It’s the end of the year and the final Roach Koach of 2025! Lorin and Matt kick things off by welcoming back Ashley Woolsey to discuss this year’s edition of Louisville Loves Nu-Metal. They talk highlights, Lorin’s hosting, and and of course where they parked the car. Later in the episode, Lorin and Matt break down their lists of favorite songs, albums, and movies from the past year, as well as discuss The Nu-Metal Agenda’s lists of best nu-metal albums and songs. We love a list! To close things out, the guys make some resolutions and intentions for the upcoming ten year anniversary of the Koach, and listen to the latest installment of Rippers for Roaches 2. 

Thank you everyone who listened all year, let’s keep it rolling into 2026! 

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A whispering voice says “Indigo”. A second says “Matt’s version?” Yes, Roach Koach presents another installment of Matt’s Version, where Matt Naas finally gets to weigh in on the nu-metal albums he missed in our early episodes. This week he listens to and discusses Limp Bizkit’s debut release, Three Dollar Bill, Y’all. Topics this episode include:

-Album lore

-Matt’s nu-metal journey

-Robert Christgau’s emojis

-Songmeanings dot com

-80 dollar t-shirts

-Been up?

-Famous guitarist burner accounts

-“What up, Earth?”

-And Matt’s verdict!

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Hey hey! It’s new Roach Koach! This week on the podcast, Lorin and Matt take a very overdue listen to Skrape’s final studio album, 2004’s (or is it 2003) Up The Dose. Topics this episode include:

-The early days of the Koach

-Skrape vs Clive Davis

-Skrape album art

-Incredible thank yous

-Forcing a summer song

-“Hey hey!”

-The one good comment on the internet 

-Suffocation

-Hard Seltzer flavors

-Does this band need sleaze?

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt discuss whether Skrape deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon.

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This week on the Roach Koach Podcast it’s about a gift. That gift is a new album from My Ticket Home, called Pure To A Fault! The boys are back! To celebrate, Lorin and Matt welcome back My Ticket Home rhythm guitarist and vocalist Derek Blevins to discuss all things MTH. Topics this episode include:

-Response to the album

-Being Puke Rock to a fault

-Producing yourself

-Album covers

-The video for “Nothing Lost”

-Sequencing

-More new My Ticket Home music?

-Merch!

-A game of This or That: Nu Metal Singers

-And of course we close it out with Rippers for Roaches 2.

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A big thank you to Derek and My Ticket Home! Make sure to stream the album from your streamer of choice. 

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This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we continue to journey to 500 episodes by finally getting around to the most important band in the world, 3TEETH, and their 2019 album, Metawar. Topics this episode include:

-Dealing with the big issues

-Lizard people

-Incredible album art

-No mustache jokes!

-The eternal war of man vs machine

-Song meanings with Alexis Mincolla

-Music for the clubs

-Hearing 3TEETH in the gym

-Matt’s industrial past

-Chainsaws

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt decide if 3TEETH deserves a place in the Nu-Metal Canon. 

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Lorin is hosting Louisville Loves Nu-Metal on Friday December 5th 2025 at Headliners in Louisville KY. Get your tickets today! He’s gonna be riffing! 

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This week on the Roach Koach Podcast its the big preview of the 2025 edition Louisville Loves Nu-Metal/Emo night at Headliners Music Hall in Louisville, KY. Lorin sits down with Zack and Brian of the newly christened  LLP Events to talk all about the upcoming show. The guys talk about keeping the show fresh, the future of the franchise, partnering with Danny Wimmer Productions, and also announce the host of Nu-Metal Night. Who could it be? 

Also, Lorin and Matt talk Matt’s Boots on the Ground experience at Primer 55 at The Machine Shop, the possibility of a B-sides episode, excitement for the new My Ticket Home album, and of course Rippers for Roaches 2.
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Louisville Loves Nu-Metal and Louisville Loves Emo are taking place Friday December 5th and Saturday December 6th 2025 at Headliners in Louisville KY. Get your tickets today!

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This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we finally return to the boys in Nothingface and listen to their final studio album, 2003’s Skeletons. Discussed this episode:

-The members of Nothingface were going through it

-Catcher in the Rye

-2003 in music

-Sliding over that Dell

-The price of a magazine

-How hard it is to watch a movie when you have a small child

-And Canon Talk, where Lorin and Matt decide if Nothingface deserve another spot in the Nu-Metal Canon.

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This week on the Roach Koach podcast it’s all about Who’s Tweeting. This week, in an episode we recorded in mid October, we talk about the return of My Ticket Home, Fred Durst approved bands, the sale of the “Duality” house, Dirty Worms, Who’s Festing at Welcome to Rockville, and close out with Rippers for Roaches 2. Take a listen!

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This week on the Roach Koach Podcast we finish our unofficial 2016 trilogy with Islander’s second album, Power Under Control. Topics this episode include:

-The legacy of “Coconut Dracula”

-Liking the deepest sex

-These music videos

-Cookout playlist songs

-Top tier bad shirt

-The devil!

-Dragging bodies in music videos

-And Canon Talk, where Matt and Lorin decide if Islander deserve a spot in the Nu-Metal Canon.

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Lorin and Matt discuss the loss of Sam Rivers, his impact and his legacy. They also discuss the passing of Ace Frehley, the announcement of Sick New World 2026, and close out with Rippers for Roaches 2. 

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