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totally introverted. He likes to be by himself, suringly, “We’re as strong as fuck, man. gives them maybe a little bit of light in their
isolated and I like to be around all my This is life, this is what we do; it is what we personal darkness. Am I trying to say I
friends and be the centre of attention. We’re love!” know how to do this thing called life the
very opposite of each other but there’s perfect way or the right way? No. I’m just
something about that - we complement ’ll show you my skeletons; one by doing it how I know best. That’s what I’ve
each other very well in the music. But, ‘Ione we cast our stones…’ Jacoby come to know about a lot of people in this
there’s also this war that just continues to sings on the track ‘Skeletons’. The skele- world; I look at everybody in this world as
wage between us; it’s a silent, calm, mellow tons in our closet are often seen as a neg- if they are just doing their best with the
battle but it’s always there. There are times ative aspect in life and it’s so easy for cards that they’ve been given. Like this guy
I think ‘Man, this motherfucker…’ and I’m people with a closet full of skeletons to over here, he might be struggling with… I
like, “Dude, he was sent to me as a judge others for being open about theirs. don’t know what his issue is, you know he
teacher,” you know what I’m saying? He’s While you can’t ignore your skeletons, you might be homeless and might be a drug ad-
going to teach me patience and tolerance!” can use them as a positive driving force dict, but he’s just doing the best with the
Jacoby laughs. “My guitar player, he’s just and learn lessons from them. fucking cards he got. If I look at people that
got it all together so that’s another teacher. “For somebody that’s just going to act way, it’s great.”
It’s like these people that I want to go to war like they are perfect, that’s just impossible. The frontman goes on to tell us the
with are actually the people I need around There is nobody out here that doesn’t have story of a young lady he met in France. A
me because it makes me become, I guess, a personal struggle, some secrets, some- fan of Papa Roach’s music opened up
a more understanding, forgiving, tolerant, thing that they’re trying to overcome or about her torment of being gay and not
excepting person. I love these dudes, man, walk through. I’ve met a lot of fans out there being able to come out and tell anybody. “I
they’re my brothers and I couldn’t see my- that have told us ‘Your music has saved my said to her ‘Listen, that’s just the way you
self in another band. Sometimes I get on life’ and that just blows me away. It’s a trip are. You’ve got to be able to accept yourself
stage and we’re sound checking, I’m like because that’s not really what I set out to and love yourself for who you are; don’t be
“God you motherfuckers, you don’t fucking do with this band, I just wanted to make ashamed of your sexual preference.’ There
get it, what the fuck is..?” you know, then noise and make music. It’s like our music is is too much judgement in the world, that’s
I’m like, “Jacoby shut the fuck up!” It’s like very purpose driven now and I see a pur- why kids hide those secrets.”
an internal dialogue that always goes on in pose in our music, I see the way that it af-
my head,” he laughs before adding reas- fects people and how it lifts people up and

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