Burton C. Bell is a vocalist, lyricist, guitarist and keyboardist.He was one of the first major singers to use clean singing with harsh vocals.
Burton has fraternal twin brother named Benjamin (Ben) Bell, who is also a vocalist/musician in a rockabilly/country band. Ben is a librarian in Louisiana. when not performing.
Bell wife is Amy Abattoir. Burton is a photographer and writer when not on tour.
Bell was one of the young audience members in Nirvana's music video for "Smells Like Teen Spirit." Although there are only a few snippets of him in this video, Bell is most visible at 2:12 in the song, as the boy in the blue shirt at the front at 2:12.
Discography
All appearances are as a vocalist, unless mentioned otherwise.
Band | Release date | Title |
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Fear Factory | 1992 | Soul of a New Machine |
Fear Factory | 1995 | Demanufacture |
G/Z/R | 1995 | Plastic Planet |
Fear Factory | 1998 | Obsolete |
Spineshank - guest | 1998 | Strictly Diesel |
Kilgore - guest | 1998 | Search for Reason |
Soulfly - guest | 1998 | Soulfly |
Static X - guest | 2000 | The Crow: Salvation |
Fear Factory | 2001 | Digimortal |
Fear Factory | 2002 | Concrete |
Fear Factory | 2004 | Archetype |
Fear Factory | 2005 | Transgression |
Ascension of the Watchers | 2005 | Iconoclast EP |
Soil - guest | 2006 | True Self |
Ministry - guest | 2007 | The Last Sucker |
Ministry - guest | 2007 | Cover up |
Ascension of the Watchers | 2008 | Numinosum |
M.A.N - guest | 2008 | Peacenemy |
City Of Fire | 2009 | City of Fire |
Fear Factory | 2010 | Mechanize |