RockMusicStar.com recently spoke with ARKAEA guitarist Christian Olde Wolbers about the ARKAEA debut, Years In The Darkness, followed immediately by an interview with Wolbers' ex-FEAR FACTORY bandmate Dino Cazares. Following is an excerpt of the conversation with Cazares regarding the current legal battle over the Fear Factory name.

Q: I asked Christian if the rift had anything to do with you recording the bass tracks for Demanufacture, and he said it wasn’t. He said the problem was between you and Burton, So why are they so against it?

Dino: "These guys had planned to cut me out from the beginning as far as I’m concerned, they saw their chance when Burton and I had a fight and Burton quit the band. They wrote some songs and approached Burton to keep going without me. The songs were lousy and I think that’s why they got dropped from Roadrunner. I really didn’t care since I was still getting paid on anything Fear Factory did because of the way the contracts were written, I moved forward with DIVINE HERESY."

Q: So what about Christian and Raymond’s (Herrera / drums) gripe?

Dino: "I bought the name Fear Factory from my roommate for a dollar and went and had it incorporated as a business. I brought all those guys into it. The way the contracts are written… they have rights too. We offered to work as a group and they declined. Now they are pissed off and that’s too bad. If they want to start a Fear Factory, go ahead let them see who buys their album."

Q: Kind of like L.A. GUNS...

Dino: "It probably boils down to the fact that I told them to get real management, they had Raymond’s wife managing things and she was fucking around with Christian and now they are dating. That’s not professional management. What does Raymond have without those two? Raymond doesn’t show his anger, he is nice to your face…but when your back is turned it’s a different story."

Go to this location for the interview with Wolbers, followed by the piece with Cazares.