Coal Chamber
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| Name = Coal Chamber
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| Origin = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[USA]]
| Genre = [[Alternative metal]]<br/>[[Nu metal]]
| Years_active = 1994–2003
| Label = [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]]
| Associated_acts = [[Devildriver]], [[Glass Piñata]], Butterfly Knife, Machine Gun Orchestra, She's in Pain
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| Past_members = [[Dez Fafara]]<br/>[[Miguel "Meegs" Rascón]]<br/>[[Nadja Peulen]]<br/>[[Mikey "Bug" Cox]]<br/>[[Rayna Foss-Rose]]<br/>John Thor
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'''Coal Chamber''' was an [[United States|American]] [[alternative metal]]/[[nu metal]] band from [[Los Angeles, California]]. The band formed in 1994 and disbanded in 2003.
Originally formed in 1994 when vocalist/lyricist [[Dez Fafara]] and guitarist [[Miguel "Meegs" Rascón|Miguel Rascón]] met through a classified ad and combined their preferred band names (Meegs like "Coal" and Dez preferred "Chamber"). Drummer [[Mikey "Bug" Cox|Mike Cox]] and bassist [[Rayna Foss-Rose|Rayna Foss]] completed the Coal Chamber lineup.
[[Dino Cazares]] of [[Fear Factory]] championing a demo tape and Coal Chamber causing a huge local stir with gigs at [[The Roxy Theatre]] and the [[Whisky A Go Go]] eventually lead [[Roadrunner Records]] to offer to sign Coal Chamber in late 1994.
Fafara dropped out of the band quite suddenly due to disagreements about the band with his wife. In the spring of 1995 Dez reunited with Coal Chamber, ending his marriage but revitalizing the band. With a renewed sense of energy Coal Chamber was able to regain their deal with [[Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner]] by the end of 1995.
In 1997 their debut self-titled album ''[[Coal Chamber (album)|Coal Chamber]]'' was released. Though they toured very heavily supporting this album its mix of nu metal and goth rock imagery was not very successful.
''[[Chamber Music (Coal Chamber album)|Chamber Music]]'' followed two years later. Between the two releases bassist [[Rayna Foss-Rose|Rayna Foss]] had gotten married and become pregnant necessitating another bass player on tour; a role happily filled by [[Nadja Peulen]].
Nadja continued playing bass for the recording of Coal Chamer's third album as [[Rayna Foss-Rose|Rayna]] chose to leave the band to raise Kayla Moray Rose. ''[[Dark Days (album)|Dark Days]]'' was released in the spring of [[2002]].<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=COALCHAMBER&sql=11:kifqxq9hldke~T1|title=Coal Chamber Biography|work=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=February 26|accessyear=2008}}</ref>
== Biography ==
===Formation===
The band gained a large following early in their career arguably because they were the first "darker" themed [[nu metal]] band with an image that had more in common with the [[goth subculture]] than [[hip hop culture]].
====Errata====
Prior to Coal Chamber [[Dez Fafara]] and [[Meegs Rascón]] formed the band She's in Pain in 1992.
=== ''Coal Chamber'' (1997–1998) ===
===''Chamber Music'' (1999–2001)===
''[[Chamber Music (Coal Chamber album)|Chamber Music]]'' was released in late 1999 and took a step away from the [[nu metal]] image egendered in their prior release having instead a more [[Gothic metal]] inspired feel. With the bit of commercial success Coal Chamber received after Chamber Music the band toured on headlining and festival tours. The band managed to catch the attention of [[Ozzy Osbourne|Ozzy Osbourne's]] wife [[Sharon Osbourne]] who became their manager. Coal Chamber later parted ways with Sharon over personal and creative differences, a theme which continued within the band causing them to take a break from touring and resulting in their non-participation in the Tattoo the Earth tour in 2000.
===''Dark Days''/Dispansion (2002–2003)===
The band followed up with their third album ''[[Dark Days (album)|Dark Days]]'' in early 2002 to mixed reviews. Bassist [[Rayna Foss]] had left the band to raise her daughter shortly after the album was recorded; she was replaced by [[Nadja Peulen]] who had taken Foss-Rose's place during her pregnancy between the first two albums. Rayna had a falling out with frontman Dez Fafara saying that she and her husband had "found Christ" and would be leaving Coal Chamber for good.
In May 2002, it was announced that Coal Chamber had broken up after an on-stage altercation between Dez and Meegs during a show in Lubbock, Texas. They had been fighting verbally before the show and continued to fight on-stage with Meegs hitting Dez in the head with the headstock of his guitar. Dez announced "This is the last Coal Chamber show ever!" and stormed offstage. The band attempted to continue the show with Meegs singing vocals but soon stopped the show altogether. Mikey demolished his drumkit before storming offstage. The band managed to patch things up long enough for an appearance on "Last Call With Carson Daly" and a summer tour with American Head Charge, Lollipop Lust Kill, and Medication. These would be the last shows the band would ever play.
In October 2002, [[Mikey "Bug" Cox]] was fired after several personal disputes with both Fafara and guitarist Meegs Rascón. The official release on the Coal Chamber website stated that the band was looking for a new drummer, although all band activities had come to a standstill.
Late summer 2003 saw the release of a compilation album titled ''[[Giving the Devil His Due]]'' which included several demo tracks submitted by the band prior to their signing with [[Roadrunner Records]] in 1997 along with several alternate studio recordings and remixes of various tracks from their previous releases. Coal Chamber officially called it a day in 2003 shortly after lead vocalist Dez Fafara continued with his new band [[DevilDriver]].
In 2004 [[The Best Of Coal Chamber]] was released.
In June 2005 Fafara stated that Coal Chamber's hiatus is permanent and will not be reforming at any time in the future. He has also described a Coal Chamber reformation as "like repeating the 4th Grade again".
In September 2007 Rascon stated that "you never know what the future brings".
==Members==
===Main Members===
*[[Dez Fafara]] - Vocals
*[[Miguel "Meegs" Rascón]] - Guitar
*[[Nadja Peulen]] - Bass
*[[Mikey "Bug" Cox]] - Drums
===Former Members===
*[[Rayna Foss]] - Bass
==Discography<ref name="discogs.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Coal+Chamber|title=Coal Chamber Discography|accessdate=March 9|accessyear=2008}}</ref>==
===Studio Albums===
* ''[[Coal Chamber (album)|Coal Chamber]]'' ([[February 11]], [[1997]])
* ''[[Chamber Music (Coal Chamber album)|Chamber Music]]'' ([[September 7]], [[1999]])
* ''[[Dark Days (album)|Dark Days]]'' ([[May 7]], [[2002]])
===Compilations===
* ''[[Giving the Devil His Due]]'' ([[August 19]], [[2003]])
* ''[[The Best of Coal Chamber]]'' ([[August 9]], [[2004]])
==After Coal Chamber==
After the disbandment of Coal Chamber Fafara continued as vocalist of metal band [[DevilDriver]], recording three albums: [[DevilDriver (album)|DevilDriver]], [[The Fury of Our Maker's Hand]], and [[The Last Kind Words]].
Guitarist Meegs Rascon went on to form rock band "[[Glass Piñata]]", previously known as “[[Pinata]]”. The group has so far only released demos via their website.
Bassist Nadja Puelen created t-shirt company Cruel Tees sold online and through stores such as Hot Topic. She is currently selling her bass from the Chamber Music tour.
After taking 2 years off to recover from a car accident drummer Mikey "Bug" Cox joined forces with long time friend, producer of Coal Chamber's self titled début, and [[ORGY]] mastermind Jay Gordon. The band is called "[[Machine Gun Orchestra]]" and is currently in the studio working on their début album to be released in 2008.
==Trivia==
* [[AJ Soprano]] is seen wearing a Coal Chamber Shirt in an Episode of [[The Sopranos]].
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.myspace.com/coalchambermusic Coal Chamber MySpace]
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