Loco (Coal Chamber song)

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"Loco"
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Single by Coal Chamber
from the album Coal Chamber
Released1997
Studio NRG (Los Angeles)
Genre Nu metal [1] [2] [3]
Length
  • 4:15 (album version)
  • 3:36 (radio edit)
Label Roadrunner
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Jay Gordon
Coal Chamber singles chronology
"Loco"
(1997)
"Not Living"
(1999)

"Loco" is a song by American nu metal band Coal Chamber. The song was released as the band's debut single off their 1997 self-titled debut album. It is one of the band's best known songs.

Contents

Music video

The video starts off with the ice cream truck (which is on the cover of the album Coal Chamber ) rounding a turn and slowly coming to a stop with the beginning of the song playing. When Fafara says the opening line of "Pull", a crazed ice cream truck driver gets off the truck and heads into a nearby house which is home to the members of Coal Chamber. One by one, the driver hunts them down and forces them to stare into a View Master, which shows Coal Chamber performing the song. Bassist Rayna Foss is first, as the driver sneaks up on her as she is playing a game of jacks. Singer B. Dez Fafara is next, as the driver surprises him while he is sewing a stuffed animal's head back on. Guitarist Miguel "Meegs" Rascon is the next victim, caught by the driver while he is staring at an empty rocking chair. Drummer Mikey "Bug" Cox is the final victim, as the driver victimizes him while he is sitting on a mattress watching TV. At the end of the video, the driver has tied the band members to chairs in the basement of the house and has attached a View Master to each member's head with duct tape. The driver then leaves the house and drives away.

It was filmed in October 1997. [4] The truck driver is largely believed to be played by Ozzy Osbourne, but it's not true, as confirmed by Fafara himself. [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Loco (Radio Edit)"3:36
2."Blisters"4:52
3."Sway (Hypno-Submissive Mix)"3:25
4."Loco (Album Version)"4:15

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