting Fred Durst. Huge thanks to Garrett Fuller and Michael Owen Smith of Wayne County Lyfe for helping make our dreams come true. Find some space on the green, crack a Celsius and take a listen!

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Episode 421: The Louisville Loves Nu-Metal PREVIEW!

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about the upcoming Louisville Loves Nu-Metal show, July 20th at Headliners Music Hall in beautiful Louisville, Kentucky. Lorin and Matt sit down and of course chop it up with Zack, Brian and Corey from Louisville Loves Nu-Metal to discuss this year’s show, the Nu-Metal Math needed to make the room “electric”, song selection, possible future theme nights, and answer the question, “What is Nu-Metal to you?”.  Take a listen!

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Episode 420: Pighammer by Wayne Static

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we’re talking plastic surgery, we’re talking goth industrial, yes we’re talking about Pighammer, Wayne Static’s solo album and final album. To help out, Lorin and Matt welcome back friend of the show and host of the Dancing is Forbidden podcast, Ronnie Neeley. 

Topics include:

-Where were we in 2011?

-Pighammer as concept record

-The ZZ Top of Nu-Metal

-Long censorship bars

-Matt’s Goth Industrial past

-Getting handed a flyer outside a show

-Crazed plastic surgeon in med school

-Who is Jack Keener?

-Charles Mansion with BARS

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and Ronnie decide if Pighammer deserves a place in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

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Episode 419: Who's Tweeting "Toomey Loves Nu-Metal"

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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Check out Josh every single day on the Talk Toomey Podcast!

Episode 414: Koi No Yokan by Deftones

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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Check out JD on How I Got Tinnitus

Episode 413: Who's Tweeting "You can't argue with a calendar"

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

-Matt’s first livestream

-Addressing the Kendrick/Drake beef

-RIP Steve Albini

-Slipknot is back

-Coal Chamber on Tour

-The Heavy Music Awards

-Who’s Festing: Godsmack Edition

-And Chad Radical’s Rippers for Roaches

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