Infest (album)

Occupation

  • Vocals: Jacoby Shaddix
  • Guitar: vocals: Jerry Horton
  • Bass: Tobin Esperance
  • Drums: Dave Buckner

Infest is the first major label album by Californian rock band Papa Roach. It is above Lovehatetragedy the most successful album of the band to this day and was recorded and produced by Jay Baumgardner (including System of a Down and Coal Chamber ) in Los Angeles.

Background

Infest was released on 25 April 2000 on DreamWorks Records and sold in the U.S. alone over three million copies. The at that time an average 21-year old band, reaching three platinum awards. This success is largely due to the first single "Last Resort", the number 4 on the charts in the U.S. reached number 52 in the UK and # 4 Germany, lead back. The album itself rose as a result, in the U.S. charts at number 5 in the UK charts at number 9, number 12 in Austria and Switzerland at # 16

On Infest four older but newly recorded songs of the band along with seven compositions were current. After " Last Resort " nor " Broken Home " and "Between Angels And Insects" were released as singles.

The album was assigned to the at that time very trendy Nu Metal from trade magazines, due to the prominent rap performances partly comparisons to Rage Against The Machine were drawn. The songs are, however, a total of " structured like pop songs ", and thus made ​​for the mass market.

Thematically picks the album in a direct manner very personal aspects, so among other things, the divorce of the parents of the singer Jacoby Shaddix ( " Broken Home " ), his problems with ADHD ( " Thrown Away" ) and alcoholism ( " Binge " ). This has just been interpreted negatively with some time lag of a few music critics: Papa Roach would achieve a balance between profound and dull often not successful.

On the album cover is to see a evocative of the band's name Papa Roach cockroach.

Song Title

Others

  • The available in the U.S. " Clean Version " of the album (adjusted for swear words and others judged to be offensive content ) contains instead of " Blood Brothers " the song " Legacy"
  • The available in the UK version of the album contains a bonus track both "legacy " and a live version of " Dead Cell " and the official video for " Last Resort ".
  • "Blood Brothers" was Pro Skater 2 and in FlatOut 2 used in the video game Tony Hawk's.
  • "Blood Brothers" was used in the action film The One in the fight in the factory.
  • " Last Resort " was recorded in The One in the final sequence.
  • " Never Enough " on the soundtrack for the game " Gran Turismo 3 ".
Record label Genre Singing Bass guitar The One (2001 film)
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