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Staying on the topic of rock, Papa Roach, a hard rock band formed in 1993 in Vacaville CA, is definitely one of the pioneers of modern rock.  Starting out as a more punk rock and hip-hop influenced band, their first EP's "Potatoes for Christmas," and "Caca Bonita," were released in 1994 and 1995 respectively.  Eventually the band lost its hip-hop influence transitioning more into harder rock with definite alternative metal influence.

Their second album "Infest," reached the extremely prestigious level of triple platinum due to the success of its most popular song "Last Resort." The hip-hop element is noticeable with the songs less than melodic verses.  Although the guitar is very important in the songs' rock structure.

In their third studio album "Getting Away With Murder," the success of songs like "Getting Away With Murder," and "Scars," helped the album hit platinum.  The change from a hip-hop band so to speak to a more conventional rock band is very apparent in this album in both their songs and image.  The guitar starts to become a more prominent and center stage role on the tracks, there is also more singing during the verses and not only limited to the chorus. 

 On October 9th, Papa Roach released their first "real" album in about 4 years and seventh studio album; "THE CONNECTION."  The album is strikingly flowing and creates a "balance between its early roots as a nu-metal/rap-rock outfit and its more recent interest in '80s-style Sunset Strip hard rock," (Allmusic).  With songs like "Wish You Never Met Me," and "Give Me Back My Life," The Connection is probably their most contemporary sounding album to date.  

(Although this isn't the video of the actual song, I thought this guitar cover was pretty cool, enjoy...here's the link to the real song Give Me Back My Life video link).

Papa Roach is one of the most popular and respected rock bands of my generation and hopefully they will continue to make great music for many more years.

-Brooks Gonzales