Bradley James "Dez" Fafara is an American vocalist who performs in the

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DevilDriver DevilDriver is an American heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2002, consisting of vocalist Dez Fafara, bassist Jon Miller, guitarist Alex Lee and drummer Davier Pérez. The b ...

and

Coal Chamber Coal Chamber is an American nu metal band formed by Dez Fafara and Meegs Rascón in Los Angeles in 1992, initially under the name She's in Pain. The original lineup also consisted of bassist Rayna Foss and drummer Jon Tor. Mike Cox replaced Tor ...

Early life

Fafara is of Portuguese and Italian descent. His father, Tiger Fafara, and his late uncle, Stanley Fafara, were child actors on the ''

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'' television

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. He has had

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his whole life. Fafara adopted the nickname "Dez" in honor of Dez Cadena, vocalist and guitarist for Black Flag and an early influence on Fafara.

Career

Coal Chamber

Fafara released a total of five albums with

. Four of the albums, ''

'' (1997), ''

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'' (1999), and '' Dark Days'' (2002), consisted of new material. Two compilation albums were released, one of remixes, rarities, and B-sides, titled '' Giving the Devil His Due'' (2003), and a "Best Of" (2004) collection. Coal Chamber disbanded in 2003, shortly after Fafara formed his current band

. On September 26, 2011, it was announced that Coal Chamber would reunite for Australia's Soundwave Festival, which took place in early 2012. As of October 2012, according to Fafara, new material from Coal Chamber is in the works. Coal Chamber participated in a tour with

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and Stolen Babies in early 2013. According to Fafara, the fourth album was completed in December 2014 before its release in 2015. Coal Chamber now is disbanded and last consisted of the three founding members; Fafara, Miguel Rascon and Mikey Cox, with bassist Nadja Peulen rejoining the band in 2013, having originally played with Coal Chamber in 1999 and 2002. The band collaborated with Ministry's

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for their fourth studio album, titled 'Rivals'.

DevilDriver

Currently, Fafara, as part of DevilDriver, has released ten studio albums, ''

'' (2003), '' The Fury of Our Maker's Hand'' (2005), '' The Last Kind Words'' (2007), '' Pray for Villains'' (2009), '' Beast'' (2011), '' Winter Kills'' (2013), '' Trust No One'' (2016), '' Outlaws 'til the End: Vol. 1'' (2018), ''Dealing with Demons I'' (2020) and ''Dealing with Demons II'' (2023). DevilDriver was also nominated for a Golden Gods Award in 2008 for the best break-through metal band.

Collaborations

Fafara has appeared on more than twelve soundtrack records, including '' Scream 3: The Album'', which also went

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. He also collaborated with

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for a remake of " Shock the Monkey", a song originally by

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, that was released on the Coal Chamber album ''

''. This song propelled this record to debut 22 on the ''Billboard'' charts upon release. Fafara recorded and provided vocals for the song "Baptized in the Redemption" on

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' 25th anniversary compilation album '' Roadrunner United'', alongside

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(

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), Andreas Kisser (

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), Paul Gray ( Slipknot) and Roy Mayorga (

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, ex-

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). Dez worked with

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(

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) on a song called "Where Is God Tonight?" In November 2011, it was announced that Fafara would appear on a track in

's eighth studio album. The album is titled '' Enslaved'' and was released on March 13; the song Fafara appears in is called "Redemption of Man by God." In 2012, he performed on the song "Bastards!" by Canadian hardcore band Cancer Bats on their album '' Dead Set on Living''.

Personal life

Fafara's wife is named Anahstasia, and she appears on the cover of the second

album ''

''. Fafara has three sons, born in 1991, 1994 and 1997. Fafara is a

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. He expresses disgust towards the idea that animals are used for food and feels that people are starting to view plant-based foods as "good for your body, good for the environment." Fafara also said that going vegan made a substantial improvement on his health. Fafara is also

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, citing his interest in charity for the

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nation in the American southwest as the driving factor for him to join.

References

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