Former Fear Factory frontman Burton C. Bell has finally announced his first-ever solo show for June 13 at 1720 in Los Angeles, CA. Bell also revealed his backing band, which will be guitarist Henrik Linde (The Vitals, Dren), drummer Ryan Junior Kittlitz (All Hail The Yeti, The Acid Helps), bassist Tony Baumeister (ÆGES), and Stewart Cararas. The show features Spirit In The Room and Sordes Dominum as the openers.
Bell recently kicked off his solo career with a new single "Anti-Droid" (which may have been a shot at his former band). The single was Bell's first original song under his own name four years after leaving Fear Factory, and it's hardly the only one he's got
In a recent interview with the Nu Pod podcast, Bell said he's working on one single at a time, as he feels releasing a whole album will make a whole bunch of songs get lost in the mix.
"No. I'm working on individual singles at a time. I do have a record's worth of music. But I'm adopting the hip-hop strategy where instead of coming up, releasing a single and then the whole album comes out a couple of weeks later, and then a couple of weeks later, when that album is out, the momentum of the single and the whole record just kind of slows and becomes sluggish and just almost crashes.
"So I learned watching hip-hop artists and other artists as well, [where] they would just release a single at a time, keep that momentum, keep that spotlight on them and just release a single every few weeks and just keep that momentum going."
As for the live shows, Bell revealed he'll play music from across his career including some Fear Factory deep cuts.
"Yes to all of those questions. I'm in the process of booking a show. It's gonna be a showcase. It's gonna be in L.A., and I have a band together. They're already working on [the set]. It's a retrospection, so I plan to play four new songs, some deep-cut Fear Factory, some [Ascension Of The Watchers], some G/Z/R, some City Of Fire.
"My new music is an amalgamation of everything I've ever done, and I'm gonna basically put it all together into this package and just see what happens. And the live show, it's gonna be heavy, it's gonna be groovy. And I wanna create a vibe. I really do."
