Taproot

Taproot is a four-piece nu metal/alternative rock group from Ann Arbor, Michigan. They are most known for their hit single "Poem" (#5 most played rock track in 2002),^[3][4] as well as a number of other singles from 2000 to the present.

In 1997, Taproot sent their demo to Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst. Impressed with their material, he offered to get them a recording contract through Interscope Records. However, after extended negotiations, Taproot looked elsewhere, where they finally landed a lucrative record deal with Atlantic Records. Durst heavily cursed the band on vocalist Stephen Richards' answering machine.^[5] He also put some blame on System of a Down, who assisted Taproot in securing the Atlantic deal. In retaliation, Durst also kicked System of a Down off the 1999 Family Values Tour.^[6] Taproot later went on to independently release three albums: ...Something More Than Nothing (1998), Mentobe (1998) and Upon Us (1999).^{[citation needed]}

Discography

• Gift (2000)
• Welcome (2002)
• Blue-Sky Research (2005)
• Our Long Road Home (2008)
• Plead the Fifth (2010)
• The Episodes (2012)