Posts tagged nu-metal
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 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 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 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 431: Linkin Park and TEETH

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about teeth catastrophes and the return of Linkin Park! Matt and Lorin give an exhaustive examination of LP’s return along with some praise for House of Protection, Bruce Wayne, a Song For Roach Koach, and the final Chad Radical’s Rippers for Roaches. Take a listen!

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Episode 429: Who's Tweeting "Screaming guy"

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

-Bobo Honks No More

-BAFTA Award Winner Andrew Scott

-Lorin’s instagram handle net worth

-What is in Marc Rizzo’s backpack?

-Lorin book update

-Watership Down and “this screaming guy”

-Loathe feedback

-Matt vs THE BEEKEEPER

-And Chad Radical’s Rippers for Roaches

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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 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 412: Mudvayne by Mudvayne

Get the whole bottle and split a pie, it’s time to talk about Mudvayne’s self-titled album! This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, Lorin and Matt welcome back friend of the show and local boy done good Garrett Fuller to discuss Mudvayne’s apparent swan song. Topics this week include:

-Garrett’s growing celebrity

-Merch complaints

-Black light packaging

-When the band sounds like the band

-Funeral Dancer on Songs Meanings Dot Com

-Ranking talk show hosts

-Burger King jingles

-Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

-Music video trilogy

-Mudvayne Rocking the Vote

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

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

Episode 405: Who's Tweeting "Send it to my DropBox"

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

-Roach Koach meet up at Loserville 2024

-Louisville Loves Nu-Metal is back!

-Toomey Watch

-Who’s in those DMs

-TERRORBYTE

-Sending a song to Chris Motionless

-311 on Tinydesk

-Sending a song to Brian “Head” Welch

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

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Episode 403: Who's Tweeting "Anti-hard"

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

-Who’s Pluggin

-The Pact on Patreon

-Voting on the Roach Koach Patreon

-The return of Side Project Summer

-What will 500 reviews get us?

-A review as an erotic kiss

-Matt vs Who’s Festing

-Louder Than Life

-Touring in the US vs the UK

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

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Episode 397: Who's Tweeting "A banger so insane I had to share"

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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Episode 386: Hallucinating by Apartment 26

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!

Episode 385: Who's Tweeting "Nottingham"

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Matt and Lorin discuss your thoughts, suggestions, and Roachemendations. Topics this week include:

-The Roach Koach Bump is Real

-Crosses and Venera

-Lorin vs Video Game quests

-Who’s Kicking You In the Throat with FILTH

-Mader Watch

-Who’s In Those DMs

-Nottingham is real?

-Smile Empty Soul and Breaking Benjamin recs

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

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Episode 383: Who's Tweeting "Sick New World 2024"

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about SICK NEW WORLD 2024! Matt and Lorin tackle it all:

-The complete line up

-Fonts!

-Matt vs A Perfect Circle

-“A pile of pillows?”

-3Teeth

-“A 6 is not a b!”

-Logos that look like jizz

-AIR.CONDITIONED.BATHROOMS.

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

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Episode 380: Staind by Staind

This week on the Roach Koach podcast we’re just happy to be here, as we listen to Staind’s 2011 self-titled album. Helping out Lorin and Matt is JD from the How I Got Tinnitus podcast. JD explains his own history with Staind and helps guide Lorin and Matt through an album some have called “A timeless masterpiece.” Topics this episode include:

-Reassessing “Mudshovel”

-Bands as a business

-The Making of documentary

-Does the fanbase want rippers?

-Staind during the apocalypse

-The Chainsing of all Chainsings

-Definition of a rim job

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and JD decide if Staind deserve a place in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

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Check out JD on How I Got Tinnitus

Episode 377: Who's Tweeting "Louisville LOVES Nu-Metal"

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

-Recapping Louisville Loves Nu-Metal with Ashley Woolsey

-Matt trying to unload Sublime

-Who’s in those DMs with ska/funk recs

-Crossbreed, we’ve done them on the show?

-“A bag for your mattress”

-Who’s Emailing featuring DisKust

-The return of Trust Company?

-Korn’s first album, not in the canon?

-And Vandals Can’t Handles Part II featuring Hate Grenade

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Episode 370: Ozzfest 2001 - The Second Millennium

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about the festival, the ultimate festival. That’s right, we’re talking Ozzfest on this week’s episode, diving into the tour compilation Ozzfest 2001 - The Second Millennium. Helping Matt and Lorin on this journey is MTV VJ, KROQ DJ, and the man behind nu-metal sensation Big Trash, Kevan Kenney! Kevan is a self described Roach Ryder 4 Lyfe, and it was pleasure to have him on the show. Topics discussed this week include:

-Kevan’s broadcasting journey

-Kevan at Sick New World

-Advice from 50 Cent

-The Ozzy Stage show

-The Mount Rushmore of Cussing

-Zakk Wylde vs Limp Bizkit

-Asking for a sea of pits

-The empathy of the live performer

-“If you got time to lean, you got time to clean”

-TRL secrets revealed

-Del Taco and Diddy

-American Head Charge and unreasonable demands

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and Kevan decide if Ozzfest 2001 deserves a place in the Nu-Metal Canon. 

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Follow Kevan at @Kevankenney and @bigtrashmusic

Episode 368: Skull & Bones by Cypress Hill

This week on the Roach Koach podcast we’re getting back to that RAP part of the Rap-Rock equation with Cypress Hill and their nu-metal crossover album, Skull & Bones. Kelly “K-Fresh” Frazier is the guest this week, discussing all things rap, rock, and more. Topics this week include:

-The least weed-y Cypress Hill album?

-Creed-core

-Matt sees Busta Rhymes live

-Songmeanings dot com

-The difference between your skull and your bones

-Does Cypress Hill love weed more than they love ladies?

-“rapsters”

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and K-Fresh decide if Cypress Hill deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. 

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