DEVILDRIVER‘s recent co-headlining tour with STATIC-X saw the Dez Fafara-fronted outfit performing material from COAL CHAMBER, the band that put him on the musical map and gave him his first and only gold-certified album in the shape of the group’s 1997 debut.

 

“I kept those things separate for so many years, man. It’s just time for me to embrace everything that I’ve done.” He continued: “COAL CHAMBER’s not coming back. It is what it is. And I’m not gonna wait another 15-20 years to sing the songs that gave me gold records and allowed me a career. And I say it every night, ‘Look, this song gave me gold records on my walls and you people out here gave me a career. Thank you for both of them. Let’s get loco.'” According to Fafara, the COAL CHAMBER songs are elevated far beyond their original form when they are performed by his current bandmates. “When you hear ’em done by DEVILDRIVER, it’s a whole new world,” he said. “Two guitars and double kick — it’s incredible.”

 

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