Editing Coal Chamber (section)

===''Chamber Music'' (1999–2000)===
In September 1999, Coal Chamber released its second album, ''[[Chamber Music (Coal Chamber album)|Chamber Music]]''. Prior to its publication, it was dubbed one of the most anticipated albums of the year by ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dahlager |first=Jon |title=Coal Chamber burns down trends |url=https://iowastatedaily.com/212015/uncategorized/coal-chamber-burns-down-trends/ |access-date=June 6, 2024 |website=Iowa State Daily}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=New Albums from Coal Chamber, Machine Head Coming Down the Stretch |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/j0dbml/new-albums-from-coal-chamber-machine-head-coming-down-the-stretch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606114112/https://www.mtv.com/news/j0dbml/new-albums-from-coal-chamber-machine-head-coming-down-the-stretch |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 6, 2024 |access-date=June 6, 2024 |website=MTV}}</ref> The album saw the band experiment with their sound, placing a greater emphasis on harmonies and symphonic qualities.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Core4 |date=n.d. |title=Coal Chamber: Chamber Music |url=https://www.teenink.com/reviews/music_reviews/article/6861/Coal-Chamber-Chamber-Music |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621090843/http://www.teenink.com/reviews/music_reviews/article/6861/Coal-Chamber-Chamber-Music/ |archive-date=June 21, 2010 |access-date=June 6, 2024 |website=[[Teen Ink]]}}</ref> According to ''Alternative Press'', the record was "one of the few instances where a band lumped into the whole nü-metal phylum sought to challenge their audience."<ref name=":6" /> ''Chamber Music'' sold 48,000 copies in it first week and debuted at number 22 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mancini |first=Rob |date=September 15, 1999 |title=Dixie Chicks Stay on Top as Coal Chamber Lands on Chart |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/f61nb9/dixie-chicks-stay-on-top-as-coal-chamber-lands-on-chart |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808072337/https://www.mtv.com/news/f61nb9/dixie-chicks-stay-on-top-as-coal-chamber-lands-on-chart |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 8, 2022 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=MTV News}}</ref> while its lead single, a cover of [[Peter Gabriel]]'s "[[Shock the Monkey#Coal Chamber featuring Ozzy Osbourne version|Shock the Monkey]]", featuring [[Ozzy Osbourne]], gave the band their first radio hit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hill |first=Stephen |date=November 10, 2020 |title=DevilDriver's Dez Fafara: My Life in 10 Songs |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/devildrivers-dez-fafara-my-life-in-10-songs |access-date=June 6, 2024 |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |via=loudersound}}</ref> Despite this, the album received mixed reviews from critics and did not sell as well as their debut,<ref name=":3" /> with only 272,000 copies sold by 2002.<ref name="Soundscan" /> According to Cox, "A lot of our fans hated [the] album, after not getting more of the same as the first one. The second MTV played our video, that's it, they said we were [[Selling out|sellouts]]."<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Barr |first=Greg |date=March 30, 2000 |title=Makeup Something |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/makeup-something-6565237 |access-date=June 20, 2024 |website=[[Houston Press]]}}</ref> Fafara recognized that that record's direction was not well-received by the band's fanbase but did not view it as a failure due to its initial positive reception.<ref name=":3" />

Coal Chamber embarked on headlining and festival tours in support of the album.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20000306173753/http://www.chartattack.com/features/99/coalchamber/index.html "Coal Chamber: maturing at the top of the heap"]}}. ''Chart Attack'', 1999. Story by Alex Ristic</ref> That year, the band took part in [[Insane Clown Posse]]'s [[The Amazing Jeckel Brothers|Amazing Jeckel Brothers Tour]], along with [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]], [[Krayzie Bone]], [[Twiztid]], and [[Mindless Self Indulgence]].<ref name="BehindthePaint444">{{cite book |last1=Bruce |first1=Joseph |author-link=Violent J |last2=Echlin |first2=Hobey |editor=Nathan Fostey |title=ICP: Behind the Paint |url=https://archive.org/details/icpbehindpaint00viol |url-access=registration |edition=second |publisher=Psychopathic Records |location=Royal Oak, Michigan |isbn=0-9741846-0-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/icpbehindpaint00viol/page/444 444–455] |chapter=Buried Alive |date=August 2003 }}</ref> While Biohazard, Mindless Self Indulgence, Krayzie Bone, and Twiztid were well received by audiences,<ref name="BehindthePaint444" /> Coal Chamber was not. ICP fans were not purchasing tickets, as they did not like the band.<ref name="BehindthePaint444" /> For the three shows that Coal Chamber played, there were multiple ticket refunds.<ref name="BehindthePaint444" /> ICP member [[Joseph Bruce|Violent J]] and his brother, Rob, made the decision to eliminate Coal Chamber from the tour. After doing so, there were no ticket refunds for the remaining tour dates.<ref name="BehindthePaint444" /> ICP claimed that Coal Chamber had been removed due to equipment problems but later revealed the true reason for their actions on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'', on August 19, 1999.<ref name="BehindthePaint444" /> On air, Osbourne, who also appeared as a guest, informed Bruce and Utsler that Coal Chamber filed a lawsuit for [[breach of contract]].<ref name="SternOsbourne">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5924396/insane_clown_posse_and_sharon_osbourne_battle_on_howard_stern_radio_show |title=Insane Clown Posse and Sharon Osbourne Battle on Howard Stern Radio Show |access-date=December 26, 2007 |last=Fischer |first=Blair R |date=August 20, 1999 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080112093429/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5924396/insane_clown_posse_and_sharon_osbourne_battle_on_howard_stern_radio_show |archive-date = January 12, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Between August and December 1999, Nadja Peulen filled in on bass while Rayna Foss went on [[Parental leave|maternity leave]].<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=June 3, 1999 |title=Coal Chamber |url=https://ink19.com/1999/06/magazine/interviews/tldvdc-coal-chamber |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=Ink 19 |archive-date=May 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517223910/https://ink19.com/1999/06/magazine/interviews/tldvdc-coal-chamber |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mancini |first=Rob |date=September 29, 1999 |title=Coal Chamber Lines Up "Nothing" Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/nwbcfd/coal-chamber-lines-up-nothing-tour |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=[[MTV News]] |archive-date=November 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130075137/https://www.mtv.com/news/nwbcfd/coal-chamber-lines-up-nothing-tour |url-status=dead }}</ref> Foss returned to the band in January 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coal Chamber Bassist to Return for Tour with Type O Negative |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/24lc65/coal-chamber-bassist-to-return-for-tour-with-type-o-negative |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=MTV |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525140919/https://www.mtv.com/news/24lc65/coal-chamber-bassist-to-return-for-tour-with-type-o-negative |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On March 10, 2000, it was announced that Coal Chamber had amicably parted ways with Sharon Osbourne Management.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mancini |first=Rob |date=March 10, 2000 |title=Coal Chamber, Osbourne Management Part Ways |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/y6y7ng/coal-chamber-osbourne-management-part-ways |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=MTV News |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525210659/https://www.mtv.com/news/y6y7ng/coal-chamber-osbourne-management-part-ways |url-status=dead }}</ref> Rascón said that the band's relationship with Osbourne had "run its course and we needed to find another point of view".<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last1=Wiederhorn |first1=John |title=Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal |last2=Turman |first2=Katherine |publisher=Dey Street |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-06-195829-8 |pages=449–450}}</ref> Conversely, Fafara claimed that the other members of Coal Chamber had met up in a hotel—alleging some members had been "up for four or five days straight on [[Methamphetamine|meth]]"—and fired Osbourne without consulting him.<ref name=":4" /> He believes that this cost the band their only "good shot in the [music] business".<ref name=":4" /> On March 29, 2000, the band signed with Left Bank Management.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mancini |first=Rob |date=March 29, 2000 |title=Coal Chamber Finds New Management |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/rpyfk5/coal-chamber-finds-new-management |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=MTV News |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525210659/https://www.mtv.com/news/rpyfk5/coal-chamber-finds-new-management |url-status=dead }}</ref> Having grown exhausted from being on the road together for five years,<ref name=":6">{{Cite magazine |last=Bracelin |first=Jason |date=August 2002 |title=Whose Rowboat Is This Anyway? |magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |pages=58–64 |volume=17 |issue=169}}</ref> Coal Chamber abruptly ended touring in support of ''Chamber Music'' in July 2000 and dropped off the [[Tattoo the Earth]] tour a week before it was due to begin,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Coal Chamber Drops Off "Tattoo" Tour |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/knfjl2/coal-chamber-drops-off-tattoo-tour |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620230642/https://www.mtv.com/news/knfjl2/coal-chamber-drops-off-tattoo-tour |archive-date=June 20, 2023 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=MTV}}</ref> ostensibly to begin work on new material.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Mancini |first=Rob |date=August 11, 2000 |title=Coal Chamber Tackles New Album, Outside Projects |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/ger0ix/coal-chamber-tackles-new-album-outside-projects |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525143117/https://www.mtv.com/news/ger0ix/coal-chamber-tackles-new-album-outside-projects |archive-date=May 25, 2024 |access-date=May 25, 2024 |website=MTV}}</ref> The band members did not communicate with one another for a year,<ref name=":6" /> until Fafara and Rascón reconnected to work on a song with [[Mötley Crüe]] bassist [[Nikki Sixx]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite magazine |last=Alexandra |first=Rae |date=April 27, 2002 |title=The Band That Came in from the Cold |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |publisher=[[EMAP]] |pages=18, 20 |issue=901}}</ref>