He was replaced by the group’s long time roadie Tobin Esperance. Will James could no longer stay with the band as he preferred to commit himself to the church summer camp. In the summer 1996, Papa Roach went through the first lineup change. The fresh band should have been thankful to the fortune for having and taking a chance to play several concerts with such well-known acts like Deftones, Incubus, and Human Waste Project. Teenagers were happy to visit each of their gigs looking for a good deal of adrenalin pumped by the explosive-like nature of the music and the musicians. Papa Roach spent their first two years to maintain a solid contact with the audience.
The young musicians were courageous enough to combine various styles with the basic focus on hip-hop and hard rock.
That was the beginning of one of the most established alternative outfits, Papa Roach, initially composed by Jacoby Shaddix, Jerry Hotorn, Dave Buckner and Will James. Here, we get the anthemic statement of purpose "Still Swingin," which features Shaddix flexing his rap muscles, as well as the similarly defiant rocker "Give Me Back My Life." Elsewhere, Papa Roach delve into cinematic electronic balladry with the passionate "Before I Die" and the equally as yearning "Leader of the Broken Hearts." Of course, there are also plenty of straightforward electric guitar rock cuts here, and tracks like the fiery "Where Did the Angels Go," "Breathe You In," and "Not That Beautiful" should definitely appeal to the band's more belligerent, fist-pumping fan base.In 1993, four school friends from Vacaville, California, decided to build up a rock band.
Still centered around the high-energy yawp of vocalist Jacoby Shaddix, Papa Roach are never at a loss for something to shout about, and The Connection is no exception. In that sense, this disc fits well next to the works of similarly inclined nu-metal journeymen - such as Incubus, Filter, and Linkin Park - who've found ways to adapt their sound to an ever-changing pop landscape. In some ways, The Connection is perhaps the band's most contemporary-sounding album, though it still remains reverent to the nu-metal sound of the late '90s when it comes down to the overall feel of each tune. frontman James Michael as well as Goldfinger's John Feldmann, The Connection includes some creatively slick sounds that flow from buzzy, processed distortion to pulsating, atmospheric electronic flourishes. Papa Roach's seventh studio album, The Connection, finds the California band finally striking a balance between its early roots as a nu-metal/rap-rock outfit and its more recent interest in '80s-style Sunset Strip hard rock.
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