Burton C Bell leaves Fear Factory, citing long-running dispute over band name ownership
Fear Factory frontman Burton C Bell has announced his departure from the band. He cites a long-running legal battle between members of the outfit’s classic line-up – himself, guitarist Dino Cazares, bassist Christian Olde Wolbers and drummer Raymond Herrera – over ownership of the Fear Factory name.Bell’s departure leaves Cazares the only member of that classic line-up still actively in the group.