With relations between former Concern Manufacturing unit bandmates Burton C. Bell (vocals) and Dino Cazares (guitars) having lengthy been severed within the wake of many years of authorized in-fighting and disputes, the 2 don’t precisely have interaction in a lot dialogue today. Nevertheless, Bell, who has been a bit prickly within the press currently in the direction of Concern Manufacturing unit, just lately elicited an oblique response from Cazares.
After taking a shot at Concern Manufacturing unit a number of weeks in the past, a brand new look on ‘Rock Laborious With Phil And Tish‘ noticed Bell throw a little bit of shade in the direction of his former band as soon as once more. When requested if he ever felt pressured to jot down in a sure type with Concern Manufacturing unit, Bell, who’s now pursuing a solo profession below his personal identify, replied [transcribed by Blabbermouth.net]:
“I really feel, as a band, we locked ourselves in a field. And the label was anticipating a sure sound, sure members have been anticipating a sure sound and, to be sincere, plenty of followers have been anticipating a sure sound. Releasing the rest would have been — what’s the phrase? — would have simply been heresy, like, ‘What are doing? That doesn’t sound like Concern Manufacturing unit.’ ‘Nicely…”
He did additionally carry up the group’s sixth studio album “Transgression“, which represented a stylstic shift for the group. Concerning that, he supplied:
“We did a report [in 2005] known as ‘Transgression‘. And the title in itself was a transgression of the particular sound of what Concern Manufacturing unit was. As a substitute of being an industrial steel band, on that report we have been like a tough rock band virtually. And followers handled it as such. So we did it to ourselves. However now as a solo artist, I don’t really feel that [kind of pressure] in any respect. I really feel the sky’s vast open.”
Responding to Bell‘s assertion of Concern Manufacturing unit ‘locking ourselves in a field’ on social media as we speak, April twentieth, Cazares acknowledged:
“Concern Manufacturing unit didn’t ‘lock themselves in a field.’ , we destroyed the field and developed whereas sustaining a core sound. It’s a selection pushed by ardour not stress.
I stay, die, and regenerate Concern Manufacturing unit, loyal to the top.
Machines Of Hate
Completely happy Easter”
Responding to a fan, he went on so as to add:
“It’s simply 2 totally different individuals’s perspective on after they have been within the band. One felt like he was boxed in,like he was doing it as a result of he needed to not as a result of he needed to, the opposite(me) did it out of affection and keenness it genuinely issues to me it’s a selection, pushed by ardour not by stress.”
He later went on to supply:
“Innovation doesn’t come from following the map it comes from redrawing it utterly. Revolutionizing a brand new path ahead.”
Actually, that remark is not sensible to me.
The concept that Concern Manufacturing unit “locked themselves in a field” doesn’t actually maintain up if you have a look at our evolution. Positive, we had a core sound—tight, mechanical riffs, syncopated rhythms, and that signature clear/growl vocal distinction—however… https://t.co/GSfTFcVUDo— Dino Cazares (@DinoCazares) April 20, 2025
He’s been free ,Haven’t you heard what he’s executed on his together with his initiatives and his solo stuff?
In actuality he appears to be proving what he’s been saying all alongside that he simply actually didn’t wish to be in FF , he simply did it for the cash( his phrases not mine) possibly he hated all of… https://t.co/PnPW6tTPKw— Dino Cazares (@DinoCazares) April 20, 2025
Concern Manufacturing unit have been within the studio as of late placing collectively their follow-up to their closing studio album with Bell, 2021’s “Aggression Continuum“. Vocalist Milo Silvestro has since taken to fronting the band.
Innovation doesn’t come from following the map it comes from redrawing it utterly. Revolutionizing a brand new path ahead.
— Dino Cazares (@DinoCazares) April 20, 2025