ESP Guitars' Artist Spotlight On New COAL CHAMBER Bassist Chela Rhea Harper
April 13, 2012, 12 years ago
New Toronto-based COAL CHAMBER bassist Chela Rhea Harper is showcased in a new ESP Guitars Artist Spotlight feature. An excerpt from the article is available below:
Chela?s entire life has revolved around music. With many members of her family involved in professional recording and touring, she was in studios since she was a toddler, and contributed her first vocals to a studio recording when she was just seven years old. As a young fan, her tastes leaned toward aggressive rock music from bands like TOOL, SYSTEM OF A DOWN and RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE. Later on, she also discovered a love of Eastern-influenced musical sounds."
Click here for the complete feature.
As previously reported, while compiling material from the recently wrapped-up Soundwave Festival tour in Australia, BW&BK; stumbled across Harper's official Soundcloud page featuring several examples of her own work. It includes four demos of her one-woman Middle Eastern/Indian-influenced project, SARASVATI. A self-proclaimed metal nerd, Harper lays down vocals, guitar, bass, does some programming and “pseudo hand drumming” on the four demos, which have been online for about a year.
Go to this location to check out her work. Watch for her interview with BW&BK;, coming soon.
Below is a Coal Chamber interview conducted before they played their first show together in almost a decade in Brisbane during Soundwave. The band features singer Dez Fafara (also DEVILRIVER), guitarist Miguel Rascón, bassist Chela Rhea Harper and drummer Mike Cox.
