Dez Fafara

Bradley 'Dez' Fafara (born May 12, 1966) is the current vocalist for DevilDriver and the ex-vocalist of Coal Chamber.

Personal life

Dez is of Italian heritage. His father, Tiger Fafara, was a child actor on the Leave It to Beaver sitcom, playing the character "Tooey Brown."

Dez's wife is named Anahstasia, and she appears on the cover of the second Coal Chamber album Chamber Music. Dez has 3 sons: Tyler, Simon and Kaleb. "Tylers Song", from the album Chamber Music, was written for Tyler. Simon, age 9, recently added backing growls on DevilDriver's third album, The Last Kind Words (2007), on the song Tirades Of Truth, during the last two lines of the chorus.

Dez has a great fondness for wine.

Coal Chamber

Dez released a total of 5 albums with Coal Chamber. Three of the albums, Coal Chamber (1997), which went gold, Chamber Music (1999), and Dark Days (2002), consisted of new material. An album of remixes, rarities, and b-sides, titled Giving the Devil His Due (2003) and a "Best Of" (2004) were also released. Coal Chamber disbanded in 2003, shortly after Dez formed his current band DevilDriver. Recently, Meegs said in an interview on VM Underground that he and Dez were in their 20s when Coal Chamber were signed.

Dez refuses to talk about his earlier years with Coal Chamber but the subject of their break up was that according to Meegs in a recent interview that their relationship was tearing down.

DevilDriver

Currently, Dez has released three albums with DevilDriver, DevilDriver (2003), The Fury of Our Maker's Hand (2005), and The Last Kind Words (2007).

Compilations/Collaborations

Dez has appeared on more than 12 soundtrack records, including Scream 3, which also went gold. He also collaborated with Ozzy Osbourne for a remake of "Shock the Monkey", a song originally by Peter Gabriel, that was released on the album Chamber Music. This song propelled this record to debut 22 on the billboard charts upon release.

Fafara recently recorded a song for the compilation Roadrunner United, an album created by Roadrunner Records for their 25th year anniversary. The song, titled "Baptized In The Redemption", featured Dez on vocals with Dino Cazares (ex-Fear Factory), Andreas Kisser (Sepultura), Paul Gray (Slipknot) and Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour, ex-Soulfly). Dez worked with Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe) on a song called "Where is God Tonight?". Dez has also worked with Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Down, Superjoint Ritual) on an early side project Viking Crown

Feud

He has a very big feud with Sevendust stemming from his Coal Chamber Days. His biggest feud is with Morgan Rose because Dez publicly embarrassed Rose's ex-wife and Dez's former Coal Chamber bandmate Rayna Foss. Rose then wrote his song Enemy insulting Dez. Dez's response was as it something as for him to grow up. He also said that he surprised that they have not written a love song about him. He has described Sevendust as a watered down glass of Coke in that it's something you don't want any more and you just throw it away.

Tattoos

Dez has a large assortment of tattoos, including a tribal tattoo on his chin, the DevilDriver logo, and '66' on his neck.