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"I think a lot of people in rock culture can smell it." Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix loves how rock is pushing back against A.I.

Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach believes the rock and metal world won't allow artificial intelligence to stifle human creativity

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“I know Deftones don’t like to be coined as nu metal, but…”: Nu metal favourites Papa Roach have just named the best nu metal songs of all time – and, yes, one of them picked Last Resort

No false modesty here

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"Two things I never wanted to be was sober and a Christian. And here I am now — a follower, a sober guy." A nu metal hero says he's fully invested in religion after lengthy battle with addiction

Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix has revealed his sobriety journey has been strengthened by his faith

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“We just went with it, hoping that it would be more of a blessing than a disaster.” How Alien Ant Farm’s bizarre cover of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal turned them from D-listers to nu metal giants (for a bit, anyway)

In 2000, Alien Ant Farm were nu metal also-rans struggling to find their place. Then a thumbs up from Papa Roach and a Michael Jackson cover changed their fortunes overnight

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"I landed up in the hospital with 11 staples in my head. It was a wild experience and pretty much an awakening for myself to pull my life together." How one of nu metal's biggest bands dropped the raps and wrote a power ballad instead

At a time when they could have been left behind, Papa Roach wrote a song that set them on a completely different course

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“That actually came from me and Oz jamming on the piano in my apartment in North Hollywood”: From Ozzy Osbourne to Papa Roach, Fleetwood Mac to George Harrison, here's 5 career-defining songs you didn’t know were written on the piano

We take a deep dive into classic guitar-driven songs that actually started life on the piano

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"Jacoby Shaddix is practically bouncing on the spot between songs, visibly thrilled." Headlining a major European festival for the very first time, Papa Roach's Wacken performance is a loud, proud and unbowed triumph. Pressure? What pressure?

Papa Roach deliver a career-defining headline set at Germany's legendary Wacken Open Air festival

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"I would give my left arse cheek to be on a soundtrack for a movie like Resident Evil": Bury Tomorrow's Dani Winter-Bates picks the 10 songs that changed his life

From Slipknot and Through The Eyes Of The Dead to AFI and Tracy Chapman, these records made Bury Tomorrow vocalist Dani Winter-Bates who he is

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Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix comments on nu metal revival: “Hair metal never had this!”

The band behind Last Resort recently wrapped up an arena tour of the UK and Europe

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“Few bands could have so effortlessly handled Wembley as this”: Papa Roach put on a nostalgic classic in London’s most historic arena

Papa Roach prove why they’re one of their era’s most enduring and celebrated bands

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"There was a rumour that I had a secret underground water park in my backyard": Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix on overnight success, the path to sobriety and the nu metal resurgence

Papa Roach are about to bring their biggest-ever show to the UK and Jacoby Shaddix still has something to prove

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"We have lost friends, to ODs, suicide. And we see each other out there still holding it down." How Papa Roach survived the rise and fall of nu metal to be bigger than ever in 2024

From touring with Korn and meeting pop stars to barely selling 200 tickets and almost getting dropped from their label, Papa Roach endured to prove themselves the ultimate rock survivors

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‘The Hu didn’t speak a lick of English, but we both knew the language of rock. It’s a tribal warrior call!”: The greatest Papa Roach collaborations, in their own words

From The Hu and Within Temptation to Carrie Underwood and Pharrell, Papa Roach are the kings of the collaboration – and here are the most memorable

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"This is like WWE." What happened when Papa Roach met Justin Timberlake - and got some sage advice from Korn bassist Fieldy

When nu metal survivors Papa Roach exploded in popularity through Last Resort, they found themselves rubbing shoulders with music A-listers

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“The UK has always been special to us, so we wanted to celebrate with you all in a big way.” Papa Roach announce biggest ever headline show at London’s Wembley Arena

Nu metal survivors Papa Roach will play a historic show at the UK’s most famous arena early next year

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“I was in a bad place. The booze, my lifestyle, this woman I’d been with since I was 16. I’ve never been that broken”: how Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix pulled himself back from the abyss

Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix nearly didn’t make it through the recording of his band’s 2012 album The Connection. But it was the wake-up call he needed

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"I just wanted to kill everybody in the room!" How Warning revitalised Skindred's career, gave us the iconic Newport Helicopter and confirmed them as British metal's greatest party band

Skindred were on shaky ground come 2011. Then frontman Benji hooked up with Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix and wrote an absolute banger

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...To Be Loved: Why Papa Roach ditched nu metal and went glam to save their career

Papa Roach swapping chains and baggy jeans for feathered hair and eyeliner was a gamble, but it paid off handsomely

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Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix: It's dope that nu metal is finally getting respect

Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix says the nu metal revival means the genre is getting some long overdue respect

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Watch nu metal history in action as Evanescence perform Bring Me To Life with Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix

Evanescence were joined by Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix for a historic performance of nu metal anthem Bring Me To Life at Rock Am Ring

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Hollywood Undead's Johnny 3 Tears: 10 records that changed my life

Hollywood Undead singer Johnny 3 Tears picks the records that changed his life, from Wu-Tang Clan and Nine Inch Nails to Good Charlotte and Architects

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