FEAR FACTORY Frontman Discusses MINISTRY Collaboration; Video Available

March 31, 2008

Burton C. Bell of FEAR FACTORY and ASCENSION OF THE WATCHERS recently spoke to the Artisan News Service about his contributions to the final MINISTRY studio album, "The Last Sucker", and the upcoming covers collection, "Cover Up", which will hit stores April 1.

Said Bell: "It was last January [2007], I was talking to a friend, and my friend goes, 'Yeah, MINISTRY is in the studio recording their last record." I was like, 'Their last record?' 'Yeah, it's their very last record.' 'Really?!' And I was thinking to myself, 'Man, if I want to get involved with this, this is the time.' So what did I do? The very next day I called up Al [Jourgensen, MINISTRY mainman]. I was like, 'Al, this is Burton. I met you (at your last New York City show),I know you're doing your last record. I would love to offer my services. I'm there, if you want me I'm there.' He called me like a week later, 'We want you on our record. Come on down.' So he flew me down. I was down there for two weeks. We did 'End Of Days', 'Die In A Crash'. I did another song, it's not on the record, I don't know what happened to it. I started doing those cover songs. It was just like, 'Yeah, this is cool."

Regarding his collaboration with MINISTRY on a cover of THE ROLLING STONES' "Under My Thumb", Bell said, "He (Jourgensen) goes, 'I want you to do a ROLLING STONES...I'm trying to figure out a ROLLING STONES song for you to do.' I'm like, 'OK.' I had no idea that it would be that song. I thought of other songs, but I never would have thought of it. That was like my least favorite ROLLING STONES song. He's like, 'Really?' I even told him, 'Al, I don't really even like that song.' He's like, 'Have you ever read the lyrics?' I said, 'No.' He's like, 'Read the lyrics.' So I read the lyrics, and I actually listened to what Mick [Jagger] was saying. I was like, 'Whoa. This is a total male empowerment song. It was written in the '60s I was like, 'Wow. That's cool.'"

Watch video footage of Burton C. Bell discussing his collaboration with MINISTRY at this location.

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).