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Static-X

Metal

Static-X came out of Los Angeles in the late 1990s with a sound they half-jokingly called "evil disco": pounding industrial rhythms, clipped riffs, and Wayne Static's unmistakable bark, with his hair standing straight up. "Push It" and "I'm with Stupid" made them one of the more recognisable metal bands of that era, and they kept the formula tight across a string of records in the 2000s. Wayne Static died in 2014, but the surviving original members later put the band back together to finish recordings that carry his voice.

Start here

Wisconsin Death Trip (1999). The debut is the band at their leanest and catchiest. "Push It" and "I'm with Stupid" are the songs most people know them by, and the title track shows the same mechanical stomp running through the whole record.

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Biography

Static-X is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1994. The lineup has fluctuated over the years, but was long held constant with band founder, frontman, vocalist and rhythm guitarist Wayne Static until his death in 2014.

The band was founded by Static and original drummer Ken Jay. They rose to fame with their 1999 debut album Wisconsin Death Trip where their heavy industrial metal sound attracted attention within the burgeoning nu metal movement of the late 1990s, with the album eventually going platinum in the United States. The band released five more albums over the course of the next decade: Machine in 2001, Shadow Zone in 2003, Start a War in 2005, Cannibal in 2007, and Cult of Static in 2009. By 2011, the band had sold over three million albums worldwide.

The band entered a hiatus while Static worked on his solo album, Pighammer, in 2011. Static briefly reformed Static-X in 2012, using only members of his solo album's touring band, before officially breaking up in June 2013. On November 1, 2014, Wayne Static died at the age of 48.

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Studio albums

Wisconsin Death Trip 1999Machine 2001Shadow Zone 2003Start a War 2005Cannibal 2007Cult of Static 2009Project: Regeneration Vol. 1 2020Project: Regeneration Vol. 2 2024

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Official studio albums and EPs.

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