Vocalist made it clear that this is his main objective, but he did not hold back on his excitement when drawing parallels with the band that sold the most albums in metal.
O Papa Roach established itself as one of the big names in the movement known as nu metal. Founded in 1993, the band today formed by Jacoby Shaddix (voice), Jerry Horton (guitar), Tobin Esperance (low) and Tony Palermo (drums) broke through in 2000 with the album Infest and his biggest hit, “Last Resort”. Since then, they have built a successful trajectory in the segment, recording other successful singles such as “Scars” and, more recently, “Help”.
Still, it may be Shaddix I’m making a slightly exaggerated comparison. In two different interviews, he cited his own band as “the next Metallica”, along with others who should also occupy the position.
Within heavy metal, there is no other success story like that of Metallica. The group currently composed of James Hetfield (voice and guitar), Lars Ulrich (battery), Kirk Hammett (guitar) and Robert Trujillo (bass) has sold more than 125 million records worldwide — just one of his albums, the 1991 self-titled album (known as Black Album), had more than 16 million units sold in the United States alone, being the record holder in the country since its launch 32 years ago.
In a radio interview Leisure 103.3(via Blabbermouth/ Igor Miranda website), Jacoby Shaddix opined that the Metallica and the Foo Fighters are “reaching the level of Rolling Stones”. And that your band is among the successors of these names mentioned.
“We are seeing the Metallica reach the level of Rolling Stones. O Foo Fighters is another of these groups. Therefore, Korn, Papa Roach It is Deftones are next Metallicas. You understand what I want to say? We are entering that point now. It’s just about, I guess, being able to survive the betrayal of this rock and roll life. And if you can do that and still continue to create good art and good music, then we can enter that space.”
The big difference in this case is the longevity of the bands mentioned. Both the Papa Roach in Shaddix as the Korn and the Deftones have remained active practically uninterruptedly since the 1990s.
“It was what I was looking for, honestly, since childhood. When we form the Papa Roach, in 1993, we wanted to be successful like the old friends we had been since before the band. And today we are still here.”
Reinforcing the bet
In another interview, with The Point radio(via Blabbermouth), Jacoby Shaddix was asked about the previous comment. And he didn’t go back.
“I definitely think so. And the Shinedown is in this too. Do you understand what I’m saying? For sure. And I just feel like it’s a goal, you know? As a boy, I wanted to become a rockstar. Once that happened, I had other plans. We did a show with Stone Temple Pilots in 2002, I saw them playing their repertoire and they were just hits. I thought: ‘Now this is what I’m looking for’. I want to be a legacy artist.”
The singer highlighted that the comparison with the Metallicain fact, serves much more as an inspiration for him to achieve this goal.
“Now we are seeing the Metallica out there rocking the stadiums. They just had one of the biggest crowds in a stadium. This is inspiring for us – not just for me, but I’m sure for Jonathan Davis (vocalist of Korn) and the brothers from Deftones or Brent Smith and the guys from Shinedown, it’s like we see this happening and that’s where we’ll see our bands in the next 15 years. 20 years. You have to have goals, right? And I have to dream big. And that. Whether I get there or not, we’ll see, but that’s my goal.”
Source: Rollingstone
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