Papa Roach - Blood (Empty Promises)

Song: Blood (Empty Promises)
Artist: Papa Roach
Album: Getting Away With Murder

Papa Roach is an American rock band from California.

Blood is a track from Papa Roach's fourth album Getting Away With Murder. The album was released in August of 2004. I think the song is about someone being screwed over by a person who is supposed to be their family. I think it's from the point of view of someone who has been stabbed in the back by someone close to them. They're saying that they won't let that person walk all over them anymore. Also telling that person that they need to change or they'll only screw themselves over in the end. Lead singer Jacoby Shaddix seems to be singing directly to the perpetrator of this betrayal. I really like the drums in this song. Blood has a great hard rock sound. This song is really good.

"Blood (Empty Promises)"

I will forgive but I won't forget
And I hope you know you've lost my respect

You better watch out
If you don't know whats going on around you
You better think twice
Before you fly off the handle and lose it
You better join us
Before you get lost in the shuffle
You better rise against
The demons that are gonna try and hold you down

Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
The ones you love, the ones you love, the ones you love

Cause I'm not a pawn for you to play in your fucking game
I've got dignity and a dream that I want to achieve
The pressure, your troubled and you let me down
I'm not deaf and all I hear are your empty promises

Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
The ones you love, the ones you love, the ones you love

Does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love?
Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love!
Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love!
Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love!

I will forgive but I won't forget
And I hope you know you've lost my respect

Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love
Yes it runs in your blood to betray the ones you love

Papa Roach - Blood - Youtube (Audio Only)

Papa Roach - Hollywood Whore

Song: Hollywood Whore
Artist: Papa Roach
Album: Metamorphosis

Papa Roach is an American rock band from California.

Hollywood Whore is the first single from Papa Roach's 2009 album Metamorphosis. Metamorphosis is the band's sixth album. I think the song Hollywood Whore is about the shallow, fake girls of Hollywood, who starve themselves, do hard drugs and have plastic surgery until nothing about them is real. About someone who has no real life, just a fake image of who they try to be. Lead vocalist Jacoby Shaddix is calling out this person for being fake and plastic. The music video shows the band playing in front of a young woman (the Hollywood Whore). I really like Jacoby's facial expressions in the video. I love the guitar and bass in this song and Jacoby's voice is awesome. I really like the meaning behind the lyrics. This is a great song.

"Hollywood Whore"

Hollywood whore,
Passed out on the floor,
I'm sorry but the party's over.

Cocaine nose,
And trendy clothes,
Gotta send her to rehab.
She found out she's got no soul,
But it really doesn't bother her.
White trash queen,
American dream-
Oh, what a role model.
Throwing a fit,
Making a scene,
Like no tomorrow.

Hollywood whore,
Passed out on the floor,
Can't take it no more,
I'm sorry but the party's over.
The talk of the town,
Is she's going down.
I'm sorry but the party's over NOW.

Awake by noon, drunk by 4.
Sucked up in the show biz.
You're so lame,
You're such a bore,
I wanna kick your teeth in.
Plastic smile,
To match your style-
We can tell you got a face lift.
You're so vain, oh so vile,
You're a number one hit.

Hollywood whore,
Passed out on the floor,
Can't take it no more,
I'm sorry but the party's over.
The talk of the town,
Is she's going down,
I'm sorry but the party's over.

The cameras are gone,
And nobody screams.
She couldn't survive her 15 minutes of fame.
Her friends are all gone,
She's going insane.
She'll never survive without the money and fame.
It's all going down the drain.

Hollywood whore,
Passed out on the floor,
I'm sorry but the party's over.
The talk of the town,
Is she's going down.
I'm sorry but the party's over

Hollywood whore,
Passed out on the floor,
I'm sorry but the party's over.
The talk of the town,
Is she's going down,
I'm sorry but the party's over.

Wake up!!!!!
The party's over
NOW

Hahaha

Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya, hunny.
Hahaha...

*Some people may find this music video kinda disturbing......so you've been warned. :)
Papa Roach - Hollywood Whore - Youtube (Music Video)

Papa Roach and Buckcherry with Bleeker Ridge and My Darkest Days Concert Review (Explicit Language)

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Bleeker Ridge Onstage!

Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach Onstage!

 

On March 18th 2011, I saw Papa Roach and Buckcherry with Bleeker Ridge and My Darkest Days at the Barrie Molson Center. Bleeker Ridge were the first band to play. They are a Canadian rock band from Orillia, Ontario, Canada. They started their set with a song that I really like, Easier Today. The members of the band put on a good show, They're energetic, and lead singer Taylor Perkins interacted well with the audience. They played their two hits Small Town Dead and You Would've Liked It. Right away they got me pumped up and ready for a rock show. I'm definitely now a big Bleeker Ridge fan.

After Bleeker Ridge, My Darkest Days came out. They are a Canadian rock band based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I wasn't very familiar with My Darkest Days, but they put on a pretty good show, and interacted with the audience. The concert I was at was the last of the tour and My Darkest Days and Bleeker Ridge had just gotten back to Canada from the US. Both bands mentioned that they were happy to be home. And when they played their hit Porn Star Dancing the lead singer of My Darkest Days, Matt Walst had everyone in the audience raise their middle fingers and shout "eh" after everytime he said "Porn Star Dancing".

Papa Roach played next. They are an American rock band from California. Lead singer Jacoby Shaddix ran up on stage and the band immediately began playing. Jacoby left the stage and went into the audience during the first song and at one point was about three feet away from me. They were very energetic, particularly Jacoby. He jumped around the stage and acted crazy. At one point a beach ball with the logo for Rock 95 (the radio station sponsoring the event) was released into the crowd. The ball wound up on stage. Jacoby picked it up, said "I fuckin hate these things" and proceeded to bite the beach ball and rip a hole in it with his teeth, popping it. He then said "No disrepect to the radio station, we love those guys, but a rock concert is no place for a beach ball." It was hilarious/awesome. Papa Roach put on a fucking amazing show and had me singing along, shouting, clapping my hands and head banging.

Buckcherry were the fourth and final band to play. Buckcherry is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. The second song they played was Rescue Me which is my favorite Buckcherry song. Lead singer Josh Todd danced around on stage and spoke to the audience. Buckcherry guitarist Stevie D threw his guitar picks into the audience throughout the show. I got one of the guitar picks, which was so freaking awesome. They finished up the show with the song Crazy Bitch. All in all it was a FUCKING AWESOME show!! I loved it!! The show was definitely well worth the $50 ticket price per person, (there were cheaper tickets but we paid for general admission to be on the floor, which in my opinion is the best place to be at a rock show. I got really close to the stage.) All four bands put on great shows, but Papa Roach is still my fav of the four (and one of my favorite bands in general). I would definitely go see a Papa Roach show again, if the oportunity arose. Jacoby Shaddix is a crazy man (in a good way).

Buckcherry Onstage!
[All three photos taken by me]

Papa Roach - Had Enough

Song: Had Enough

Artist: Papa Roach

Album: Metamorphosis

Papa Roach is an American rock band from California.

I like a lot of songs by Papa Roach. I definitely like the lyrical meaning of this song. It's about living in a world full of unneccessary violence. Lead singer Jacoby Shaddix said in an interview about the song that the news is really depressing. I think that's where this song comes from. There is too much violence for no reason in the world. I love this song's message.

"Had Enough"

Turn the channel on the tv
Another boy shot tonight
I can't believe what I am seeing
A body bag, a mother cries
It seems like this is never ending
I've had enough so I decide
The time has come for me to face it
I can't refuse the war inside

'Cause we have had enough
All the violence has touched every part of our lives
Our innocence is gone tonight

I dunnno if I can hide it
I know the truth it's only lies
The president will deny it
The body count, a steady rise
In my head there is a riot
Change the world, no one dies
The time has come for us to fight it
You can't refuse the war inside

'Cause we have had enough
All the violence has touched every part of our lives
Our innocence is gone tonight

'Cause we have had enough
All the violence has touched every part of our lives
Our innocence is gone tonight

I know that you can change the future
I know that we can make it happen

In my head there is a riot
and i dont think that I can fight it

'Cause we have had enough
All the violence has touched every part of our lives
Our innocence is gone tonight

'Cause we have had enough
All the violence has touched every part of our lives
Our innocence is gone tonight

We have had enough
We have had enough
We have had enough

Papa Roach - Had Enough - Youtube (Audio Only)