Dez Fafara
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Bradley 'Dez' Fafara (born May 12 1966) is the current vocalist for DevilDriver and the ex-vocalist of Coal Chamber.
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[edit] Personal Life
Dez is of Italian ,Polish heritage. He has a wife named Anahstasia who appears on the cover of the second Coal Chamber album Chamber Music. Dez has 3 sons: Tyler, Simon, and Kaleb. "Tylers Song", from the album Chamber Music, was written for Tyler. Simon, age 9, recently added backing growls on DevilDriver's yet-to-be-release third album, The Last Kind Words (2007).
Fafara is the son of Tiger Fafara, a child actor once featured on the TV show "Leave it to Beaver."
[edit] Coal Chamber
Dez released a total of 5 albums with Coal Chamber. Three of the albums, Coal Chamber (1997), which went gold, Chamber Music (1999), and Dark Days (2002), consisted of new material. An album of remixes, rarities, and b-sides, titled Giving the Devil His Due (2003) and a "Best Of" (2004) were also released. Coal Chamber disbanded in 2003, shortly after Dez formed his current band DevilDriver.
Dez refuses to talk about his earlier years with Coal Chamber and the subject of their break up is highly disputed among fans of both Coal Chamber and DevilDriver. Everyone could only seem to agree on the fact that the break up was messy, caused in part by heavy drug use by the other members which led to serious arguments between bandmates.
[edit] DevilDriver
Currently, Dez has released two albums with DevilDriver, DevilDriver (2003) and The Fury of Our Maker's Hand (2005). The third DevilDriver album ,entitled The Last Kind Words, is set to be released on June 5, 2007.
[edit] Compilations/Collaborations
Dez has appeared on more than 12 soundtrack records, including Scream 3, which also went gold. He also collaborated with Ozzy Osbourne for a remake of "Shock the Monkey", a song originally by Peter Gabriel, that was released on the album Chamber Music.This song propelled this record to debut 22 on the billboard charts upon release.
Fafara recently recorded a song for the compilation Roadrunner United, an album created by Roadrunner Records for their 25th year anniversary. The song, titled "Baptized In The Redemption", featured Dez on vocals with Dino Cazares (ex-Fear Factory), Andreas Kisser (Sepultura), Paul Gray (Slipknot) and Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour, ex-Soulfly). Dez worked with Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe) on a song called "Where is God Tonight?". Dez has also worked with Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Down, Superjoint Ritual) on an early side project Viking Crown.
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