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Papa Roach
Combining hard rock with rap in the 1990s, Papa Roach developed into one of the
most successful driving rock bands of the 2000s. The band had their beginnings
in 1993 when Jacoby Shaddix met drummer Dave Buckner at a high school football
game in Vacaville, California and ended up talking about music. They formed a
group to enter a school talent contest and took their name from Shaddix's
step-grandfather Howard William Roatch, who was known as Papa Roatch. They
released their first recording - an EP titled Potatoes for Christmas - in 1994
and followed it with their debut album Old...
