Dez Fafara says he regrets nothing in his career – even the angry Coal Chamber split in 2003.
He’s gearing up for the release of the band’s comeback album Rivals and recently had to deal with Jeff Kendrik and John Boecklin leaving Devildriver, the band he formed after pulling the plug on Coal Chamber.
He tells The Age Of Metal: “Even with the tumultuous break-up, I wouldn’t have done anything different. It gave me a chance to do Devildriver – and that’s its own beast now.
“You can’t drive everything. I’m a believer in ‘Let the movie play itself out.’ Life is that way.”
Fafara plans to turn his focus back onto DevilDriver after Coal Chamber complete their tours of the US, South America, Europe and Australia.
He says: “We’re definitely releasing a Devildriver record next year. I wrote two new songs last night and I was blown away.”
Rivals is released on May 18 via Napalm Records and Coal Chamber play 11 UK dates in May:
May 20: Leeds Stylus
May 21: Norwich The LCR
May 22: Warwick Copper Rooms
May 23: Nottingham Rock City
May 24 Glasgow O2 ABC
May 26: Bristol Motion
May 27: Exeter Lemon Grove
May 28: Brighton Concorde 2
May 29: Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
May 30: Manchester The Ritz
May 31: London Koko
