WHAT A T’ROCK OF (COOL) SHIT! In chatting to our friends at Total Rock, the following line was uttered… “Yeah, let’s do a Fear Factory competition next week!” What a good idea we thought. And hence the following shows will give away Fear Factory goodies (Concrete albums, FF t-shirts, FF pendants, FF keyrings) every day next week. Monday – Malolm Dome’s Nu World Order 9.00 PM-midnight Tuesday – Urchin & Robin’s Nu Nastiness from the Clubside 6.00-9.00 PM Wednesday: Charlie Andrew’s Metal Lunchbox (filling in for Matt Mason) 12.00-3.00 PM Thursday: Pandora’s Armageddon Rock (filling in for Sarah Miles) 9.00 AM-12.00 PM Friday: Krusher’s Metal Mayhem 3.00-6.00 PM Listen out for full details on air or on the Total Rock website.

What can be said, officially part of the Roadrunner family. In fact, as the ink still dries on the desk of Joan (Director Of Licensing), Theory Of A Deadman is indeed officially the newest band on the label. Gentlemen, welcome aboard. Thirst for knowledge? Just as fresh as the ink on the papers on Joan’s desk, the band’s bio has been posted – in the BIO section (but, of course). Onward and Upward. Currently, we are readying plans to shoot a video for their single “Nothing Could Come Between Us.” In fact, video treatments are currently being eyed. Early word is that the video will feature scantily clad women & cars (the basis for every truly great video made)…”might have a truck in it, too. It should be cool,” adds Marketing Matt. Video shoot is expected to take place in a couple weeks. Ahhh, and one last bit of Theory news for you – live shows. The band is currently in the midst of playing a string of shows up in Canada, eh. On a side note, Theory will also be playing at this year’s annual music industry convention, the Conclave. On July 26th, they will be playing the Quest in Minneapolis. Did You Know? Def fuckin’ Leppard will also be playing this event. True, indeed. The album has been tentatively set for release on September 16th

Chad Kroeger and music mogul Jonathan Simkin have joined forces to create a production company licensed under Roadrunner Records, 604 Records. The Canadian duo aims to seek out and develop undiscovered talent in the music world not only in North America, but globally. As Nickelback’s attorney, Simkin has been working with Kroeger for almost 7 years. Simkin states, í¢ä‰åñChad and I are doing something we are passionate about and enjoy. Not only do we get to directly participate in the production of new talent, but we also get to explore both the creative and business forces behind it. It is extremely rewarding.í¢ä‰åŒ The first signing to this company is Theory of a Deadman, a band that garnered attention by Kroeger and Simkin with its unparalleled capacity for songwriting. In a scene that is preoccupied with creating a specific sound, Theory’s frontman Tyler Connelly has a unique gift for sculpting poetic lyricism and relaying stories in his songs- situations which he may not have necessarily experienced firsthand, but convincingly writes about. The founders were also moved by the band’s live presence – it’s seemingly rare these days that a band can generate an album where every song is appealing and for that band to effectively execute such songs on stage. First stop, Theory Of A Deadman this summer. Did You Know? The ‘604’ in ‘604 Records’ comes from an area code up there in Canada. True.

Mark it on the calendar – Fear Factory’s first and last offering, Concrete, is OUT NOW. Journey back to when this SoCal metal act was just beginning…hell, back when drummer Raymond Herrera was still in high school. Recorded in 1991, just about 1 year after the band formed, this 16 song recording secured Fear Factory a deal with Roadrunner, and was the start of a very bright future for a then unknown Ross Robinson. 16 tracks in total: 8 of which were re-recorded for 1992’s Soul Of A New Machine debut, 4 of which have never been heard, and 4 which later morphed into other songs. Tells guitarist Dino Cazares, “Honestly, I think Concrete sounded better than Soul Of A New Machine. Ross is really good at capturing the moment.” Be sure to read the new Fear Factory ‘Concrete’ biography. Did you know it was also the very first record ever produced by Ross Robinson? Available on CD for around 퉌£12.99 from: HMV – 퉌£2 off with Download 2002 discount card + free ‘Download 2002’ sampler CD, Virgin/VShop – 퉌£2 off with voucher in current issue of Kerrang! (27/7), MVC, Sanity, Andys, Tower, and all good indies. The tracklisting is: 1. Big God/Raped Souls 2. Arise Above Oppression 3. Concrete 4. Crisis 5. Escape Confusion 6. Sangre De Ninos 7. Soulwomb 8. Echoes Of Innocence 9. Dragged Down By The Weight Of Existence 10. Deception 11. Desecrate 12. Sufferage 13. Anxiety 14. Self Immolation 15. Piss Christ 16. Ulceration Not got their album ‘Remanufacture’ yet? Now’s your chance – the album was re-released on mid-price on April 1st.

Did you know that the band have a song, Invisible Man, on the Spiderman movie soundtrack? Not only that but they are included on the single ‘Hero’ by Chad Kroeger – out now. ‘Hero’ features Tyler from Theory Of A Deadman, Chad from Nickelback, Josey from Saliva and Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden). Mike Kroeger plays bass in the video, and the Our Lady Peace drummer plays in the video as Matt Cameron had to leave unexpectedly – you can see the video on our downloads page. The movie is out now. This is your first chance to hear Theory Of A Deadman! The tracklisting for the ‘Hero’ single is: 1.’Hero (Movie Version)’ 2.’Hero (Gold Mix)’ 3.Theory Of A Dead Man ‘Invisible Man’ 4.’Hero (video)’ Who are Theory Of A Deadman?! They are a new band from Vancouver in Canada, signed to Roadrunner through a production deal we did with Chad Kroeger’s (Nickelback’s vocalist) production company. Chad produced their album with Joey Moi and Randy Staub was the mixer. In the words of RR A&R, they are “amazing mainstream radio rock, with elements of Nickelback, Soundgarden, etc,etc” Plans are afoot for them to start touring the US.

The following is an official press statement, personally written by vocalist Burton C. Bell, regarding the break up of Fear Factory. Burton’s words are as follows: On Saturday, March 2nd, 2002, I met with all the members of FEAR FACTORY. At that meeting I announced my personal feelings about the present situation within the band. I have been unhappy for quite sometime both interpersonally, and business wise, and that has rendered me creatively restrained. After extensive deliberation within my self, I decided that the best possible answer I was comfortable with was to leave the band. This is not a whimsical advance into the unknown, it is something that I have been thinking about for quite sometime. I have kept my feelings and realizations to myself until it was evident that it was a relationship that was unproductive to me as an artist. This decision was a sudden development to most everyone to whom I am familiar with. We have experienced many highs, and just as many lows in the span of 12 years, and I do not regret a single moment. I have searched within me, every possible avenue of execution in making this decision and I feel that for me, and my growth as an artist, moving forward is the best possible solution. I would like to extend my wishes to the guys í¢ä‰åñthe best of luck in their future endeavorsí¢ä‰åŒ. I will miss the relationship I had with the fans and I want to thank them for their support through all the years. Burton C. Bell It is with heavy heart that we write this, but recent rumors you may have heard or read elsewhere regarding Fear Factory are true. If you do not know what we are talking about, the bottom line is that Fear Factory is no longer together as a band. This past Saturday (Mar 2), vocalist Burton Bell sat the band down in their rehearsal studio to announce his intentions of leaving the band. For whatever reasons, Burton no longer has the want to carry on in Fear Factory. And the rest of the band – guitarist Dino Cazares, bassist Christian Olde Wolbers, drummer Raymond Herrera – do not have the want to carry on with Fear Factory without Burton. After 12 years, Fear Factory call it quits. Fear Factory, whom had actually been writing new material – recently sending in a demo of five new tracks (just guitar and bass tracks) – will still be recording at least one last song together for the time being. To take place at some point in coming weeks, they will be recording a new, as of yet untitled track for the upcoming “Terminator” video game. Plans after that are not yet fully known. However, we will surely be keeping tabs, and keeping you updated on all future band member endeavours. You have yet to hear the last from Fear Factory, as plans are forming to release their never heard debut album, Concrete, containing 16 tracks – half of which were re-recorded for their Roadrunner debut, Soul Of A New Machine. The album was recorded in 1991 and was produced by a then unknown Ross Robinson. It was this album that made its way to Roadrunner’s A&R dept and earned the band a record deal. Speaking of Roadrunner’s A&R dept, head of A&R Monte Conner, who signed Fear Factory, had this to say: “It’s hard to be sad when you consider that Fear Factory had a solid and successful 10 year run and for that, I am incredibly thankful. How many artists today even make it to a second album? All good things come to an end and in this case, it is a very natural thing to happen. It’s nice to know that they went out on a high after making an awesome record – Digimortal. As a consolation to the most diehard fans, we’ve got a few interesting things in the vaults that we will be releasing in the future. I want to thank Dino, Burton, Christian and Raymond for making some incredible records for Roadrunner and helping put this label on the map. I will forever be proud of these records and thrilled that I was a part of them . I wish all four of them the best in their future musical endeavors, and hope Roadrunner can be a part of some of them. FF – R.I.P.” A toast to Fear Factory, their 12 year career, their 10 year relationship with us at Roadrunner, and all releases and feats accomplished – all impressive. All our best.

Fear Factory’s DVD Digitial Connectivity is out now! The DVD features the following live performances – maybe you’ll even be in some of the footage: “Martyr” – filmed live at the Dynamo Open Air Festival in Eindhoven, Holland – 1993 “Scapegoat” – filmed live at the Dynamo Open Air Festival in Eindhoven, Holland – 1993 “Scumgrief” – filmed live at the Dynamo Open Air Festival in Eindhoven, Holland – 1993 “Demanufacture” – filmed live at The Forum in Kentish Town, London – Machines Of Hate tour, 1996 “Self Bias Resistor” – recorded live for MTV UK’s “Headbanger’s Ball” – London, 1996 “Dog Day Sunrise” – filmed live at The Warehouse in Toronto – 1996 “Shock” – filmed live at Club Citta in Japan – 1999 “Edgecrusher” – filmed live at Club Citta in Japan – 1999 “What Will Become?” – filmed live at House Of Blues – 2001 “Damaged” – filmed live at The Reading Festival in England – 2001 “Digimortal” – filmed live at The Opera House in Toronto – 2001 The DVD also contains 8 Audio Tracks – previously unreleased tracks and rare B-sides. They are as follows: 1 – “Frequency” 2 – “Machine Debaser” 3 – “Demolition Racer” 4 – “Cyberdyne” 5 – “Refueled” 6 – “Transgenic” 7 – “Edgecrusher” (urban assault mix) 8 – “Descent” (falling deeper mix) It also includes tons of backstage footage, live concert footage, interviews with the band, guest celebrities, and many other surprises.

Not since May 1st have we made mention of Twice The Sun. Well, things are happening in camp once again: Miami’s Twice The Sun debuted their new line up last week at two Southern Florida shows – Thursday, August 22 at Fort Lauderdale’s Culture Room opening for Darwin’s Waiting Room, and Saturday, the 24th headlining the Mars Music Store’s Mars-fest. The two shows, which debuted new frontman Armando Soler (ex-Insidious) and drummer Alex “Zeus” Garcia, replacing former frontman James Partridge and drummer Tommy Garrett, showed a much leaner, more focused sounding Twice The Sun. The set-list consisted of mostly newer material: “Should I?”, “Tribute”, “Restless”, “Breaking Away” and a piano-only number, “Changes”, that showed the new frontman’s considerable vocal range and personality. “He’s got a great range and voice,” says guitarist Peter Santa Maria of Twice The Sun’s new frontman. “Armando’s younger and has tons of energy. Plus, he’s one of those frontmen that gets up there and kids can totally relate to him – and the funny thing was prior to joining Twice The Sun, he had only been on stage three times in his entire life!. He’s a natural if there ever was one!” On the band’s new drummer: “Zeus brings a lot more power and versatility to the band,” adds keyboardist Damien Biltres. “Think Stewart Copeland and Bill Bruford but waaay heavier.” The only two “older” songs played were “Reach Out” and “Angelina”. While the show’s focus was on the band’s new line-up and material, the overall sound was unmistakably Twice The Sun. Heavy, hooky and keyboard driven. Says Santa Maria: “This is the Twice The Sun we always wanted to be.”

Hot off the email, direct from Twice The Sun: We would like to announce that we have found a new singer. Here is the new TTS line up: Armando Soler í¢ä‰åäóì Vocals Alex í¢ä‰åñZeusí¢ä‰åŒ Garcia í¢ä‰åäóì Drums Tony Senita í¢ä‰åäóì Bass Peter Santa-Maria í¢ä‰åäóì Guitar Damian Biltres í¢ä‰åäóì Keyboards We are already in the process of writing new material and preparing for our first Roadrunner Records release which is scheduled for Summer 2003. We have recorded a new song called í¢ä‰åñRestlessí¢ä‰åŒ and we hope to have it mixed soon. As soon as it’s ready we will post it on our website for all of you to hear. The website is currently down for re-design, look for it to be up around August 20th. Our first show back will be MARS FEST 2002: Saturday, August 24, 2002 MARS MUSIC STORE , DOLPHIN MALL 3 p.m. to ? FREE ALL AGES SHOW (Turnpike to NW 12 St Dolphin Mall Blvd. Exit) Thank you to everyone who has supported us from the beginning and through this turbulent time. You know who you are. We hope to see you all at the show! -Twice The Sun Armando, Zeus, Tony, Peter & Damian p.s. Don’t forget to check out the first ever TTS Fansite by Vanessa at http://www.ttsun.net She has exclusive pics of the new band members and more! Onwards… “Well, as some of you may have heard by now, drummer Tommy Garrett and Twice The Sun have parted ways. As with many bands, the evil “Creative Differences” beast reared its ugly head. Basically, ever since we recorded the demos for Roadrunner, Tommy had been growing increasingly unhappy with the direction the music and the writing process was taking, and it was leading to tension and frustration among all of us. Tommy started this band along with the rest of us, so it was a very difficult decision for Twice The Sun, but it was a mutual decision that we should part ways. Honestly, it’s one of the hardest things any of us has ever had to do, band-related or otherwise. We love Tommy as a person and friend, and we know he is going to be great in whatever he does musically in the future, but for the rest of us it’s time to move on. Thanks to everyone that has supported us over this year and a half, and we’ll see you soon.” James, Tony, Peter & Damian – Twice The Sun

Get yourself to the MUSIC section. Check out “Transgenic”. This piece is a remix by Technohead, actually what you call a ‘Gabber-style’ remix. It is based off the song “New Breed”, which previously appeared both on the “Burn” European single and as a bonus track on the Japanese version of Remanufacture (Cloning Technology). It also appeared on the European 12″ single “The Gabber Mixes,” where it was re-titled “New Breed (Steel Gun Mix)”. We give you “Refueled” – a remix as done by Junkie XL. This is an alternate remix of “H-K (Hunter Killer)”, and as with “Cyberdyne”, this song was an out-take of the Remanufacture (Cloning Technology) sessions. This too previously only appeared on the “Burn” European single. We give you “Cyberdyne”. This is actually a remix as done by Junkie XL – a remix of “H-K (Hunter Killer)”, which was originally meant to be included on the Remanufacture (Cloning Technology) album, but was cut due to an excess of material. It previously appeared on the “Burn” European single. So, our fearless Road Crew leader in the USA, Ro, is officially out in LA. He called about an hour ago. MTV’s TRL was on the tube, an interview with Hoobastank in the MTV studio was happening. Why do you care? Apparently one of the cats in the band was wearing a Brujeria t-shirt. Brujeria on MTV. Now that’s something you don’t see everyday… Speaking of Brujeria, Fear Factory’s guitarist Dino Cazares tells the following – a Brujeria side project has been formed. The name of the band is Asesino, which means assassin in Spanish. Asesino is actually a character from Brujeria…but you should already know that… Asesino’s purpose? To assassinate anyone that gets in Brujeria’s way – be it judges, cops, lawyers, whomever…ALSO, word is Asesino will perform a kidnapping here and there for ransom, tis a way to make a few extra bucks. It’s true. Does the above sound interesting? Well, most likely come June, Asesino will be releasing an album, titled Cyco Maton, which means ‘psycho killer’ in Spanish. “Hey Brujo,” Dino yells across the room during the phone call as he is explaining the meaning of Cyco Maton…why was that last line just written? No reason, except to make known the fact that Dino was hanging out with the infamous Juan Brujo…that’s right, Juan fuckin Brujo!!! (yes, that does deserve an exclamation point, even three) Anyway, the theme behind the upcoming Cyco Maton release is the life of Asesino – with no gory detail omitted, we’re sure. Fifteen songs have been written and recorded for this release – Dino on guitar, Fear Factory’s Raymond Herrera on drums, and Static X’s Tony Campos on vocals. What about the bass, you ask? Dino and Tony took turns on the tracks, as no full time bassist has been lined up as of yet. When and where you can get this release to follow. We give you “Descent”, the Falling Deeper Mix. As with the remix of “Edgecrusher” which we put yesterday, previously this cut was only available on the “Cars” European single. This track was remixed and engineered by Junkie XL. We give you “Edgecrusher”, the Urban Assault Mix. Previously, this cut was only available on the “Cars” European single. This track was remixed by Rhys Fulber and engineered by Junkie XL. Today’s offering, why it just so happens to be “Demolition Racer”. Yes, tis another song from the “Demolition Racer” video game. You may recognize a section of this song that later became the chorus of “Acres Of Skin”. Sound familiar? Listen for yourself. Though only 50 seconds in length, these are 50 seconds of music which will bite you in the ass. No doubt. Today’s offering is “Machine Debaser”. Produced by David Tickle & Fear Factory and mixed by Greg Reely back in June 1999, this song was one of four recorded for use in the video game “Demolition Racer”. Parts of it were later recycled and became the chorus of “Hurt Conveyer” and the bridge of “What Will Become?”. Sound familiar? Listen for yourself Did You Know? Christian Olde Wolbers, the bassist of Fear Factory, appears in Cypress Hill’s latest video – “Trouble”. It’s true. He also played bass for the band in the studio on the tracks “Trouble” and “Catastrophe”. True too. But, did you know, starting later this month when Cypress Hill hits the road with Linkin Park, Christian will be doing the live bass duties for Cypress Hill? True, true, true. Christian, break a leg! The ‘Linchpin’ single is out now. Tracklisting is as follows: 1. Linchpin 2. Frequency (brand new track – more info below) 3. Machine Debaser – (an instrumental done at the same time as “Full Metal Contact”, but parts of this song were later used for new songs on Digimortal) 4.Linchpin (video) Do you remember in the tour stories we mentioned the gal who puckered up for a ticket in Manchester? Well, we got an email from a friend of the lucky guy on the other side of those lips… his words go like this… hi. well our story goes like this.my friend (andrew mcevitt) and myself went around the back of the manchester academy to see if we could meet any of fear factory.me especially as they are one of my favourite bands.we actually met both raymond herrera and dino cazares.while we were with dino,a girl asked what she could do to get into the show for free… And that’s how single FF fan Andy made a new friend! Did they enjoy the show after that? After meeting dino and raymond we were on a high and that made the excellent show even better.fear factory were amazing live and very nice people too! Thanks for the explanation Ben! Check your postbox in a coupla days… anyone else out there with cool stories from the tour? Or just cool FF-related stories? This past summer Fear Factory hit the studio in LA and recorded a track called “Frequency”. The track was recorded and mixed in two days, for use in a game that was being developed – also titled Frequency. A game called Frequency will be put out for Sony PlayStation 2. A game like none other before it – a music mixing game. Though details of the full scope of this game go beyond our description, the basic concept behind this game is that you can re-mix songs by artists as if you are ‘the man’ in the studio. Fear Factory’s “Frequency”, which is the title track for this game, is one such song you can break down and build up. Word is there will be 25 songs total for you to be ‘the man’. Interesting fact: “Frequency” was recorded 4 months after Fear Factory’s latest release Digimortal was completed, making this the newest FF track out there… and it’s on the Linchpin single!!