Papa Roach
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Now with the rap metal backlash in full effect, it looks as though DreamWorks darlings, Papa Roach, may have gotten out of the game just in time. Their follow-up release to the rap metal album of 2000, Infest, seams to have all but kicked the rhymes to the curb. Lead singer Jacoby Shaddix, obviously aware of the new revival rock movement in popular music, has taken elements from his older influences like MC5 and Refused and used them to morph a more rock 'n' roll oriented Papa Roach. Aside from the lead single "She Loves Me Not," Lovehatetragedy is for the most part rooted in loud rock riffage and puts Shaddix's vocal chords to work. It will be interesting to see if Papa Roach earns more fans than they lose by moving away from the style that made them famous.- Elias Perez
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Bio[+]Spawning from Vacaville, CA (a fly speck on I-80 between Sacramento and the Bay Area), the group assembled in 1993 while most of the members were still in high school. They immediately began recording material (1994's Potatoes for Christmas EP, 1995's Caca Bonita EP, their 1997 full-length debut, Old Friends From Young Years and 1998's 5 Tracks Deep), and playing around California, opening for the likes of The Deftones, Incubus and Powerman 5000. Their popularity skyrocketed when “Last Resort,” off of their Dreamworks debut Infest (2000) made waves on MTV. The album eventually achieved triple-platinum sales figures. Their latest release, 2002’s Lovehatetragety shows a departure from their hip-hop infused metal sound, instead embracing more hard rock, riff-oriented songs.
– Maurice S. Teilmann (June, 2002)
Scene
- the Warped Tour at Boreal Ridge, Soda Springs, CA
- Stone Temple Pilots & Papa Roach at the Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre, Marysville, CA
- Papa Roach, Taproot & Spiritfall at the Brick Works, Chico, CA
- Ozzfest 2001 at the Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre, Marysville, CA
- Papa Roach & Die Trying at the Brick Works, Chico, CA
- Eminem, D-12, Papa Roach, Ludacris, Xzibit, and the X-ecutioners at the AutoWest Amphitheatre, Marysville, CA
- Papa Roach, Instruction & Dead Poetic at The Senator Theatre, Chico, CA
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Lovehatetragedy (current page)
Bio[+]
Spawning from Vacaville, CA (a fly speck on I-80 between Sacramento and the Bay Area), the group assembled in 1993 while most of the members were still in high school. They immediately began recording material (1994's Potatoes for Christmas EP, 1995's Caca Bonita EP, their 1997 full-length debut, Old Friends From Young Years and 1998's 5 Tracks Deep), and playing around California, opening for the likes of The Deftones, Incubus and Powerman 5000. Their popularity skyrocketed when “Last Resort,” off of their Dreamworks debut Infest (2000) made waves on MTV. The album eventually achieved triple-platinum sales figures. Their latest release, 2002’s Lovehatetragety shows a departure from their hip-hop infused metal sound, instead embracing more hard rock, riff-oriented songs.
– Maurice S. Teilmann (June, 2002)
Scene
- the Warped Tour at Boreal Ridge, Soda Springs, CA
- Stone Temple Pilots & Papa Roach at the Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre, Marysville, CA
- Papa Roach, Taproot & Spiritfall at the Brick Works, Chico, CA
- Ozzfest 2001 at the Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre, Marysville, CA
- Papa Roach & Die Trying at the Brick Works, Chico, CA
- Eminem, D-12, Papa Roach, Ludacris, Xzibit, and the X-ecutioners at the AutoWest Amphitheatre, Marysville, CA
- Papa Roach, Instruction & Dead Poetic at The Senator Theatre, Chico, CA
Merch
Lovehatetragedy (current page)