Coral Fang is the third and most recent studio album by the punk rock band The Distillers. Following the underground success of their second album Sing Sing Death House (2002), The Distillers signed a major label record deal with Sire Records. After recruiting lead guitarist Tony "Bradley" Bevilacqua, The Distillers began recording new material between May and June 2003 with producer Gil Norton at The Site in San Rafael, California. Written and recorded amidst a period of intense media controversy surrounding the band's frontwoman Brody Dalle, Coral Fang was seen as a conscious effort to distance the band from their California scene origins following Dalle's divorce from Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong, and featured a more diverse sound primarily influenced by grunge. Released on October 13, 2003 in the UK, and a day later in the United States, Coral Fang received positive reviews and was a moderate commercial success, charting at number 97 on the US Billboard 200 and number 46 on the UK Albums Chart. In the latter country, Coral Fang spawned three Top 75 singles, and was later certified Silver by the BPI in 2011. The Distillers toured heavily in support of the album throughout 2003 and 2004, with appearances at Lollapalooza and at the Reading and Leeds Festivals. Following the tour cycle's conclusion, The Distillers started to fracture due to exhaustion and Dalle's worsening addictions to crystal meth, before ultimately breaking up in 2006. Coral Fang is the band's only major label studio album. Background In January 2002, The Distillers released their second album, Sing Sing Death House through Hellcat Records. The album became an underground success, selling over 100,000 copies, and the band's popularity began to increase through numerous appearances on MTV and the Vans Warped Tour. After the single "City of Angels" began receiving airplay from the influential Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM, the band began receiving offers from a number of major labels, such as Warner Bros. Records, Sony, DreamWorks and The Island Def Jam Music Group. Despite the multitude of offers, the band was wary of these offers, as they were unsure of how invested the record label's presidents would be with the band. Ultimately, The Distillers chose to sign a two-album deal with Warner Bros. Records under their newly relaunched Sire Records imprint in October 2002, which had recently become a standalone label again after being a part of the short-lived London-Sire Records.