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Static-X

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Biography

Static-X's roots trace to the Midwest, where vocalist/guitarist Wayne Static grew up in Michigan and drummer Ken Jay in Illinois. They ended up in Chicago separately and met at the record store where Jay worked, introduced to one another by The Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan. Static and Jay decided to head west to California and start up a new band. Shortly after their arrival, Osaka native Koichi Fukada responded to the duo's ad and became their new guitarist, as well as programmer. Bassist Tony Campos, the only true Californian, was the final piece of the puzzle. Static-X's music combined aggressive metal and thrash metal with industrial overtones and techno pulse. Signed to Warner Brothers in February 1998, Static-X debuted with Wisconsin Death Trip a year later, and the album was eventually certified gold. Departing guitarist Fukada was replaced with Tripp Eisen (ex-Dope) for 2001's Rage Against the Machine, and drummer Jay left after the 2003 album Shadow Zone. If that weren't enough, personal issues forced Eisen to leave the band in 2004. Still, Static-X was undeterred. Static tapped Fukada to rejoin on guitar and programming, and touring drummer Nick Oshiro took over full-time. In June 2005, a rejuvenated Static-X returned to recording with Start a War. Cannibal arrived in 2007, followed by "Cult of Static" in 2009. ~ Josh Loehr, Rovi

Top Tracks

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    Go
    Corrosive tainted by my sin
    I'm spillin' blood and I can hardly contain it
    Corrosive hallowing the hands
    Stiffened I eat away
    Push It - (2:35)  -  74,287 plays
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    We kiss the stars
    We writhe, we are
    Your name, desire
    Your flesh, we are
    Cold we're so cold, we are so
    Cold - (3:43)  -  62,250 plays
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    Great pains
    I've gone to gang slang
    I've gone to lame brain
    Looking for gold I
    I have become someone else
    I'm With Stupid - (3:24)  -  44,360 plays
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    Meaningless, it's meaningless
    It's meaningless, it's meaningless
    I take the hold, I take the hold
    I take the hold, I take the hold
    Mindlessness, it's mindlessness
    Bled for Days - (3:46)  -  42,298 plays
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    I've been taking abuse and it's senseless
    Fist into the wall and it's painless
    I've been living the lie that I made me
    Live it
    Screaming into the mic and I like it
    I Am - (2:47)  -  35,421 plays
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