Coal Chamber is the eponymous

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 debut album

Album

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 by Coal Chamber

Coal Chamber

Coal Chamber is an American alternative metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1993. Prior to Coal Chamber, Dez Fafara and Meegs Rascón formed the band She's In Pain in 1992. The two decided to create Coal Chamber. They disbanded in 2003 after ten years together, but announced a reunion in...

. It was released on February 11, 1997 by Roadrunner Records

Roadrunner Records

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 and contains the single "Loco".
The Special Edition of the album contains the bonus tracks "Headstones and the Walking Dead", "Big Truck (Hand-On-Wheel Mix)", "Pig (Demo)", "Sway (Demo)", "Unspoiled (Demo)", and "Loco (Demo)" (all of which are available on Giving the Devil His Due

Giving the Devil His Due

Giving the Devil His Due is a 2003 compilation album of remixes and previously unreleased songs by the nu metal band Coal Chamber. "Blisters" and "Wishes" had been on soundtrack albums prior to this album.-Track listing:...

). The DVD features 2 of the band's concerts, a live video of "Loco", and the music video

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 of "Loco".

The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA, with an excess of 500,000 copies in the United States

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 and its the band's most successful album.

Track listing

All tracks by Coal Chamber

Coal Chamber

Coal Chamber is an American alternative metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1993. Prior to Coal Chamber, Dez Fafara and Meegs Rascón formed the band She's In Pain in 1992. The two decided to create Coal Chamber. They disbanded in 2003 after ten years together, but announced a reunion in...

Special edition

A special edition of the album was released by Roadrunner

Roadrunner Records

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 in 2005. The package includes the original album with six bonus tracks along with a bonus DVD featuring the "Loco" music video

Music video

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 and two live concerts. The concerts are Live at the Whiskey A Go Go in LA, CA, 1996, which was included in Kerrang! 100 greatest gigs of all time, and Live at the Maritime Hall, San Francisco, CA, 1999.

Track listing

Personnel

• B. Dez Fafara
  Dez Fafara
  Bradley James 'Dez' Fafara is the current vocalist for DevilDriver and the recently reformed Coal Chamber.-Personal life:Dez is of Portuguese and Italian, specifically Sicilian descent...
  
   - Vocals
• Meegs Rascón
  Miguel Rascón
  Miguel Rascón better known by the stage name Meegs, is a rock guitarist of Chinese and Mexican descent. He has resided in Los Angeles, California since his teenage years.-Biography:...
  
   - Guitar, Backing Vocals
• Rayna
  Rayna Foss-Rose
  Rayna Foss was the original bassist for the California based alternative metal band Coal Chamber.- Biography :Rayna Foss was born on August 26, 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia. She first started playing bass at a friend's party. His roommate had recently moved out and left the instrument behind...
  
   - Bass
• Mike "Bug" Cox
  Mikey Cox
  Mikey "Bug" Cox is an American musician, formerly the drummer of Coal Chamber, and the youngest member of the original line-up.-Biography:...
  
   - Drums
• Jay Baumgardner - Producer, Mixing
• Marina Chavez - Photography
• CIEL
  Ciel
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   - Design
• Monte Conner - Producer (2005 Reissue)
• Giulio Constanzo - Art Direction (2005 Reissue)
• Nathan "Karma" Cox - Additional Vocals ("Clock")
• Amir Derakh
  Amir Derakh
  Amir Davidson is an American musician. He is currently guitar/synthesizer player for the band Orgy and guitar player for the band Dead by Sunrise...
  
   - Engineer, Mixing
• Laurie Es - Additional Design (2005 Reissue)
• Kevin Estranda - Producer (2005 Reissue), Photography (2005 Reissue)*
• Jay Gordon
  Jay Gordon
  Jay Paul Gordon is a producer, journalist and lead singer of rock alternative band Orgy- Early life :Originally from the Excelsior District of San Francisco, California, Gordon is the vocalist in the synth-industrial band Orgy, which rose to prominence through their signing to Korn's fledgling...
  
  - Producer, Mixing, Additional Vocals ("Oddity" & "Maricon Puto")
• Steven Hartong - Assistant Producer (2005 Reissue)
• Ted Jensen - Remastering (2005 Reissue)
• Eric Levy - Additional Vocals ("Sway"), Additional Percussion ("Maricon Puto")
• Lisa Lewis - Mixing

Album

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1997	Coal Chamber	UK Albums Chart	76

Singles

Year	Title	Chart	Position
1998	"Loco"	UK Singles Chart	81