Infest [PA] (CD - 2000)

Additional personnel: DJ A.M. (scratches); Aimee Echo, Rodney Duke (background vocals).

Recorded at NRG Recording Services, North Hollywood, California.

Papa Roach was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best New Artist and "Broken Home" was nominated for Best Short Form Music Video.

Personnel: DJ AM (scratches); Rodney Duke, Aimee Echo (background vocals).

Audio Mixer: Jay Baumgardner.

Recording information: NRG Recording Services, N. Hollywood, CA.

Photographer: P.R. Brown.

Unknown Contributor Roles: Coby Dick; Jerry Horton; Dave Buckner; Tobin Esperance.

Papa Roach's major label debut on Dreamworks Records. With songs about everything from divorce ("Broken Home"), to struggles with alcohol ("Binge"), the four-piece, hard rock outfit laces the listener with magnum doses of reality.

Written mostly with its audience's tortured psyches in mind, INFEST aims to let the kids know that they aren't alone in dealing with the pressures and obstacles life can bring, with songs such as the socially conscious "Last Resort," which discusses suicide, alienation and isolation. The production on the album, via Jay Baumgardner, is polished and yet passionate, and singer Coby Dick's vocals are stingingly sharp and energetic. Some of INFEST's other highlights are "Dead Cell," the snappily-titled "Between Angeles and Insects," and "Never Enough." INFEST is a consistently impressive debut. minimize