Infest [PA] by Papa Roach

Pros: Catchy, cathartic, and good for a headbanging guilty pleasure
Cons: Not entirely original

As I watched Papa Roach steal the show opening for Hinder in the summer of 2007, I couldn't help but chuckle to myself at how far this band had come.  Sure, they'd spent the past few years making some enjoyable and fairly respectable hard rock, but ...

Pros: Energy; a few greatly accomplished tracks
Cons: Heaps of mediocre teenage angst; some misfired tunes

It's hard to call a musical trend official until it has spawned a much-reviled knockoff. Thus, in many senses the preeminence of bands like Limp Bizkit, Korn and Deftones was not necessarily of consequence until the advent of bands like Crazy Town and ...

Pros: The style of their music, the vocalist, excellent production.
Cons: Everything basically sounds the same.

Papa Roach may sound like a rapper's name but truth to be told, no it's not. In fact, this is a rap/metal band and with their debut album Infest, it's no doubt it's the best rap/metal album you can buy! In 2000, this album was released and ...

Pros: Binge
Cons: None that I can think of

In this album, Papa Roach has really hit the nail on the head for angry hard core rockers. The difference between them and punk is that you can actually understand the lyrics. The difference between them and hardcore rockers is that they all don’t look ...

Pros: um, the lyrics to Broken Home
Cons: everything else

In the past decade, rap-rock has gone from something that rarely broke through to the mainstream (The Beastie Boys being the most notable exception) to what is probably the hottest trend in the music industry right now, with the possible exception...

Pros: Several great songs
Cons: Some similarity of style, profanity

I am amazed at how many reviews are here for this record. I was also amazed at how good this one is. For a major label debut, it is an ambitious effort with a variety of lyrical themes and musical textures.

I try to give at least three...

Pros: Good Lyrical Content...Wonderful Guitar...Good Price
Cons: Its somewhat Rapcorish...They will probably go Unnoticed

I wanted to write about this album for a long time, and finally it is added to EPINIONS! I first heard about the album from my buddy Jake, who saw the band a few months ago. After a talk with Jake, I decided to go and check out the band live and buy the...

Pros: an overall cool cd from a group of fairly new guys, a great rap-hard rock sound, intriguing, insightful, realistic lyrics about society, etc,..and full of heavy energy!!
Cons: Looks into mostly dark issues and lyrics, in a hard rock style with rap at the core (rap-rock hybrid) that won't appeal to everyone (it sometimes gets on my nerves), and the parental advisory for some cursing, (though not every other word, like some bands)

Bordering between alternative rock and hard rock, yet with a majority of rapping flow, you have probably heard these guys taking radio stations by storm with their first catchy single, “Last Resort”, or if you have not, I am betting you soon will in a...

Pros: The band has a lot of talent
Cons: Lyrics, some of the rap posturing

Papa Roach's Infest is considered by many, including MTV and other pop-culture marketers, to be the future of Heavy Metal. One look at the billboard charts from the past two months and it's easy to see that the kids are buying into the idea too....

Pros: It wasn't expensive, and at least their music is honest.
Cons: I'm sorry, but they really give anyone a contract in this genre these days.

So, this may be an opinion misplaced, or I may be holding some sort of grudge, but it seems to me that any band that remotely sounds like Limp Bizkit (synonymous with money) can not only get a record deal, but become a TRL celebrity. I remember seeing...

Pros: hardcore sound, no catering to the pop scene, great lyrics
Cons: it's too short :(

If you're not into the fuzzy happy goodness of formulaic pop music, there's one album that I, your humble epinionator, insist you buy.

Infest, the debut (on a major label, anyway) album from Papa Roach is a killer entry into a field of...

Pros: so awesome, great debut, good steady lyrical theme, versatile, heavy, interesting
Cons: language can be cumbersome

Ever get in one of those moods where you're so angry that all that can cure you is to hear that someone else just might be as upset as you?

Then get this CD by Papa Roach. It opens with Infest, the blistering title cut that serves as a...

Pros: They rock really hard
Cons: Too many similar tunes

Papa Roach's debut album isn't going to break any new ground. But then again, I haven't heard a rock album really become something new since Beck's Odelay. After that album, rock felt free to sample, blast the break beats, and drop heavy bass. These...

Pros: Hard rocking, good subjects for songs.
Cons: Little range, not as good as could be, couple of bad tracks.

Every new musical genre that comes along faces the challenge of proving itself a genuine art form. A good way to do that is to write deep, complex music that tackles weighty issues and demonstrates a lot of talent and beauty while still being mosh pit...

Pros: A couple of catchy tunes, I liked the message in "Between Angels and Insects".
Cons: Otherwise pretty standard loudrock/altmetal for today.

Papa Roach - while newcomers to most on the music scene - Have actually been playing since 1993, and releasing several EP's and one full length album before Infest.

Infest, however, is being dubbed their debut - and on a mass commercial scale...