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Los Angeles, United States (1989 – 2002, 2002 – present)

Fear Factory is an American band that from Los Angeles that formed in 1989. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, combining , , , with . Fear Factory proved to be enormously influential on the metal scene in the mid- to late-1990s. The band disbanded in March 2002 following some internal disputes, but reformed later in 2002 without founding member Dino Cazares, adding bassist Byron Stroud, and casting then-bassist Christian Olde Wolbers as guitarist.

In April 2009, a new lineup was announced with Cazares returning and Gene Hoglan as drummer. Bell and Stroud are both reprising their respective roles, and the band completed a seventh studio album entitled Mechanize. Former members Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera (both currently playing in Arkaea) dispute the legitimacy of the new lineup, and a legal battle is underway from both parties. The band has performed at three Ozzfests as well as the inaugural Gigantour and has had singles in the US Mainstream Rock Top 40 and albums in the Billboard Top 40, 100, and 200. The band has sold more than 1 million albums in the US alone.

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* Burton C. Bell – lead vocals (1989–present)
* Dino Cazares – guitar (1989−2002, 2009–present)
* Gene Hoglan – drums (2009–present)
* Byron Stroud – bass (2003–present)

for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_factory

Origin: Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • Heijohpeih

    Give Mechina a try.

    11 Jun 7:34am Reply

  • ryujijitei

    I find it really amusing that Bell writes great lyrics 90% of the time, but the other 10% of his lyrics are laughably bad. Reminds me of Warrel Dane with the last Nevermore album.

    11 Jun 3:47am Reply

  • leighdobson

    New pic - http://www.last.fm/music/Fear+Factory/+images/90395957

    9 Jun 6:31pm Reply

  • Dezstruction78

    Had an awesome time at the show last night in Santa Ana <3

    6 Jun 8:41pm Reply

  • bodomkeyboards

    great fucking band.

    5 Jun 6:51am Reply

  • sancezz

    Faceless in the machine!

    1 Jun 5:47am Reply

  • UNSCleric

    Greatest band, music, and messages ever.

    23 May 9:24pm Reply

  • anthraxfan

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    20 May 4:28pm Reply

  • gute_mann

    just fucking awesome ^^

    18 May 9:12pm Reply

  • lampard15

    охуенны

    18 May 3:05pm Reply

  • nachodorche

    Carmageddon OST was amazing! I discovered Fear Factory in the 90s thanks to this great game!

    18 May 12:24am Reply

  • spineshank155

    It really isn't that hard to let the band know if they wanna re-release an album. But i guess for record labels, they got no time for a phone call.. gotta release that album without permission.

    17 May 3:14am Reply

  • tripodthunder

    spineshank155: It is very common for record labels to release rarities without a band's permission. It is total BS but it happens more than you realize. I can name several bands besides FF where this has happened.

    11 May 5:16pm Reply

  • crazysharky666

    It was released in the short period FF was on hiatus for contract reasons.

    11 May 4:09pm Reply

  • spineshank155

    "Concrete was recorded first but never saw the daylight untill '02 when it was released without the bands permission." Wait so Roadrunner just released it without the band allowing it? How did FF react to RR releasing it?

    11 May 3:23pm Reply

  • crazysharky666

    Owning at least one bootleg would be great but finding one is even more ridiculous then finding some of their ep's.

    10 May 6:55pm Reply

  • tripodthunder

    Back in the day, before internet, a company called Shirts 'n Things would have tons of live bootlegs of all kinds of metal bands (that is all they sold was rock shirts). I have 3 or 4 bootleg Fear Factory live albums, hell if I know where they are though, buried in dust in storage. You are crazy crazy, but passionate I envy your passion.

    10 May 3:27pm Reply

  • crazysharky666

    I could write up my whole collection, but that would make the comment to large :P

    10 May 2:14am Reply

  • crazysharky666

    V Well I do own most of their cd's (only missing Messiah, which is a compilation disc) and some EP's (Cars (2x one's a promo) Ressurection and Dog Day Sunrise) so I should know on what's rare and what not. Their are only 3 songs I yet to find on cd (My Grave, Empire and Remanufacture (edit)). And imo the only album that's lacking is Mechanize but that's just due to Gene not fitting in FF (again imo). Ironically, my least fave album is the one i own the most with one being signed by the current members.

    10 May 2:11am Reply

  • tripodthunder

    I know crazys, I was a fan before SOANM even was released. However, you have much more knowledge about this band and their rare stuff than I do. I kind of lost interest after Digimortal which I believe is when they kind of broke up and had record label issues.

    9 May 3:48pm Reply
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