Old Friends from Young Years is the debut album by Californian rock band Papa Roach, self-produced and released on February 4, 1997. This album, along with their other independent demos, were released on the band's now defunct indie label, Onion Hardcore, so named because onion farming is a staple of Papa Roach's hometown, Vacaville, California. The album was co-produced by bass guitarist Tobin Esperance's father, who included an audio recording of Tobin as a child as a bonus track on the album. Old Friends from Young Years is the debut album by Californian rock band Papa Roach, self-produced and released on February 4, 1997. This album, along with their other independent demos, were released on the band's now defunct indie label, Onion Hardcore, so named because onion farming is a staple of Papa Roach's hometown, Vacaville, California. The album was co-produced by bass guitarist Tobin Esperance's father, who included an audio recording of Tobin as a child as a bonus track on the album. false 2025-11-08 00:09:36 Old Friends From Young Years 1997 1997-12-04 1997-12-04 50 Alternative Metal Funk Metal Hard Rock Heavy Metal Hip Hop Nu Metal Pop Rock 113723 2126350 ff1f54ea-6e5d-4b61-b1e8-64371bbe3d44 c5eb9407-caeb-4303-b383-6929aa94021c f8a10502-e48b-3439-a133-5a59ff6adf4f /media/data/media5/Music/Papa Roach/Old Friends From Young Years/folder.jpg Papa Roach Papa Roach 1 1 intro 00:27 1 2 Orange Drive Palms 04:53 1 3 Liquid Diet 04:19 1 4 GrrBrr 04:14 1 5 iSEDuFuknDie 04:16 1 6 DIRTYcutFREAK 02:45 1 7 Living Room 04:14 1 8 829 04:35 1 9 PEEWAGON 04:43 1 10 hedake 05:19 1 11 Shut Up N Die (reprise) 02:33 1 12 Thanx 05:50 1 13 Happy Birthday 01:54 Papa Roach is an American rock band from Vacaville, California, formed in 1993. The original lineup consisted of lead vocalist Jacoby Shaddix, guitarist Jerry Horton, drummer Dave Buckner, bassist Will James, and trombonist Ben Luther. After two EPs, James left and was replaced by Tobin Esperance. The band independently released two more EPs before signing with DreamWorks Records in 1999, subsequently releasing the triple-platinum Infest in 2000, the gold album Lovehatetragedy in 2002 and the platinum album Getting Away with Murder in 2004. A year after The Paramour Sessions, Buckner left in 2007, and was replaced by Tony Palermo. Papa Roach then made Metamorphosis (2009), Time for Annihilation (2010), The Connection (2012), F.E.A.R. (2015), Crooked Teeth (2017) and Who Do You Trust? (2019). The group's eleventh studio album, Ego Trip, was released on April 8, 2022.