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Coal Chamber was a Nu-Metal band from Los Angeles, CA, USA formed in 1995. They enjoyed some mainstream success in the mid to late 90’s during the nu metal boom which they, along with bands like KoЯn helped create. The band gained a large following early in their career, arguably because they were one of the first ‘darker’ themed nu metal bands.

Coal Chamber signed to Roadrunner Records and recorded their first album (both in 1996) for their self-titled debut in 1997. The album was released to critical praise, especially for the first single Loco, a track that many fans consider the bands finest work.

Their next album was released in fall of 1999 entitled Chamber Music. This album was considered a step away from the nu metal image they had engendered with their prior release, having instead a more gothic metal inspired feel. On this album also was a cover of a song originally done by Peter Gabriel in 1982 called “Shock The Monkey” with legendary rocker, Ozzy Osbourne, providing vocals in collaboration with the band’s lead singer, Dez Fafara.

The band followed up with their third album Dark Days in the spring of 2002, which met with mixed reviews. Bassist Rayna Foss-Rose had left the band to raise her daughter before 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 of sorts with frontman Dez Fafara saying that she and her husband had “found Christ” and would be leaving Coal Chamber for good.

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felipefantin wrote:
13 days ago

Fooda

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BLACKENEDPLAGUE wrote:
19 days ago

This is probably my favorite band of this style, and I'm slightly ashamed to be a nu metal fan....

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SirDukeofFarts wrote:
23 days ago

I remember being methed the fuck out of my mind when i saw them live. Amazing tits.

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Maziar1 wrote:
26 days ago

ow, i loved them so much ,great old days we had.gotto listen again :)

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Th3Nightwalker wrote:
last month

this is the band that dragged me into the depths of metal music....resect to one of the best nu-metal bands ever existed!

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Noizzea wrote:
last month

Dez is fucking cool man !

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Shad0wchild wrote:
last month

вот это ню митал..ээх, сейчас такого не делают:(

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neuronix_00 wrote:
last month

my old stars..never fuckin die

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CrazyCurtis94 wrote:
last month

geenius. BURN MOTHERFUCKER (8)

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misspsychosexy wrote:
last month

Forgot how much I loved this band.

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Daniel_Green wrote:
last month

www.lastfm.com.br/music/Coal+Chamber/+images/36498507

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killerchronic wrote:
last month

also @Smok9, tbh your comment sounds very, very uniformed. Nice to see you lack of capitalisation and punctuation, it leads me to form my opinion you are of the new found generation that thinks nu-metal came about post-2000. This is the band that introduced me to everything that is nu-metal/metal and from there on, i loved them that day (quite some time ago now) and i still love them to this day, still hurts they won't produce anything new together :(

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yodaman5606 wrote:
last month

@ Smok9... As much as I like AHC and Mushroomhead, none of those bands are comparable to Coal Chamber. Nu metal has a very limited number of good bands that don't eat monkey dong. Sadly you couldn't name most of the good ones. Try expanding your library past those 2 pages that you got.

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Smok9 wrote:
last month

sorry, theyre boring. and I heard almost all their songs and its a silly crap. mudvayne is hundred times better than this cheap shit. and there are only a few good (and not pop) nu metal band like deftones, korn, twisted method, mushroomhead, american head charge. theyre boring as shit

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Devilcrawn wrote:
last month

Great Band Loco is Vey Nice Song

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j_A_c_K_o wrote:
last month

Yeah ofcourse you have a right with your own opinion but you gattu have something to back it up with, you can say that uhm jesus is existing among us or sum other crazy shit but that doesnt make it any more true then just words before i see his fuckin feets walking on water infront of me... so yeah lemme hear about them "millions of bands" who sounds exactly like coal chamber or mudvayne on the LD.50 period? I bet you cant name one that are relevant? I listen to a shitload of music within all sorts of metal genres and i can say for a fact that they are one of the most original bands in their specific sound, if any band sound the same TODAY it's cause the got influenced by great groundbreaking bands like these back then... That's all i have to say about that, over and fuckin' out kkthxbai

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Cthulhu02 wrote:
last month

Never could get into Coal Chamber.

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j_A_c_K_o wrote:
last month

Probably "a million other bands sounds like this"- is cause they copy'd good original bands like Coal Chamber? If you havnt noticed they are none-existing these days but when they were they were way before there time :) and why the bashing of mudvayne who puts orginallity to a meaning? Show me a cd that sounds like LD.50 and ill personally deliver you my balls to you on a silverplate. Gah people who diss music without even listen to it first really pisses me off... Anyways, horns up to Dez! love that guy eighter its coal chamber or in devildriver :) sight to catch the neckbreakers tour here in sweden with them next month, devildriver made the whole graspop festival trip worth doin for me this summer so :D

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Skykorn wrote:
last month

phew, i listened only to fiend and loco songs for now and i have to say that i kinda like them. though they remind me of static-x way too much. =\

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Zach216 wrote:
last month

Well they're just not your style, Chamber Music has some good tunes... better question: why are your eyebrows missing (and like drawn on) and you hair so ridiculous? There's a million girls who do that, I went to school with many.

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