Coal Chamber

Formation and Early Years

It's been almost three decades since Coal Chamber, the Californian metal quartet, came screaming out of the dead zone of Hollywood in the early Nineties. When singer Bradley Dez Fafara and Miguel Meegs Rascon first met in 1992, these two hot-headed misfits first wrote songs under the name She's In Pain, recruiting bassist Rayna Foss and drummer Mikey Cox.

Rise to Fame

After renaming themselves Coal Chamber and honing a unique sound and art direction, the band broke through to public awareness with their gold-selling, self-titled debut album in 1997. A slot at the first Ozzfest and a management deal with Sharon Osbourne helped to propel the quartet to a national level.

Tours and Success

Over the next six years, Coal Chamber experienced several lifetimes' worth of excess, making their trajectory both unpredictable and stressful. Tours with Danzig, Type O Negative, Megadeth, Pantera, and many other artists built their reputation.