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Fear Factory's Cazares Declines Reunion, Owns Trademark

3/2/2026

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Dino Cazares, Fear Factory founding guitarist, says he will not reunite with former bandmates.
On February 28, he told fans on Facebook that the past is closed and he bears no hatred.
He cited Burton C. Bell's 2020 departure and said Bell lost a lawsuit, owing a million dollars.
Cazares won his lawsuit and now owns the Fear Factory trademark, with earnings going toward Bell's debt.

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Dino Cazares, Fear Factory founding guitarist, says he will not reunite with former bandmates.
On February 28, he told fans on Facebook that the past is closed and he bears no hatred.
He cited Burton C. Bell's 2020 departure and said Bell lost a lawsuit, owing a million dollars.
Cazares won his lawsuit and now owns the Fear Factory trademark, with earnings going toward Bell's debt.