FEAR FACTORY Frontman Comments On Band's Sound - "We Wanted Something That Was Timeless"
December 2, 2006, 18 years ago
The following report is courtesy of Jenny Feniak from the Edmonton Sun:
FEAR FACTORY long ago broke through the barriers of metal as we know it. Frontman Burton C. Bell even quit the band a few years back after losing creative ground. But with so much unexplored territory around them, Fear Factory switched gears and recently embarked on their 2006 Machines At War tour.
Catching up with Bell in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the 37-year-old singer explains his quest as an artist, and for the band, is to go where no one has before. And it started with a name. Unlike most bands, which have little reason behind their names, branding themselves as Fear Factory back in 1990 meant something real to its members.
"We wanted something that was timeless and something that was provocative and created images within ours heads," says Bell. "We just came up with a philosophy and discussed what Fear Factory was and what it could be, and it seemed to be perfect. We didn't want to fall into any real type. We wanted heavy music, but we wanted to experiment with all sorts of ideas and concepts and move forward with it."Fear Factory's recent split with Liquid 8 Records as well as the controversy surrounding the band's 2002 break-up and reformation without guitarist and founding member Dino Cazares are not subjects Bell's willing to discuss. But he has been planning Fear Factory's next album, where fans can catch the next chapter of this story.
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