Fear Factory fans still want Burton C. Bell back in the band, but Dino Cazares doesn’t look like he cares.
“I used this Ibanez LF7 Lo Fi pedal all over the ‘Digimortal’ record,” Cazares wrote in one of his recent tweets along with the photo of the pedal he mentioned.
When a user replied to the post with “Bring back Burton and I’ll care,” Cazares responded, “You need to go support his solo band he does FF songs live. Not sure if you knew that info since you’re a big fan.”
In the early 90s, Fear Factory was sued by producer Ross Robinson over its debut album. Bell also had legal disputes with former members and filed for bankruptcy twice.
However, Cazares made it clear that he wasn’t responsible for Bell’s financial troubles. “One of the biggest misconceptions is that people thought that I sued Burton, but that’s not true. It was Raymond and Christian who sued us individually. We had separate lawsuits. They sued us separately so they can get separate money,” the rocker explained earlier.
“So if they would have won my lawsuit, I would have had to give them a million dollars. I won my lawsuit against them. I didn’t owe them anything. But, actually, Burton filed for bankruptcy, and when he filed for bankruptcy, he tried to get out of paying those guys. And, unfortunately, he lied in his bankruptcy. That’s a federal offense,” Cazares continued.
“Raymond and Christian took him back to court, made him open up the bankruptcy. The bankruptcy was null and void. So Burton had to pay back those guys, and they took all of Burt’s assets. Assets, meaning whatever you own, whether it’s a house, a car, a trademark, copyright, business, so on and so on. They took all that away from him for lying in court,” he added.
In September 2020, Bell permanently left Fear Factory and continued his career with Ascension of the Watchers.
