Metal Anarchy

Former Fear Factory frontman Burton C. Bell will be discussing the band’s 1998 album “Obsolete” during some spoken word events this fall. The shows will be phone-free and each one is limited to 50 people.

Here’s the dates:

October 6 — San Diego, California
Scorpion Percussion
Guest arrival: 7:00 pm
Spoken word presentation: 8:00–9:00 pm

October 7 — Los Angeles, California
The Crooked Path
Guest arrival: 7:00 pm
Spoken word presentation: 8:00–9:00 pm

October 9 — Las Vegas, Nevada
The Space
Guest arrival: 7:00 pm
Spoken word presentation: 8:00–9:00 pm

The following was said about the events:

“Guests will be asked to silence and put away their cell phones during the presentation. No filming or recording will be permitted.

There will be no screen between the audience and the experience, and no social media feed capable of recreating what happened in the room. The only way the experience travels beyond those 50 people is the way stories once traveled — from one person to another, by word of mouth.

Thirty years after Obsolete, Burton C. Bell is opening the story again in an entirely different way.

Three cities. Fifty guests per room. One voice. One shared experience.

No filming. No recording. No scrolling.

Just the story of Obsolete, told by the man who lived it – and carried forward by the people who were there.”