{"id":2324996,"date":"2026-03-12T16:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2324996"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:33:38","slug":"papa-roach-have-just-named-the-best-nu-metal-songs-of-all-time-and-yes-one-of-them-picked-last-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/papa-roach-have-just-named-the-best-nu-metal-songs-of-all-time-and-yes-one-of-them-picked-last-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"Papa Roach have just named the best nu metal songs of all time \u2013 and, yes, one of them picked Last Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"c753cf2f-3add-4e50-bc5c-660a9a9367ca\">Beloved <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/the-50-best-nu-metal-albums-of-all-time\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/the-50-best-nu-metal-albums-of-all-time\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/the-50-best-nu-metal-albums-of-all-time\">nu metal<\/a> band <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/papa-roach\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/papa-roach\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"\/artist\/papa-roach\">Papa Roach<\/a> have revealed what they consider to be the essential nu metal songs.<\/p>\n<p>In a new video published via the California four-piece\u2019s social media pages, each member revealed their pick for the genre\u2019s greatest achievement. Frontman Jacoby Shaddix goes first, ultimately picking <em>Break Stuff<\/em> by scenemates <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/limp-bizkit\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/limp-bizkit\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"\/artist\/limp-bizkit\">Limp Bizkit<\/a>, although he admits he\u2019s tempted to go with <em>Last Resort<\/em>: his band\u2019s own signature song, which has been certified six-times Platinum in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"c753cf2f-3add-4e50-bc5c-660a9a9367ca-2\">Then, bassist Tobin Esperance picks <em>Blind<\/em>, the 1994 single by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/korn\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/korn\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"\/artist\/korn\">Korn<\/a>, which is considered to be one of the songs that kicked off the nu metal generation. \u201cThe first time I heard that opening intro to <em>Blind<\/em> I was like, \u2018Oh shit, this is something that I haven\u2019t heard before,\u2019\u201d he remembers.<\/p>\n<p>Drummer Tony Palermo chooses <em>My Own Summer (Shove It)<\/em>, the hit 1997 single by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/deftones\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/artist\/deftones\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"\/artist\/deftones\">Deftones<\/a>. \u201cI know Deftones don\u2019t like to be coined as nu metal, but <em>Shove It<\/em> is up there,\u201d he says. Lastly, with no false modesty, guitarist Jerry Horton says that <em>Last Resort<\/em> was the best of the best.<\/p>\n<p>Papa Roach formed in Vacaville, California in 1993. After self-releasing their 1997 debut album <em>Old Friends From Young Years<\/em>, they signed with major label DreamWorks in 1999 and began working on their breakthrough effort, 2000\u2019s <em>Infest<\/em>. <em>Last Resort<\/em> was the lead single and second track from the album and was an instant hit, topping the UK Rock &amp; Metal and US Alternative Airplay charts.<\/p>\n<p>The band released their latest album, <em>Ego Trip<\/em>, in 2022 and are currently working on its follow-up. In an interview with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikimetal.com.br\/en\/interview-papa-roach\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.wikimetal.com.br\/en\/interview-papa-roach\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">Wikimetal<\/a> earlier this week, Shaddix said that their next album is in its \u201cfinalisation process\u201d, with a target release date of later this year. He also confirmed that recent singles <em>Wake Up Calling<\/em>, <em>Braindead<\/em> and <em>Even If It Kills Me<\/em> will be part of the tracklisting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis next one is quite a journey,\u201d the singer said of the new music. \u201cI really feel like, with <em>Ego Trip<\/em>, we found our rhythm. I think we&#8217;re continuing from where we left off on that one, only going even deeper.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-gBpjK8gB4KKVuBxyjbiZ7b\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-gBpjK8gB4KKVuBxyjbiZ7b slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Papa Roach have Asian and Australian tour dates booked for the spring, and they\u2019ll play US and European festivals in the summer. In November, they\u2019ll headline an arena tour of the UK. See dates and get details <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/paparoachmerch.com\/pages\/tour\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/paparoachmerch.com\/pages\/tour\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">via their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.loudersound.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beloved nu metal band Papa Roach have revealed what they consider to be the essential nu metal songs. In a new video published via the California four-piece\u2019s social media pages, each member revealed their pick for the genre\u2019s greatest achievement. Frontman Jacoby Shaddix goes first, ultimately picking Break Stuff by scenemates Limp Bizkit, although he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2324997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2324996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Papa-Roach-have-just-named-the-best-nu-metal-songs.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2324998,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324996\/revisions\/2324998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}