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===Deathride era, self-titled debut (2002β2004)=== Fafara hosted several barbecues after moving from [[Orange County, California|Orange County]] to Santa Barbara and would [[jam (music)|jam]] 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.<ref name="BZ">{{cite web |title=Blasting-zone Interview with Dez Fafara |publisher=blasting-zone.com |url=http://www.blasting-zone.com/DevilDriver1.htm |access-date=October 28, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060515214509/http://blasting-zone.com/DevilDriver1.htm |archive-date = May 15, 2006}}</ref> Guitarist [[Evan Pitts]] 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.<ref name="DevilDriver is the new creation of Dez Fafara">{{cite web |title=Metal-Update interview with Dez Fafara |author=Loutsch, Travis |publisher=Metal-update.com |url=http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewdevil.html |access-date=October 28, 2007}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Interview with Dez Farfara of DevilDriver">{{cite web |title=Interview with Dez Farfara of DevilDriver |author=Katrina |publisher=Metal-temple.com |date=August 12, 2005 |url=http://www.metal-temple.com/interview.asp?id=203 |access-date=October 25, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051103071738/http://www.metal-temple.com/interview.asp?id=203 |archive-date = November 3, 2005}}</ref> Another problem was that the band's label, [[Roadrunner Records]] were unable to secure copyright.<ref name="Interview with DevilDriver">{{cite web |title=Interview with DevilDriver |publisher=truepunk.com |url=http://www.truepunk.com/interviews/DevilDriver/ |access-date=October 27, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015065323/http://truepunk.com/interviews/DevilDriver/ |archive-date=October 15, 2007 }}</ref> 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 [[Raven Grimassi]] on [[Stregheria]], and came across the term "devil driver". The term "devil driver" refers to bells Italian witches used to drive evil forces away. Fafara thought it was appropriate because it sounded "evil", and thought the term "suits his life".<ref name="TARTAREAN DESIRE WEBZINE">{{cite web |title=Tartarean Desire WEbzine |author=Kirshne, Matthew |publisher=tartareandesire.com |url=http://www.tartareandesire.com/interviews/devildriver.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060914225913/http://tartareandesire.com/interviews/devildriver.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 14, 2006 |access-date=October 25, 2007}}</ref> The band's logo is the Cross of Confusion, which has existed for thousands of years{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}} and refers to "question religion, question authority, question everything around you". Fafara was brought up to "question everything" and was exposed to Italian witchcraft through his grandparents.<ref name="DevilDriver is the new creation of Dez Fafara"/> DevilDriver's debut record was originally going to be called ''Thirteen'',<ref name="DEATHRIDE Change Name To DEVILDRIVER">{{cite news |title=Deathride Change Name To DevilDriver |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=June 23, 2006 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=13010 |access-date=October 30, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224083955/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=13010 |archive-date=December 24, 2007 }}</ref> and then ''Straight to Hell''. However, Fafara claims it was changed "for so many reasons that I can't even go into."<ref name=" DEVILDRIVER No Longer Going 'Straight To Hell' ">{{cite news |title=DevilDriver No Longer Going 'Straight To Hell' |work=Blabbermouth.net |date=August 9, 2003 |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=14296 |access-date=October 28, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224084731/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=14296 |archive-date=December 24, 2007 }}</ref> The band's self-titled debut ''[[DevilDriver (album)|DevilDriver]]'', was released on October 28, 2003, under [[Roadrunner Records]], and entered the [[Top Heatseekers]] chart at number 17.<ref name="billboard-1">{{cite magazine|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=devildriver|chart=Heatseekers Albums}}|title=DevilDriver Heatseekers Chart History|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> Guitarist Pitts wrote roughly 90% of the music, according to [[Mike Spreitzer]], who replaced Pitts after his departure from the band.<ref name="DevilDriver album review">{{cite web |title=DevilDriver album review |author=Loftus, Johnny |website=Allmusic |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r663018|pure_url=yes}} |access-date=November 10, 2007}}</ref>
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