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Angel C.: Do you ever miss playing the local clubs in Los Angeles? Dez: No, cause we do off gigs, when we'll do 600 to 1,200 seats. It's fun for us, we'll have an occasional unannounced show where there's, like, 115 kids. That's the best thing for us. Angel C.: Are you going to be with Megadeth the whole tour? Dez: Yeah, the whole tour, and it's been about two months. Angel C.: What was your oddest experience, something you've seen or done while touring?
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Dez: I've seen alot of weird things. I've seen our career go. I've seen our bus driver fall asleep and almost kill us. I've had a bus driver have a heart attack and die on us. I've had tonight, in Maine. This kid come up to me and said that his brother just killed himself. When you're gone for so long, you just experience so many emotions. So, that is kind of bumming my night out. Angel C.: At least you did that on stage. Dez: Well, you know, I don't feel that that's the way at all. Suicide is not the way, I've delt with it in my family. I've been there. |
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Angel C.: You mentioned before that if you had stayed with Ross Robertson then he would have changed you as a band. If you had stayed with him, and gotten just as big, would you have as much respect for yourself and your music? Dez: Probably not. We used a producer that had never been used. Which by the way, Jake is the singer of Orgy. Which is on Korn's label. It's going to be the most amazing band ever. No one wanted to use him, but we had the balls. Same thing with the video production. Nathan, who did our video, never had done a video before. Angel C.: That's chancy then?
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Dez: Yeah, we want people that want to be a member of the band. But I have a lot of respect for Ross, and I would work with him in the future. Korn's not working with him on this next album. So, maybe, in two years we will work with him, cause he's a great guy and he's so spiritual. Angel C.: What was he going to turn you into? What exactly were you afraid of? Dez: It was because all the bands in LA have their own style. There's ten bands with a down tune style. Korn does things more dark. Human Waist Project does things a little more alternatively, keyboardish. He would have turned us into something that's not Coal Chamber. |
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Angel C.: What advice do you have for unsigned bands? Dez: Play alot, hand out alot of demos, and don't ever sell a t-shirt until you get signed. Angel C.: The experimental albums, often the second album where bands muck around and see what style of music they like best. Do you expect to do one of them? Or are you always going to maintain your heavy edge? Dez: We'll always maintain the heavy edge, but it's going to be more textured and more landscapey. We have a song called "Mercy" that is one of our most mellow songs ever, but it just didn't make it to the album. So, what's cool, is that the second album is going to have songs which never made it. We just didn't have enough room. Angel C.: Do any of you have kids?
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Dez: Yeah, Megal has a six year old, and I have a seven year old. We both had kids extremely young. Angel C.: Are you around enough for him? Dez: Not as much as I could be. I'd love to be with him more. Angel C.: So, what is your last name? I looked on everything and it just says Dez. Dez: Farara. |
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Angel C.: Do you know when your next tour will be? Dez: We might quit touring in September. But we might keep going. We're not sure. (starts to sing, both laugh). We're going to finish with these guys in three weeks. Then it's going to be a month with Sevendust, Human Waist Project and Day of a Life, which is going to be good. Then we're going to go over to the Ozzfest, after that we're going to come back and do the Ozzfest here. We're going to be on the main stage. Angel C.: That's in Massachusets this year.
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Dez: Yeah we're going to be the second or third slot, which is really cool. It's an honor to even be on the mainstage. We'll be with bands like Tool, Ozzy, Limp Bizkit, and Megadeth. (after talking with other people) Are we done? Angel C.: I guess we could be! |
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