Dez Fafara
Dez Fafara ( born May 12, 1966 as Bradley James Fafara of Santa Barbara ) is an American metal singer of Italian descent. Fafara is called since his youth short of the "DEZ ", inspired by his favorite singer December Cadena ( Black Flag, Misfits ).
After his time with the band She's in Pain from 1992 Fafara was known as a singer in the late 1990s popular nu-metal band Coal Chamber, since 2002 he is the frontman for Devildriver.
Fafaras Father Lucas "Tiger" Fafara II was a child actor in the sitcom Leave It To Beaver, which ran in the German-speaking countries under the title adult would have to be one.
Life
Fafara is married and has three sons with his wife. While his wife is seen on the cover of the second Coal Chamber album Chamber Music, the sons have made an appearance in the music video for Devildrivers Clouds Over California. Fafara dedicated with Tyler 's Song ( Coal Chamber, 1999), his eldest son a song. Tyler is also on tirades Of Truth ( Devil Driver, 2007) to hear.
Musical work
Coal Chamber
With Coal Chamber Fafara released three studio albums. Following Coal Chamber (1997), Chamber Music (1999) and Dark Days (2002) also published a rarities, demo, and remix collection, entitled Giving The Devil His Due (2003), a best-of compilation ( 2004) and a re-release of the debut of the 25th anniversary of the music label Roadrunner Records.
DevilDriver
As of 2003, played with Fafara of DevilDriver six studio albums, one. Besides DevilDriver (2003), The Fury Of Our Maker's Hand (2005), The Last Kind Words ( 2007), Pray For Villains (2009), Beast (2011) and Winter Kills (2013 ), in addition the EP Head On To released in the UK Heartache (2008).
Collaborations
In addition Fafara worked on over a dozen soundtracks, including the award- Gold CD for horror film Scream 3 Fafara was also involved in various other collaborations with renowned artists, for example, with Ozzy Osbourne ( for a remake of Peter Gabriel's Shock The Monkey), Dino Cazares (through the Roadrunner United project), Nikki Sixx ( the song Where is God Tonight? ) and Phil Anselmo (in its side project Viking Crown ).