By the time I realized it. .
It was already 10pm and I needed to get up early tomorrow. In lieu of these circumstances, this is a "quickie" post. It fulfills my 365 challenge so I'm good.
For the past few years, I've lost track of one of my favorite bands - Fear Factory. After some researching, it seems the band has undergone some pretty tough times.
Although Digimortal had a successful start, the sales did not reach anywhere near the levels of Obsolete and the band received little tour support. The direction of the album coupled with strong personal differences between some of the band members created a rift that escalated with time, to the point where Bell announced his exit in March 2002. The band disbanded immediately thereafter. The band’s contractual obligations remained unfulfilled however, and Roadrunner did not release them without controversially issuing the Concrete album (originally from 1991) in 2002 and the b-sides and rarities compilation, Hatefiles in 2003.
During his time away from Fear Factory, Bell started his side project along with John Bechdel, called Ascension of the Watchers, who released their first EP, Iconoclast, independently via their online store in 2005.
First return (2002–2003)
Over time, it emerged that the rift between the members was largely between the guitarist Dino Cazares and the other members, particularly Bell.
Cazares was the first to speak out after the break-up, proceeding to make claims and allegations against Bell and the other members in May 2002 in a Blabbermouth.net interview.[10] Almost all of these allegations were subsequently addressed and refuted by Herrera in a counter interview,[11] speaking on behalf of all the other members.
Olde Wolbers and Herrera got back together later in 2002 and laid the foundations for what was to become the return of Fear Factory. With Cazares now permanently out of the line up, Bell was approached with their demo recordings and was impressed enough to rejoin the band and Fear Factory was formed once again. Christian switched to guitar and Byron Stroud of Strapping Young Lad was approached to join the band as their new bassist, and has been their bass player since 2003.
Dino Cazares has continued recording and performing with his side project called Asesino, a Mexican deathgrind band featuring Tony Campos of Static-X on vocals. In 2007, he also started a new group called Divine Heresy, featuring Tim Yeung, formerly of Hate Eternal and Vital Remains, on drums.
Fast forward to 2010
this issues have basically persisted to the present day and right now it's just a stalemate between several of the members. Bell just decided to push on with new members and recently released their latest album "Mechanize". I'll have to hear the whole album to give an honest review, but here's a little taste:
So far, I like it, but we'll see after I've heard the whole album.
No Response to "Admittedly this post is a cop out. . ."
Post a Comment