Coal Chamber

(Behind the name Coal Chamber) Dez: I wanted Coal, Meegs wanted Chamber.

(Dez talking about missing home) Dez: Of course I'm missing home, my friends, my dogs, everything and the others feel the same, but we made a decision and we're gonna stick to our guns. We all decided it. We all agreed on the fact that the band is going to be the most important thing, that the band comes first, that for a while the success of the band is an absolute priority. Being on tour so much and missing home and all that are the consequences, but if you make a decision you have to face the consequences. There's no way around that. Another thing is that it's going better and better. That's what we wanted in the first place and because we want it still we can't slack. We have to continue.

(About winning the Kerrang! award) Dez: It's great. Wow, yeah, that award was so mind blowing, especially because we had such great competition. It's not that we've won. It's also that we've won against acts like Korn, Marilyn Manson and No Doubt. They're great established bands, really high class, and we came from out of nowhere and won.

(Bass player Rayna speaks about how Coal Chamber all got started) Rayna: We all met in LA. That's where we were living at the time and that's where the band is based. Right now, our drummer Mikey Cox lives up in New York. I just got married, so I'm living in Atlanta with my husband. The other guys (Vocalist Dez Fafara and guitarist Meegs Rascon)live in Los Angeles.