Papa RoachPapa Roach is a four-piece rock band based in Vacaville, California that was formed in 1993. After one year i.e. in 2004, the band recorded their first 7 track EP (extended play) titled “Potatoes For Christmas” and in 1995 the band released a 2 track promo at Sound Farm Studios titled Caca Bonita.In 1997, the Papa Roach band released their first full-length album named “Old Friends from Young Years”. The name "Papa Roach" comes from the cockroach and as Papa Roach says: "When a bomb explodes, what's going to survive? Cockroaches." The "Papa" part of the name comes from Coby's stepfather, Howard William Roatch, nicknamed "Papa". In 1998, the Papa Roach released a new 5 track EP titled “5 Tracks Deep” and that caught the attention of Warner Brothers, who later on financed the production of a 5 track promo/demo CD. After touring the United States, United Kingdom and Japan, the band released another super hit album titled “lovehatetragedy” in 2002. In 2004, the band released another super hit album titled “Getting Away with Murder”. After the tremendous success of “Scars”, Getting Away with Murder sold well and eventually went platinum. Papa Roach's 4th major label release "The Paramour Sessions" was released in the United States in the month of September in 2006. |