Some people stay on good terms with their bandmates after leaving, but that doesn’t seem to be the case for Fear Factory’s Dino Cazares.
When a user asked Cazares how Herrera has been on X, the rocker admitted that he and the drummer hadn’t been in touch for so long. “I haven’t spoken to him since around 2002 so u would have to ask him,” he wrote.
Another user joined the conversation with, “Unlike other ex-members, I don’t think I ever heard Raymond do any shit talking at all.” Cazares then responded, “Yes he did way back in late 2002-2004. Called me all kinds of things. I really don’t care anyone more but it’s a part my biography. I’m sure all ex members are doing fine in their solos careers.”
Apart from lineup changes, legal issues started in the mid-2000s after the original lineup broke up. Cazares left in 2002, but Burton C. Bell, Raymond Herrera, and Christian Olde Wolbers continued. When Herrera and Wolbers left in 2006, they kept their shares of the band’s trademark and agreement. They let Bell and the others continue using the band’s name in exchange for part of the profits.
Cazares rejoined in 2009, but in 2011, Bell filed for bankruptcy. Wolbers and Herrera said Bell didn’t follow the rules of a previous agreement and sued him in 2014 for breaking it.
In 2015, the court ruled in favor of Herrera and Wolbers and ordered Bell to pay $905,605.41, including damages and legal fees. Bell had to follow the original agreement but later tried to appeal. The judge allowed Bell to seek damages against Herrera and Wolbers at some points, but the outcome wasn’t public.
Meanwhile, Cazares had his own legal issues with Wolbers and Herrera, but he won his case. The fights continued over the band’s trademark — it was shared equally between Cazares and Bell.
