Word: papa
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...prerelease news about Papa Roach's second album, lovehatetragedy, was that lead singer Coby Dick had reverted to the use of his birth name, Jacoby Shaddix. That's a fine name for a personal-injury law firm, but it's not much of an upgrade from Coby Dick for a rock star. Changing hardly seems worth the trouble. But the new/old name, like much of lovehatetragedy, is evidence of how metal has evolved over the past decade. Cartoon bands like Motley Crue and Poison once sang about sex and cars and sex in cars; then Kurt Cobain came along...
...formula works. Papa Roach sold 3 million copies of its tortured debut album, Infest, and in this follow-up the band is going right back to the well. It's not worth debating whether Shaddix's scars are real. The point is he believes he has them. On Black Clouds he screams, "Confession of depression/This life I'm second-guessing/Like ashes to ashes/I always seem to fall down." On She Loves Me Not he decides that "I'm the jerk." Subtlety is not his forte, and numbness takes over after a few lovehatetragedy tracks. It's a shame, because...
...first word? Papa. Her first steps? August 27. Her name? Amelia Earhart...
Tommy's Mexican Restaurant is a homey little joint with red vinyl booths and murals of Mayan ruins. Papa Thomas Bermejo greets customers, while daughter Candy punches the cash register and son Julio presides behind the bar. The roar of ice crushers blends with mariachi brass. The waitress, in a worn T shirt, scuttles about at 78 R.P.M., hoisting platters of sizzling enchiladas...
...Disturbed’s “Down with the Sickness.” “Excess” is the best of the three–it is the most subtle song on the album, and at the same time, the most sinister. Papa Roach also pitches in with a surprising little song called “Dead Cell...