Jacoby Shaddix

Nah, dude, I was just the, I was the kid that was like, I was friends with the stoners, the freaks, the geeks, the jocks, the popular kids.

I was kind of like friends with everybody.

And so I was the guy that was like the ringleader in a way.

And like, I knew how to like,

you know, rally the people.

And so I was voted most unique in my class.

I guess that's like the most popular weird guy, I guess.

I'll take it.

Um, but yeah, so I guess being a singer kind of felt like it was natural.

I grew up playing a clarinet, so I understood like breath control and stuff like that.

And so I got a mic in my hand and I was, it was just off to the races game over.

Yeah, straight up.

And I was like,

I couldn't carry a tune, but I wanted to rap and I wanted to scream.

If you listen to some of the early recordings, you'd be like, I'm going to go back and listen.

Honestly, like I've made all my creative mistakes.

in Papa Roach.

Cause P Roach is like Papa Roach is my first band.

Like I didn't start like 20 different bands and go, you know, this, that, and the third, it was like, I read that you guys were originally called Kobe Dick though.

Uh, well I used to be called Kobe Dick.