Dino was roomates with Burton in a big house in Hollywood. Apparently Dino heard Burton singing U2 in the shower so called him over to join the project and jam with them over in the LA scene. They wrote there first song; 'Suffer age' and continued to look for a bass player to join the band. They went through numerous bass players until they found Christian Olde Wolbers. Joining the band in December 1993 when Bobby from Biohazard introduced Christian to Burt in a club. Christian was on vacation at the time and they invitied him to come to the rehersal space for a tryout. And when he came that night the band felt he was the one. Afterwards taking to the subway and asking him to be in the band when Christian was only too pleased. Christian had to sort out his Visa, green cards and legal stuff but then he got married which made him able to stay in America to play for Fear Factory.

Member Bio

Burton C. Bell

• Birthdate: Feb. 19, 1969
  
• Star Sign: Aquarius
  
• Height: 6'2"
  
• Weight: 190lbs
  
• Nationality: Caucasian
  
• Marital Status: Single
  
• Favourite Fear Factory song: Resurrection
  
• Favourite Bands: Nick Cave
  
• Favourite TV Shows: Star Trek
  
• Playing Musical Instument since: he can remember
  
• Equipment: Vocalcords and lungs
  
• Brief Description: Burton is the person in the band that is more to himself. Carrying a notebook and pen around with him writing down new ideas for songs and lyrics. Seen as the calm one in the band the other members have to push him a sometimes to get him started working. Over the years has has really progressed on his vocals with the aggressive and harmonics which sets a definate trademark for any vocals in any other metal band today. A few good examples of his vocal abilities include: Zero Signal, Ressurection, Descent and Crash Test.

Dino Cazares

• Birthdate: September 2nd
  
• Star sign: Virgo
  
• Height: 5'8"
  
• Weight: 240lbs
  
• Nationality: Mexican/American
  
• Marital Status: Single!
  
• Favourite Fear Factory Song: Edgecrusher, etc.
• Favourite Bands: U2, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, Police
  
• Favourite TV Shows: Anything on Playboy or Spice channels
  
• Favourite Movies: Alien Trilogy, Terminator 1 & 2, Bladerunner, Gladiator, Exorcist
  
• Favourite Books: Juggs, Score, AVN, Volumptuous, Playboy Lingerie, Buttman Magazine
  
• Favourite Type Of Food: Mexican, Thai, Middle Eastern (kebabs)
  
• Hobbies: Music and Sex
  
• Playing Instrument Since: 1985
  
• Equipment:
  Amps: line 6 hd300 pod pro (3)
  FX pedals: ibanez rotory chorus (2) digitec wammy wh-1 morley bad horsey wah wah
  Switching systems: mesa boogie high gain amp switcher whirlwind multi-selector morley A-B switcher morley a-b-c switcher
  Tuners: korg dtr-1
  Cabinets: marshall 4x12's w/ vintage 30's mesa boogie 2x12 wedges w/ vintage 30's 6 Mesa boogie 2x12 cabinets
  Cables: monster cable
  Wireless systems: x-wire digital
  Power: furman rack power
  Rack cases: a&s case co.
  Guitars: ibanez custom shop 7 strings
  Pickups: emg DC 707 custom made pickups by me!
  Strings: d`dario
  Picks: dunlop .73
• Brief Description: Dino feels likes a brother to Raymond coz of their mexican origin. Known in the band for his good motivation skills and brings them all together. Great on the guitar with melody and heavy riffs. Very passionate about his work and not someone who you'd like to mess with after dissing his material. A person who likes to be straight forward with no bullshitin'. Dino brings the band together and handles the day to day stuff with the record companies and is very much a big shot with the ladies.

Christian Olde-Wolbers

• Birthdate: August 5th, 1972
  
• Star sign: Leo
  
• Height: 5'11"
  
• Weight: 175lbs
  
• Nationality: Dutch (Netherlands)
  
• Marital Status: Married
  
• Favourite Fear Factory Song: Edgecrusher & Scapegoat
  
• Favourite Bands: Faith No More, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, The Police
  
• Favourite TV Shows: Howard Stern on E Show
  
• Favourite Movies: The Big Blue, Goodfellas, Bad Boys, Warriors, Star Wars trilogy
  
• Favourite Books: None
  
• Favourite Type Of Food: Mexican, Fries & Mayo
  
• Hobbies: DJ'ing, Hip Hop, Surfing, Skating, Music
  
• Playing Instrument Since: 1986
  
• Brief Description: Was on vacation when the band signed him up. Seen as the most friendly person in the band but can fly off the handle within seconds when something screws up. Owns a turntable and takes samples off his ever growing collection of hip-hop vinyl. Very good on all different styles of like stand-up, heavy, acoustic and double bass. The band are glad they added him into Fear Factory because he brought a new sound to fear factory because before is was more guitars and drums.

Raymond Herrera

• Birthdate: December 18th, 1972
  
• Star sign: Sagittarius
  
• Height: 6'2"
  
• Weight: 230lbs
  
• Nationality: Mexican
  
• Marital Status: Married
  
• Favourite Fear Factory Song: Zero Signal
  
• Favourite Bands: Faith No More, U2, Pantera
  
• Favourite TV Shows: Seinfeld, Just Shoot Me
  
• Favourite Movies: Terminator 2, There's Something About Mary, Friday
  
• Favourite Books: None
  
• Favourite Type Of Food: Mexican
  
• Hobbies: Playing video games
  
• Playing Instrument Since: 1987
  
• Equipment:
  Tama Starclassic: 14" Snare, 10" Mounted Tom, 12" Mounted Tom, 14" Floor Tom, 2x22" Bass Drums
  Zildjian Cymbals: 2xHiHat (left and right), 1xRide, 2x20" Crash, 2x20" China
  Triggering Setup: Ddrum triggers, Fuhrman power conditioner, Alesis DM5, Akai S3000, 4 in 1 DI output, 1 spacerack
• Brief Description: Raymond's trademark has to be his double bass drum set which allows him to do an amazing 480bpm approx. on songs like Demanufacture. The hardcore gamer of the band and the proud owner of gamershaven.com himself. Takes his arcade of games around with him and challenges the rest of the band to a good duel every so often. Seen of the technical guy of the band and shows a lot of dedication to the aim of his work. Turned down a scholarship in engineering just to be in the band so they know he wants to be part of the team