Jacoby Shaddix
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"Jacoby Dakota Shaddix" is an American musician, singer-songwriter and former television presenter. He is the founding member and the continuous lead singer of the California-based rock band Papa Roach since the bands formation in 1993.

As well as being the lead singer of Papa Roach, Shaddix is also officially the lead singer of a post-hardcore band called Fight the Sky under the pseudonym 'John Doe'. However, the band has not been active since 2003 and there have been no publicly made updates regarding the bands current status since then.

Shaddix served as the host of the MTV show Scarred (TV series)/Scarred for the entirety of the shows cycle, presenting both seasons and all 20 episodes of the show, which spanned from April 10 to September 18, 2007.

Shaddix is one of the co-owners of a rock-inspired Fashion line/clothing line with designer Jeff Henry called 'Lovers Are Lunatics', with the focus being described as "to create a brand that represents the rock community and showcases their unique creative vision".

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We really refocused ourselves. I didn't want to live my life in a dark shadow all of the time.

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We were 6 feet under. A lot of people gave up on us, including fans and critics and show promoters and record labels.

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I don't think we realized how far gone we were in people's eyes, ... We pretty much had to prove ourselves over again, from our fans to people in the music industry. It's been an uphill fight. Nobody handed anything to us on this record.

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It's kind of cool that we've quietly been selling a million albums. We knew (the album) wasn't going to debut at No. 1. I'm stoked to see us being successful again.

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I don't think we realized how far gone we were in people's eyes. We pretty much had to prove ourselves over again, from our fans to people in the music industry. It's been an uphill fight. Nobody handed anything to us on this record. It's been us just slugging it out in the trenches and playing shows and proving to people every day that this band is legit and we're not going away.

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For us, selling a million records in 2005 is the equivalent of selling 2 to 3 million records (five years ago). Rock records aren't flying off the shelves like they used to. Hip-hop and pop are so huge. (But) everything's on the upswing for us.

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With the single crossing over to pop radio, it's bringing out new people to the shows. We've got all our metal kids and punk kids who still love us. And then we've got the average joes coming out. We call our fans the 'mixed nuts' because it's all kinds of people out there.

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This is my dream. I ain't giving up. I see a band like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and they've had their ups and downs, but they've continued with heart. We look up to that. I see Papa Roach being around for another 15 years. We've always wanted to be a career band.

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