Burton C Bell: “Christian Had Another Idea Of What Fear Factory Should Sound Like”
Fear Factory frontman Burton C Bell talks about the times without Dino Cazares in the band…
I’m sure your proud of the two Fear Factory albums without Dino, but did it feel to you then that there was something missing without him there? Or maybe do you have that feeling in hindsight?
Well, on ARCHETYPE, the album was a copy or archetype of Fear Factory. There’s some good songs on it. It’s a good record, but it’s not an adventurous record. But when it came time for TRANSGRESSION that’s when I noticed that Christian really wanted to find his own identity instead of copying Dino. Again, the title says it all, it was a transgression of the Fear Factory sound. Christian had another idea of what Fear Factory should sound like. Christian and Raymond wrote all the music on those records and I did the best I could do with it. There are some good songs on them, but they were definitely a departure from the classic Fear Factory sound.
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less money without Dino…
Fear Factory sound better now and this is the best album they have released since Demanufacture. im glad that Raymond and Christian arent in the band anymore because they would have ruined Fear Factory.
oooh, is Mr. Bell pushing the blame? yes, yes he is. IT WAS YOUR FAULT THOSE ALBUMS SUCKED TOO DAMMIT!
Surely: I’m sure *you’re* proud…
Archetype was the album that got me into Fear Factory and my favourite (I haven’t heard the new one yet), so for me it’s a great album and the negative stuff about that record is down to opinion.
Transgression was admitedly shit tho!
I didn’t hear Burton slagging either of those records off when they came out. Funny that!!!