Papa Roach - Live

I've been a fan since 1998, when I was sent a CD from a friend of mine who lived in Sacramento. She loved the band, and insisted I check them out. I live in Ireland, no one had heard of the band until the 2000 release of "Infest". As everyone knows, "Infest" was very successful, and the guys set off on a world tour. I didn't make it to that show, but after the release of "LoveHateTragedy" they came to Ireland and I entered a radio contest to get to be V.I.P at the gig. I won the contest, and met the guys backstage where I presented them with gold records for sales of LoveHateTragedy in Ireland. Murderdolls and Hell Is For Heroes supported ...  Read the complete review

I was looking through the items that I had reviewed, and suddenly realised that I had reviewed the Papa Roach album, but not actually reviewed the experience of seeing them live, so here I am. Well I gave the album flying colours, and they were really good live, I came into this ticket purely by chance, I had left it too late to get tickets which was quite upsetting, because I wanted to see these live really badly. But then on the night of the gig, about half an hour before the train left a friend told me he was too ill to go and did I want his ticket, I needed no persuading. The two support bands were really good, Apartment 26, who are a bit like ...  Read the complete review

Papa Roach are yet to release their first single "The Last Resort" over here in the UK. Tonight there are over 2000 paying punters crammed into the Academy. I guess it just goes to show you the power of the media and the MTV video culture that surrounds us because the truth is that Papa Roach just aren't that good. With a support band like Hed(PE) on before them it only goes to highlight this. Coby Dick and co just don't have the stage presence that even the most dodgy pub band have. This doesn't matter though for the predominantly teenage audience. Could someone explain to me why it is that Rock music (the most ugly and violent of the musical ...  Read the complete review