The Nu-Metal Podcast You Deserve
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.
Episode 310: MTV Unplugged by Korn
This week it’s all about “un” on the Roach Koach podcast, Unplugged that is! Jenny, Lorin, and Matt discuss all things unplugged and Korn’s episode of MTV Unplugged. Does Korn raise the bar, set the bar, or blow it away? What goes into Korn’s signature sound? Does this album contain the chuggiest moment in Unplugged history? What is Jenny’s big announcement? Listen and find out!
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Episode 309: Who's Tweeting "What Culture Dot Com"
This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Lorin and Matt discuss your questions, your recommendations, and more! Topics this week include:
-Who’s Listing on What Culture Dot Com
-10 Underrated Nu-Metal Records
-Offbeat shit
-Who’s In those DMs?
-Matt and The Fragile
-Listener Limp Bizkit album rankings
-Catching Up with the Genius List
-Brougham feedback
-and Andrew Wolf’s Roachamendations Part 2!
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Episode 308: Music From and Inspired by John Carpenter's Escape From L.A.
This week on the Roach Koach podcast we head back to the silver screen and talk all about the soundtrack to John Carpenter’s ESCAPE FROM L.A. What nu-metal legends make an appearance? What is our relationship with John Carpenter? Who are our guys? Who’s got the HOOCH? And most important, does Snake Plissken deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon? Listen and find out!
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Episode 307: Who's Tweeting "I'm not going to Hogfest!"
This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting, as Lorin and Matt discuss your feedback, questions, and recommendations. Topics this episode include:
-Who’s wearing Crocs?
-Who’s Reuniting?
-Who’s Festing? (Godsmack)
-The Nu-Metal Madness tour
-Matt vs Metal Hammer readers list of the 50 Best Nu-Metal Albums
-Episode 300 feedback
-And more! Take a listen!
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Episode 306: Rivals by Coal Chamber
Let’s go! This week on the Roach Koach podcast, we answer your calls and finally listen to the final Coal Chamber album, Rivals. Will this be the album to finally hook Matt? Does Jenny have a surprising connection to this album? What does it mean if you leave your phone at home? All of this and more is discussed in this episode! Take a listen!
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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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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!
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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
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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!
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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
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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.
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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
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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!
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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!
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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!
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