Coal Chamber (August 2002, #169, AP Alternative Press Magazine)

COAL CHAMBERDeath, defections, drugs, duke-outs and darkness: If it weren't for bad luck, these L.A.-based metal fiends would have no luck at all. Jason Bracelin finds the fun in Coal Chamber's dysfunctional existence.GET UP KIDSThese Kansas City, Missouri, emo heartthrobs got where they are today by following their hearts, not the ranting in online chatrooms.THE NEW GLOBAL THREATS/ 25 BANDS THAT COULD TAKE OVER AMERICAThese days, the best rock isn't necessarily coming from the U.S. and England. This month, we scan the globe to discover 25 great bands that will twist your ears off, including the Hives, Kinky, Useless I.D., Acid Mothers Temple and many more. Oh, yeah, and consider it official: Sweden is the new Seattle.KEEP IT ON THE DOWN-LOW: A.P.'S BASS SPECIALAn informal poll of our musician buds reveals that bassists do indeed pull the hotties. We can't guarantee what might happen to you offstage, but we do get Fat Mike, Coal Chamber's Nadja Puelen and Papa Roach's Tobin Esperance to explain their headspace for bass, while we preview some of the new gear that'll keep your thunderstick booming.SECTIONSINCOMING LETTERSNEW RELEASESListen here, dawg: We heard newer-than-new CDs from Filter, Coldplay, Queens Of The Stone Age and Vex Red; got in the studio with Nothingface, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes and Shadows Fall; and busted our cans to find 200 more discs you'll already have downloaded before they hit stores this summer.