The Nu-Metal Podcast You Deserve

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Lorin Kozlowski, Jennifer Socia, and Matt Naas go in depth on your favorite Nu-Metal and rap-rock albums of the late 90's and early 2000's to create a Nu-Metal Canon. Engineered and recorded by Matt Naas. Edited by Lorin Kozlowski. Logo designed by Mark Rudolph.

Lorin Kozlowski 1/5/22 Lorin Kozlowski 1/5/22

Episode 290: Healing by Ünloco

Hey man! It’s the first episode of Roach Koach in Twenty Twenty NU! What better way to kick the new year off than with the nu-metal of Ünloco and their album, Healing. Jenny, Lorin, and Matt discuss the career of producer Johnny K, Ünloco singer Joey’s missing mic stand in the “Face Down” video, whether dogs should be doctors, the boner stirring video for “Take a Bow”, an unusual interview with Joey, Jenny vs Frank Sinatra, and of course conclude with Canon Talk, as they decide if the boys in Ünloco deserve spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

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Lorin Kozlowski 12/29/21 Lorin Kozlowski 12/29/21

Episode 289: Who's Tweeting "KAOS"

It’s the last show of 2021! What a year it’s been! Lorin and Matt talk over their best of 2021 lists, and dive into emails, recommendations and more!

-Staticheadz rec

-Who’s Reviewing Us?

-Old Dogs, Nu Tricks becomes KAOS

Lorin Kozlowski 12/22/21 Lorin Kozlowski 12/22/21

Episode 288: Minutes to Midnight by Linkin Park

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s a return to one of the big 4 of Nu-Metal, Linkin Park, and their divisive third album, Minutes to Midnight. This album was chosen by our Patreon patrons! Lorin, Jenny, and Matt discuss their history with Minutes to Midnight, delight in the arrival of Rick Rubin as producer, parse out the lack of tension in Linkin Park and their IT department vibes, and of course decide if LP deserve another spot in the Nu-Metal Canon.

Lorin Kozlowski 12/15/21 Lorin Kozlowski 12/15/21

Episode 287: Who's Tweeting "A Bjork Chat"

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as we go over your feedback, questions, and recommendations. Topics this week:

-Korn is back!

-Loudwire’s Big 4 list of Metal Sub Genres

-Fake Shark repping the Roach

-Recommendations for Hollywood Undead and From Ashes To New

-Who’s Rising with the Lycans

-Old Dogs, Nu Tricks

-Evanescence feedback

-Bjork talk

Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 12/8/21 Lorin Kozlowski 12/8/21

Episode 286: unReal by My Ticket Home

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s the return of My Ticket Home as we listen to their third album, unReal. Is the new producer a “cord guy”? How much does the Catherine Wheel play into the sound on this album? Is Jenny right? How dangerous is pool sex? Do these lyrics *mean* anything? Most importantly, does My Ticket Home deserve another spot in the Nu-Metal Canon? Listen and find out!

Lorin Kozlowski 12/1/21 Lorin Kozlowski 12/1/21

Episode 285: Who's Tweeting "Pa rum pa pum pum"

It’s another episode of Roach Koach! This week it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Lorin and Matt go over your feedback, questions and recommendations. Topics discussed:

-New Slipknot and Corey’s new mask

-New music from Prison and the joys of chunky soup

-Strong Rumors vs Juicy Rumors

-KEYCHAIN

-Old Dogs, New Tricks

-Darkotica Cincinatti

-and feedback on our Bonus Limp Bizkit Still Sucks episode!

Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 11/24/21 Lorin Kozlowski 11/24/21

Episode 284: Disfigured Consciousness by Slavemachine

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we visit the forums to find out all we can about Slavemachine and their album, Disfigured Consciousness. Jenny, Lorin, and Matt dive into the behind the scenes drama of this band, which involves the comment sections of such websites as Rough Edge dot com and Amazon dot com. The Jagermeister tour, snake arms, and “dark riffing” are discussed as the team decides whether Slavemachine deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 11/17/21 Lorin Kozlowski 11/17/21

Episode 283: Who's Tweeting "Old Dogs Nu Tricks"

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as we go over your feedback, recommendations, and questions. Lorin and Matt discuss their love of lists while discussing the Top 10 Nu-Metal Underdogs, go over acoustic album recommendations, convertible music, Don Broco, nu-metal giggles from DED, Charles Mansion’s Patreon, and close out with some feedback from our Folder episode. Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 11/10/21 Lorin Kozlowski 11/10/21

Episode 282: Centox by Centox

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we follow the vacuum tube to find out all we can about Centox and their self titled album. Jenny, Lorin, and Matt talk about it all this episode, as they dive into the album art, having a liar mouth, low budget music videos with charm, Lorin’s continue battle against ghosts, “A funk Pantera”, and decide whether Centox deserves a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 11/3/21 Lorin Kozlowski 11/3/21

Episode 281: Who's Tweeting "Jenny has something to say"

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as we go over your feedback, your recommendations and your thoughts. We kick the episode off with an important message from Jenny. As well, we dive into Holiday Kirk’s list of the 100 Greatest Nu-Metal Songs, 13 “Weird” things Fred Durst has done, discuss recs for Chinese Democracy and Twiztid, go over feedback on our Payable On Death episode and shout out some Patreon Patrons. Take a listen! (This episode was recorded before this week’s Limp Bizkit bonus episode)

Lorin Kozlowski 11/1/21 Lorin Kozlowski 11/1/21

Roach Koach BONUS: Limp Bizkit Still Sucks is here!

On this special bonus episode of Roach Koach, Jenny, Lorin, and Matt convene to discuss first impressions of Limp Bizkit’s new album, Still Sucks.

Lorin Kozlowski 10/27/21 Lorin Kozlowski 10/27/21

Episode 280: Gold Cobra by Limp Bizkit

Get the hotties, notties, polar bears, sharks, douchebags, and serial killers, it’s time for the Roach Koach podcast to listen to Limp Bizkit’s Gold Cobra! This week on the show, Jenny, Lorin, and Matt convene for the first time in over a year in person in the Indigo Basement to discuss LB’s 2011 comeback album. They talk nicknames, William Shakespeare, mom’s spaghetti, Jaws, getting a freighter of Notties, rolling a joint with two broken ass hands, a ratio of 90 to 10, Killer Instinct, Zodiac, perfect songs, and more! Does Limp Bizkit get another place in the Nu-Metal Canon? Take a listen and find out!

Lorin Kozlowski 10/20/21 Lorin Kozlowski 10/20/21

Episode 279: Who's Tweeting "Doing our best"

We’re doing our best on this week’s episode of the Roach Koach podcast. Lorin and Matt are without Jenny this week as she takes a much needed break, as the two of them go over Only In Amerika feedback, ask What is Putney Saying?, reignite the Bloodhound 3##, and more! Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 10/13/21 Lorin Kozlowski 10/13/21

Episode 278: Saturday Night Wrist by Deftones

It’s time for some sensual danger on the Roach Koach Podcast! This week Jenny, Lorin, and Matt listen to Deftone’s 5th studio album, Saturday Night Wrist, as chosen by our Patreon patrons. Topics covered:

-Producer changes and clashes!

-Chino is going THROUGH IT

-Underworld: Rise of the Lycans

-Donnie Darko vibes

-Unfortunate music videos

-being “Wet4Chino”

-Underanalysts

-And whether Deftones deserve another spot in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 10/6/21 Lorin Kozlowski 10/6/21

Episode 277: Who's Tweeting "Dad Vibes is here"

La Di Da! It’s Who’s Tweeting on the Roach Koach Podcast! This week it’s a celebration as Jenny, Lorin, and Matt discuss the arrival of Limp Bizkit’s “Dad Vibes”! Who has been playing it on a loop? The gang also go over listener recommendations for Stepa and The Violent Inzident, discuss the spooky season and Psycho Sexual, Nonpoint covering Prince, the music of Spite!, Poppy’s new album, and close out with the most incredible nu-metal baseball song of all time. Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 9/29/21 Lorin Kozlowski 9/29/21

Episode 276: Only In Amerika by HED p.e.

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we take the dare and listen to HED p.e.’s fourth album, Only In Amerika. Recorded on Jenny’s birthday, the team digs in to the lyrics and just what Jahred was trying to say on this album.

Topics include:

-Foreplay

-Beef injections

-The concept of “selling out”

-the eloquence of Songmeanings dot com

-Jahred’s inherent pop instincts

-and what not!

Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 9/22/21 Lorin Kozlowski 9/22/21

Episode 275: Who's Tweeting "What is making that noise?"

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting as we go over your feedback, recommendations, and questions. We discuss the recent Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs list, discuss Who’s To Blame and the Carcass connection to Nu-Metal, get contentious with the winners of the Heavy Music Awards, talk new songs from DED and Motionless in White, give our thoughts on the return of Mudvayne, go over listener recs in Who’s Recommending, solve the mysteries of Folder in Who’s Emailing, read feedback on our Slipknot All Hope is Gone episode, announce exciting new Patreon perks, and close out with the final Vandals Can’t Handles. Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 9/15/21 Lorin Kozlowski 9/15/21

Episode 274: See You On The Other Side by Korn

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast, as chosen by our Patreon supporters, Jenny, Lorin, and Matt sit down with the seventh studio album by Korn, See You On The Other Side. The team discusses the history of the album, Korn working with new producers, the absence of Head, the elaborate liner notes and themes of the album, as well as the surprisingly positive reviews the album received. Also, Jenny and Lorin detail their experience seeing Korn and Staind live at their first concert since 2020. Does Korn get another album into the Nu-Metal Canon? Did Jenny and Lorin get fries? Listen and find out!

Lorin Kozlowski 9/8/21 Lorin Kozlowski 9/8/21

Episode 273: Who's Tweeting "Triple W, baby"

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast Jenny, Lorin, and Matt welcome back old friend Josh Toomey of the Talk Toomey podcast. Josh talks about becoming a member of the Knotfest family and what it’s like when Clown is your boss, as well as his excitement to be interviewing Jason Newstead. As well, the team discusses new music from Blood Youth, talk about Who’s Reviewing Us, get into a recommendation for Hacktivist, rediscover The Hard and the Heavy, take a visit from Funky Ken, talk about Who’s Emailing, tease new shirt ideas, and go over the ultimate Fuck Marry Kill challenge. Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 9/1/21 Lorin Kozlowski 9/1/21

Episode 272: Fear and the Nervous System by Fear and the Nervous System

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we close out Side Project Summer with Munky from Korn’s side project, Fear and the Nervous System. Jenny, Lorin, and Matt discuss the making of the album, it’s accompanying documentary, Munky receiving help from The Angel and Wes Borland, the music video for “Choking Victim”, Silent Hill, having a “One Time Stand”, the art of bowling, serial killer songs, and decide whether Fear and the Nervous System is Ego or Essential. Take a listen!