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 4/19/22 Lorin Kozlowski 4/19/22

Episode 305: Who's Tweeting "Mechs"

This week it’s all about Who’s Tweeting on the Roach Koach podcast, as Lorin and Matt go over your questions, recommendations and feedback. Topics discussed:

-Limp Bizkit on tour

-Guerilla Warfare are back!

-Mech Talk

-Ministry rec

-Transport League

-Static-X episode feedback

-and the final Old Dogs, Nu Tricks.

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Lorin Kozlowski 4/13/22 Lorin Kozlowski 4/13/22

Episode 304: Reise, Reise by Rammstein

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s the return of Till and the boys of Rammstein, as Jenny, Lorin, and Matt listen their 2004 album, Reise, Reise. Topics discussed:

-History with Reise, Reise

-The album themes

-Is Till the best whisper talker?

-Flake in a pot

-“Mein Teil” and it’s video

-Jen Patriot

-Choosing violence on Songmeanings dot com

-“Love is a wild animal”

-Walling your wife

-The personal lives of Rammstein

-And whether Rammstein deserve a place in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 4/6/22 Lorin Kozlowski 4/6/22

Episode 303: Who's Tweeting "Louder Than Life"

It’s time for another Who’s Tweeting episode of Roach Koach, as Lorin and Matt go over your questions, recommendations, and Nu News. Topics this week:

-The worst Korn song?

-The Louder Than Life festival

-Nine Inch Nails talk

-Sergio out of Deftones!

-Shady music biz talk

-RIP Mick from Nullset

-Ranking Limp Bizkit albums

-and Old Dogs, Nu Tricks

Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 3/29/22 Lorin Kozlowski 3/29/22

Episode 302: Babylon by Skindred

This week on the Roach Koach podcast we finally get around to a long requested album, as we listen to Skindred and their album, Babylon. Jenny, Lorin, and Matt welcome the boys from Wales and discuss just exactly where Wales is. Does anyone really know? Is Skindred perfect beach music? Perfect beach food? As well, the Bieler Bros return, Lorin is reading Moby Dick and recapping the AMERICAN PIE movies, and a decision is made on whether Skindred deserve a place in the Nu-Metal Canon. Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 3/23/22 Lorin Kozlowski 3/23/22

Episode 301: Who's Tweeting "McOysters"

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

-The Future of Nu-Metal

-More Korn thoughts

-“Is Sully a genius?”

-Who’s in those DMs

-A message from the Czech Republic

-McOysters

-SR-71 went nu?

-420 Kottonmouth Kings

-Nascar feedback

-and Old Dogs, Nu Tricks

Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 3/15/22 Lorin Kozlowski 3/15/22

Episode 300: Lemonade and Brownies by Sugar Ray

We did it! This week on the Roach Koach podcast we celebrate 300 episodes! Jenny, Lorin, and Matt reflect on 300 eps, the next 300, and also their thoughts on the new Korn album. Then it’s time for the album of the week, Lemonade and Brownies by Sugar Ray. Topics include:

-The allure of Mark McGrath

-Metal…mixed with funk

-The end of Jenny’s skating days

-“I’m about to eat…for ten seconds”

-Ding dong songs

-And Canon Talk, as the team considers Sugar Ray for the Nu-Metal Canon.

Celebrate 300 episodes with us and take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 3/9/22 Lorin Kozlowski 3/9/22

Episode 299: Who's Tweeting "Libraries"

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Matt and Lorin dive into your feedback and questions. Topics this week:

-Who’s Listing with the Top 5 Nu-Metal Debuts

-Fest Talk and 4 Days at Aftershock

-Zeal and Ardor

-Full Devil Jacket and Bloodywood pushes

-Keychain feedback

-Libraries!

-Old Dogs, Nu Tricks

Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 3/1/22 Lorin Kozlowski 3/1/22

Episode 298: Le Cock Sportif by Brougham

Get your main chick and head to The Wiggle Room as the Roach Koach podcast listens to Brougham and their only album, Le Cock Sportif. Jenny, Lorin, and Matt heeded feedback and took a listen to this thick of it album and they have thoughts and questions: Where does one get a donkey’s jaw bone? What is going on in 7th grade? Dirt mouth or turd mouth? Hotties vs fireballs? And does Brougham deserve a spot in the Nu-metal Canon? Listen and find out!

Lorin Kozlowski 2/22/22 Lorin Kozlowski 2/22/22

Episode 297: Who's Tweeting "Nu-Metal in the Rock Hall"

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

-Which Nu-Metal bands should get into the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame?

-The 25 Best Limp Bizkit Songs Ever

-Who’s Reviewing Us

-The Insolence push

-My Ticket Home feedback

-and Old Dogs Nu Tricks

Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 2/15/22 Lorin Kozlowski 2/15/22

Episode 296: NASCAR on FOX- Crank It Up

Neeearrrrraahhhhhhh! That’s right, this week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s time to fuel up, strap in, and get those wheels rollin’ as we listen to the NASCAR on Fox compilation, Crank It Up! Jenny, Lorin, and Matt discuss their history with NASCAR and auto racing, what it means to have a “stock car”, what it takes to keep a car healthy, what the bands themselves had to say about this album, and more! Take a listen and find out if Crank It Up makes it to the winner’s circle in the Nu-Metal Canon.

Lorin Kozlowski 2/9/22 Lorin Kozlowski 2/9/22

Episode 295: Who's Tweeting "The Return of The Knob"

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Matt and Lorin go over your feedback, questions, and Nu News. Topics discussed:

-Korn is proud

-The Return of Pine Knob

-Wargasm

-Hybrid UK

-Italian Nu-Metal

-“Everyone has a Primus in them”

-Blindside

-Old Dogs, Nu Tricks

-Memoryholing old episodes

-BNL talk

Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 2/2/22 Lorin Kozlowski 2/2/22

Episode 294: Cannibal by Static-X

This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s the return of Static-X, as we listen to their fifth album, Cannibal. As voted on by our Patreon Patrons, Matt, Lorin, and Jenny discuss extremely hot opens, Matt’s music taste in 2007, SEO song titles, Evil Disco, Big Boy Detective, “Get the Fuck Up music”, Grizzly Man, and more! Take a listen and find out if Static-X deserve another slot in the Nu-Metal Canon.

Lorin Kozlowski 1/26/22 Lorin Kozlowski 1/26/22

Episode 293: Who's Tweeting "Vampire Foghorn Leghorn"

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Lorin and Matt go over your feedback, questions, and of course Nu News. Topics discussed:

-Draiman is back on twitter

-The best of 2021 on r/numetal

-Loudwire’s Top 35 Rock Songs of 2021

-Who’s Emailing with technical death metal recs

-Old Dogs, Nu Tricks

-an appearance from Vampire Foghorn Leghorn

Take a listen!

Lorin Kozlowski 1/19/22 Lorin Kozlowski 1/19/22

Episode 292: Breaking Out EP by Keychain

It’s that time! Yes, time for a new episode of Roach Koach, and this week it’s all about Keychain and their EP, Breaking Out. Jenny, Lorin, and Matt discuss the journey of this band, their quick rise and fall, and their rebirth as Sicksense. Along the way they discuss what it takes to make your own “Bodies”, whether the Koach needs to be more considerate when it discusses albums, Venom and Carnage, Jenny on the “furm”, bored hotties, tree ghosts, and whether Keychain’s short time together produced enough heat to get into the Nu-Metal Canon. Listen and find out!

Lorin Kozlowski 1/12/22 Lorin Kozlowski 1/12/22

Episode 291: An interview with Will Putney, the Man of Fire

This week on the Roach Koach Podcast the heat rises and dreams come true as Jenny, Lorin, and Matt chat with the Man of Fire himself, producer Will Putney. Will talks with Roach Koach about his nu-metal history, his thoughts on the new Limp Bizkit album, as well as the new Fit for an Autopsy album, Oh What the Future Holds. Will also discusses his journey to becoming a record producer, studio vibes, working with Ross Robinson and so much more! Take a listen!

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!

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!