Papa Roach frontman Jacoby Shaddix says being a father to his three sons changed him for the better. During an interview with “Behind The Vinyl” podcast he said, “Being a father has definitely evolved the way that I approach everything in my life, to be honest — in a lot of good ways, I feel. And the relationship that I've been able to build with my boys over the years, and they've been able to travel with me and see life from a different perspective.”
Shaddix says that his kids also make touring very hard on him. He explained, “I've also struggled a lot with being gone so much. Sometimes I'll talk to my kids, I'm, like… I've asked my kids straight up, 'Do you resent me for being gone all the time? Are you mad at me?' And their answer to me at the time was, 'We get sad. We miss you.' But it's also important to do what you love and to follow your passion. I wanna teach my kids, if you just get stuck in this wheel of you're not, I guess, feeling like you're fulfilling your purpose, life can get real monotonous and dull and dark. So I keep chasing this dream out here.”
Shaddix's 15-year-old middle son, Jagger, is the musician of the bunch. He said, “His favorite thing to do is play along to Slipknot; right now, that's his deal. He's got his double kick going and he loves it.”
Papa Roach recently spent time writing and recording at a studio in Southern California.
The band's latest album, Who Do You Trust?, was released in January of last year.
