Welcome to the weekly SPIN.com feature "Name That Band!" in which we get the inside stories behind the mysterious monikers of some of our favorito! artists.
This week: Northern California rockers Papa Roach, whose Time For Annihiliation is out August 31.
Why They're Called... Papa Roach
Name That Band!
By David Marchese on July 13, 2010 10:37 AM
Why Papa Roach: "We came up with the name back in 1993 when we were like sixteen years old -- young and dumb," remembers frontman Jacoby Shaddix. "At the time we were listening to lots of bands with funky names -- stuff like Mr. Bungle, Primus, and the Red...
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