THE ENGINE OF industrial extremists Fear Factory for more than 30 years (on and off), few metal guitarists have peddled consistently heavy riffs longer than Dino Cazares. His tone is as imposing as the dystopian cybernetics that inhabit his band’s lyrics, whether it’s on 1995 game-changer Demanufacture or the new, long-awaited comeback, Aggression Continuum. After a half-decade of legalities, bankruptcy and frontman Burton C. Bell calling it quits, Dino has reignited the machine with a plethora of lessons on success and sacrifice.
DON’T BE AFRAID TO BEND RULES
“When we recorded Concrete in 1991, Ross [Robinson, producer] was working at Blackie Lawless’s [of W.A.S.P.] studios. Late at night, so we wouldn’t have to pay for studio time, Ross let us in. We started recording at 8pm, all the way to 3am, just to get the record. We were stealing studio time to make the record happen. We didn’t have a lot of gear either, so we borrowed a lot of gear. After the session, we ‘permanently borrowed’ it.”
CALIFORNIA WAS MORE THAN JUST THRASH