We wanted to be able to work with each other but not participate in each others bands, so Hellbent was the perfect outlet. It gave us a chance to work with other people who we might not normally get a chance to work with. We wanted to make the material a very simple, disco type sound that was very easy to dance to. The whole point of the project is supposed to be cheesy and it is meant to be a joke. Hopefully no one has taken it seriously.
People have to accept change.
There is too much internal turmoil occurring for it to continue. The bands who continue to evolve and change are simply not going to remain in this genre and it is going to piss everyone off who refuse to accept that kind of change. The whole concept of this genre was to remained open minded musically. People didn't care if you used guitars, or how you modified you vocals. The whole goal was to make something different and so few people can accept that fact these days.