Infest is the second album by California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

n rock

Rock music

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 band Papa Roach

Papa Roach

Papa Roach is an American rock band from Vacaville, California. Their first major-label release was the triple-platinum album Infest . The group's success continued with their gold album Lovehatetragedy , their platinum album Getting Away with Murder , The Paramour Sessions , and Metamorphosis...

. It was released on April 25, 2000, and became the 20th highest-selling album of 2000 in the United States. It was certified triple Platinum

RIAA certification

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 in the U.S. on July 18, 2001, and peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 chart. This album earned the band a Grammy

Grammy Award

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 nomination for Best New Artist

Grammy Award for Best New Artist

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. Infest has sold more than 7 million copies worldwide with 3 million in U.S. and is their best-selling album to date. "Thrown Away" contains a softer version of the song "Tightrope", which starts at about 4:57.

Track listing

Import Bonus Tracks

Personnel

Papa Roach

• Jacoby Shaddix
  Jacoby Shaddix
  Jacoby Dakota Shaddix is the lead singer of Californian rock band Papa Roach, and along with bassist Tobin Esperance, is the main songwriter for the band.-Early life:...
  
   - lead vocals
• Jerry Horton - lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Tobin Esperance - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , backing vocals
• Dave Buckner - drums, percussion

Additional Musicians

• Scratches on certain songs by DJ A.M.
  Adam Goldstein
  Adam Michael Goldstein was an American DJ, remixer, record producer and musician better known as DJ AM. Goldstein was a member of the rock band Crazy Town, co-owner of a management company called Deckstar and worked on albums for Papa Roach, Madonna and Will Smith, among others...
  
  
• Background Vocals on track 4 by Aimee Echo
  Aimee Echo
  Aimee Echo is an American vocalist. She is the ex-frontwoman of Human Waste Project and currently the vocalist of TheStart and Normandie.Aimee is also a practitioner and Authorized teacher of Ashtanga Yoga. She began practicing Yoga with Noah Williams and Kimberly Flynn in Los Angeles in 1999...
  
   & Rodney Duke

Production

• Produced & Mixed by Jay Baumgardner
  Jay Baumgardner
  Jay Baumgardner is an American record producer, engineer and mixer. He has worked on albums by Ugly Kid Joe, Helmet, Papa Roach, Endwell, Coal Chamber, Godsmack, Three Days Grace, New Found Glory, Spineshank, Alien Ant Farm and Orgy....
  
  
• Engineer: David Dominguez
• Protools/Engineer: James Murray
• Mix Engineer: D Rock
• Recorded & Mixed at NRG Recording Services, N. Hollywood
• Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk, N.Y.
• A&R: Ron Handler
  Ron Handler
  Ronald Craig Handler is a music publisher, A & R executive and artist manager, who lives in Los Angeles. He has worked for influential companies such as Arista Music Publishing, BMG, EMI, Dreamworks and Interscope/Geffen. During his career, he has signed numerous artists such as Rhett Lawrence ,...
  
  
• Management: Bigtime Management
• Product Manager: Monica Mylod
• Business Management: Zeisler, Zeisler & Augus
• Booking Agent: Jenna Adler for Creative Artists Agency
• Legal Representation: Elliot Cahn
• Art direction, photography & design: P.R. Brown @ Bau-Da Design Lab LA

Appearances

• "Blood Brothers" appeared in the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
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  , the movie The One (along with "Last Resort
  Last Resort (song)
  "Last Resort" is the debut single from Californian rock band Papa Roach's second album, Infest. The song was very popular and a huge success and shot the band into the mainstream. The song charted on many charts around the world and reached number 1 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks number 57 on the U.S...
  
  "), and the teaser trailer for the movie Evolution
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• In "Blood Brothers", the lyrics reference the Terminator's line "It's in your nature to destroy yourselves."
• "Never Enough" appeared in the video game Gran Turismo 3.
• "Last Resort
  Last Resort (song)
  "Last Resort" is the debut single from Californian rock band Papa Roach's second album, Infest. The song was very popular and a huge success and shot the band into the mainstream. The song charted on many charts around the world and reached number 1 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks number 57 on the U.S...
  
  " appeared in the second episode of Smallville
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  and in an episode of Cold Case as well as other TV shows and movies.
• A demo version of "Last Resort" is also available as a downloadable track in the Rock Band
  Rock Band
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  games.
• "Dead Cell" appeared in the films The Skulls and Queen of the Damned
  Queen of the Damned (film)
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  , and on the soundtrack for Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder.
• Guitar
  Guitar
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   and bass
  Bass guitar
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  tab songbooks have been released for the album, both including the bonus track "Legacy".
• A heavier version of the song "Tightrope" was originally featured on the independent 1999 demo, Let 'Em Know.