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! 

It’s all about Who’s Tweeting on this week’s episode of the Roach Koach podcast. Lorin and Matt go through the Nu-News of the week, read listener letters and discussion recommendations. Topics this week include:

-Who’s Guesting with Fred Durst and Wargasm (UK)

-Who’s Recommending with UnityTx

-Who’s Emailing with a Zebrahead push

-Who’s in those DMs with Yoohoo at Ozzfest

-Roach Koach is on Youtube!

-Lorin vs the Polish Nu-Metal Community

-A Puddle of Mudd push?

-And Vandals Can’t Handles Part 2 featuring Etched in Red

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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 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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This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about The Punisher! We’ve been talking about Frank Castle all year, so it made sense to finally sit down with the extremely long soundtrack to 2004’s The Punisher, aptly titled, The Punisher The Album. Lorin and Matt welcome noted Punisher expert Tucker Stone of the great podcasts Comic Books are Burning In Hell and Travis Bickle on the Riviera to talk all things Punisher, yarls, and more. Topics this week include:

-Who is the Punisher and why is he the way he is?

-Writing comics on cocaine

-Fights vs Hot Tub Parties

-Listening to Nickelback with your son

-Being a Stabbing Westward fan

-Getting horny for Chevelle

-A salute to Songmeanings dot com

-Wind Up Records sampler

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and Tucker decide if any of these many many bands deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

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Listen to Tucker on Travis Bickle on the Riviera and Comic Books are Burning In Hell!

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting! Lorin and Matt discuss your emails, your questions and your Roachamendations. Topics this week include:

-Matt receives the greatest gift

-Who’s Festing with more lists of bands

-Matt and Lorin look at a map of Australia

-Resequencing Untouchables

-Who’s Emailing with recs for Devildriver, Gemini Syndrome and the beautiful boys of Taproot

-Number One Son feedback

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

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This week on the Roach Koach podcast we consider getting a time machine to address the A&R for Number One Son’s debut album, Majority of One. Lorin and Matt welcome Jeremy from the Breathing Nu Life podcast to discuss this album, it’s potential, and more. Topics include:

-Boots on the ground at Sick New World

-Meeting Head from Korn!

-Lord Clothing

-Rapping, Rocking, Screaming

-Band stats

-“Lost AND blind? That’s nu-metal, baby.”

-Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and Jeremy decide if Number One Son deserve a place in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

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Listen to Jeremy on the Breathing Nu Life podcast!

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Lorin and Matt dive into your DMs, lists, reviews and Roachamendations. Topics this week include:

-The Roach Koach Sell Out Era

-The Nu-Metal Junk Drawer

-Andrew Wolfe!

-A funeral for Nu-Metal?

-Gravity Kills push

-Who’s Emailing

-What is the Nu-Metal Party Bop of the summer?

-Jerk episode feedback

-And a New NU list

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This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s time to get back to our namesake, our papas, that’s right, the boys in Papa Roach. Lorin and Matt welcome back returning guest Ashley Woolsey to discuss the 2004 Papa Roach album, Getting Away with Murder. Topics this episode include:

-What was everyone like in 2004?

-Lorin’s 2004 livejournal

-The return of Ed Hardy

-Anime music

-Song meanings dot com

-Songs for Chores Playlist

-Vampire music

-“Great work from the hotties”

-A Moby Dick update

-Is Papa Roach too mainstream?

-Cocaine plus Pepsi Blue

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and Ashley decide if Jacoby and the boys deserve a place in the Nu-Metal Canon. 

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This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Matt and Lorin go over your questions, recommendations, and discuss the latest in Nu news. Topics this week include:

-Trivium vs Nu-Metal

-Lil Uzi Vert goes Nu

-Who’s Emailing

-Staind’s new rippers

-Boots on the ground at Powerman 5000

-Who’s Recommending w/ iBurn, Vexed, and Splutter

-The Finale of Andrew Wolfe’s Roachamendations Part III

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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

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 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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This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s the surprise return of Jenny! Yes, Jennifer Socia returns to talk to Lorin and Matt all about Fred Durst as he is portrayed in the 2005 memoir, Confessions of a Video Vixen by Karrine Steffans. There is your life before you listen to this podcast, and your life after. Take 8 seconds to sit down and enjoy. 

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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 all about Who’s Tweeting, as Lorin and Matt go over your questions, nu-news, and Roachamendations. Topics this week include:

-7 years of the Koach!

-Riot Music first reactions

-Slipknot shakeups!

-Ravioli

-The full nu-metal meal

-Swollen Teeth report

-Headbangers Boat

-Dry Kill Logic episode feedback

-And Andrew Wolfe’s Roachamendations Part III

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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, Lorin and Matt are back together in the Indigo Basement and they’ve got an old friend joining them, Sweet Mitchell! Mitch chose this week’s album, The Dead and Dreaming by Dry Kill Logic. Topics this episode include:

-Jenny’s tips for Mitch

-Show business

-Cringey inaccuracies

-Brick Bath

-Mitch at Bear Vs Shark

-Punisher 2099

-SE7EN liner notes

-Songmeanings dot com

-Nu-metal Grammer

-“Name an Altar Bridge song”

-“Fucking OUCH”

-Moby Dick update

-“I hate fucking cowards”

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin, Matt, and Mitch decide if Dry Kill Logic deserve another spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

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Check out Mitch on Instagram at Mitchs_Prints and vhs_Detroit. 

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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