• Evan Pitts • Jon Miller • Jeff Kendrick • John Boecklin DevilDriver is an American band from,, formed in 2002, consisting of vocalist Dez Fafara (the only remaining original member), guitarists Mike Spreitzer and Neal Tiemann, drummer Austin D'Amond, and bassist Diego 'Ashes' Ibarra. The band was originally named Deathride, however, due to copyright issues and the name being taken by several bands (such as and ), the band changed its name to DevilDriver, which refers to bells Italian used to drive evil forces away. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Biography [ ] Deathride era, Self-titled debut (2002–2004) [ ] Fafara hosted several barbecues after moving from to Santa Barbara and would with musicians he met, which led to the formation of the band. 'I met Evan we struck up a friendship and started jamming,' said Fafara Guitarist met Fafara in a restaurant and gave him his phone number for a jam session, while John Boecklin who originally played 2nd guitar then went to playing drums, met Fafara at a bar.

The band was originally known as Deathride, but later changed their name to DevilDriver because Fafara felt there were too many bands with that name; a band in Norfolk, Virginia, and a bicycle racing team. Lee Copeland A Practitioner's Guide To Software Test Design Pdf. Another problem was that the band's label, were unable to secure copyright. The members compiled a list of roughly two hundred names to go for a more original approach. Fafara's wife had a book by Italian witchcraft author on, and came across the term 'devil driver'.