A huge local buzz following gigs at the Roxy and the Whisky a Go Go, along with a demo tape championed by Fear Factory's Dino Cazares, got the band an opportunity to sign with Roadrunner Records late in 1994, but Fafara suddenly quit due to disagreements with his wife over the band. Dez Fafara and guitarist Miguel "Meegs" Rascon, who met through a classified ad the two added drummer Mike "Mikee" Cox and bassist Rayna Foss, the latter of whom heard about auditions through her roommate, Fafara's future wife. Coal Chamber broke out of the Los Angeles alternative metal scene in 1997 with a sound often compared to Korn, although both bands formed around the same time and are quality representations of the scene's overall sound - the heavy, detuned guitars of the murkiest Black Sabbath grungy, noisy textures reminiscent of White Zombie or Tool the white-knuckle intensity of Pantera and hardcore punk and perhaps a few hip-hop-influenced beats à la Biohazard.Ĭoal Chamber were formed in 1994 by vocalist/lyricist B.
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