![]() ![]() SOLVEJ SCHOU First Person: Auditioning for this Season’s American IdolīEN SISARIO Wizards in the Studio, Anonymous on the StreetīRANDON PERKINS Wu-Tang: Widdling Down Infinity: NOAH BERLATSKY Underrated Overground: Give Contemporary R&B a Chance JEFF WEISS Soulja Boy: Cranking the Chain 5000, or e-mail 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9ĬARL WILSON The Trouble With Indie Rock: It’s Not Just Race, It’s ClassīILL WASIK Annuals: A North Carolina Band Navigates the Ephemeral BlogosphereĬLIVE THOMPSON Sex, Drugs and Updating Your Blog For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19103, or call (800) 810-4145, ext. by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. First Da Capo Press edition 2008 ISBN 978-4-2 Published by Da Capo Press A Member of the Perseus Books Group Da Capo Press books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the U.S. Designed by Timm Bryson Set in 10.5 point Caslon by Cynthia Young, Sagecraft Cataloging-in-Publication data for this book is available from the Library of Congress. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Members of DevilDriver can be seen on Machine Head's Elegies DVD citing Machine Head as an influence.DA CAPO PRESS A MEMBER OF THE PERSEUS BOOKS GROUPĬopyright © 2008 by Da Capo Press Introduction © 2008 by Nelson George All rights reserved. Fafara's influences include Johnny Cash, and Motörhead, stating he likes people with "low voices". All of the members have stated they are influenced by several types of music (some not even found within the heavy metal genre), Miller's influences include Metallica, Opeth, Slayer and In Flames, and states that many of the bands he tours with influences his songwriting. A Guinness world record was attempted at the 2007 Download Festival for the "largest circle pit" and again at Download Festival 2009.ĭevilDriver's music has been widely described an amalgamation of groove metal and melodic death metal. ![]() The band embarked on several tours including Ozzfest. Their second album, The Fury of Our Maker's Hand received a better reception with critics, and entered the Billboard 200 at number 117. The primary writer of the album, Pitts, left the band and was replaced by Mike Spreitzer. The band's self-titled album was not well received by some music critics. However, due to copyright issues and the name being taken by several bands, Deathride changed its name to DevilDriver, which refers to bells Italian witches used to drive evil forces away. Fafara, guitarists Evan Pitts and Jeff Kendrick, bassist Jon Miller, and then drummer John Boecklin formed Deathride. Coal Chamber vocalist Dez Fafara was disappointed with the direction Coal Chamber was going musically, and met musicians who had a similar music interest at a barbecue and bar. DevilDriver is an American heavy metal band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2002. ![]()
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