Wayne Static
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Wayne Static is an American
musician, and the lead vocalist
, guitarist
, keyboardist
, and programmer
for the industrial metal
band Static-X
. He released his first solo studio album Pighammer
on October 4, 2011.
before moving to Chicago
and eventually California
. He was three years old when he received his first toy guitar. His parents decided at age seven to get him his first real guitar, an S12 beginner model. He was given lessons, which paid off a year later when he won a talent contest playing "Skip to My Lou
". Wayne later played in his first band at the age of 12 and at that point he decided he wanted to be a musician.In High School he played in a band for the dances with fellow classmates. Wayne attended Shelby High School
and had summer jobs which included working as an asparagus
picker and in a cherry canning factory.
. The group was short lived as they relocated to California and Static-X was formed along with Tony Campos
and Koichi Fukuda
.
Static is well known for his unusual hairstyle; his hair is held up in a vertical position, a process that takes about 20 minutes to complete.
Static announced in July 2007 that he will begin a side project, Pighammer, but in a December 2007 interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com, Static stated: "The Pighammer thing will happen when I have time. At the moment though, Static-X will remain my main priority."
Static appears on the cover of the 2009 Static-X release, Cult of Static
.
Wayne Static is currently touring with a backup band as part of his Pighammer
solo-project after finishing recording his first solo record.
Wayne Static's solo album Pighammer was released on October 4, 2011.
in Las Vegas
on January 10, 2008. He appears as a mystery guest on an adult film Wray hosted called Radium Vol 2.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
musician, and the lead vocalist
Lead vocalist
The lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
, guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
, keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
, and programmer
Music sequencer
The music sequencer is a device or computer software to record, edit, play back the music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically :...
for the industrial metal
Industrial metal
Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws from industrial music and many different types of heavy metal, using repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Founding industrial metal acts include Ministry, Godflesh, and KMFDM.Industrial metal's...
band Static-X
Static-X
Static-X is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California. They were formed in 1994. They are signed to Warner Bros. Records and have released six albums, their most recent being Cult of Static, which was released on March 17, 2009....
. He released his first solo studio album Pighammer
Pighammer
Pighammer is the debut solo album by Wayne Static released on October 4, 2011 through Dirthouse Records. It debuted at number 97 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 4,700.-Album title:...
on October 4, 2011.
Early life
Static grew up in Shelby, MichiganShelby Township, Michigan
Shelby Township is a civil township of Oceana County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,951 at the 2000 census. The village of Shelby is located within the township.-Geography:...
before moving to Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
and eventually California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. He was three years old when he received his first toy guitar. His parents decided at age seven to get him his first real guitar, an S12 beginner model. He was given lessons, which paid off a year later when he won a talent contest playing "Skip to My Lou
Skip to My Lou
"Skip to My Lou" is a popular children's song.Skip to My Lou was a popular partner-stealing dance from America's frontier period.According to :...
". Wayne later played in his first band at the age of 12 and at that point he decided he wanted to be a musician.In High School he played in a band for the dances with fellow classmates. Wayne attended Shelby High School
Shelby High School (Michigan)
Shelby High School is a high school in Shelby, Michigan. It is part of the Shelby Public School district.-Building:The school is located on State Street in Shelby. It opened in 1998 during the 1998–99 School year. The former high school is now the current middle school. The former middle school...
and had summer jobs which included working as an asparagus
Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis is a spring vegetable, a flowering perennialplant species in the genus Asparagus. It was once classified in the lily family, like its Allium cousins, onions and garlic, but the Liliaceae have been split and the onion-like plants are now in the family Amaryllidaceae and...
picker and in a cherry canning factory.
Career
After moving to Chicago, Static created the band Deep Blue Dream with Ken JayKen Jay
Kenneth "Ken Jay" Lacey is an American musician, best known as the original drummer for Static-X.Jay was born in Jamaica, Illinois. He started Static-X with Wayne Static in 1994...
. The group was short lived as they relocated to California and Static-X was formed along with Tony Campos
Tony Campos
Tony Campos is a Mexican American musician. He is the bass guitarist for the heavy metal band Soulfly and former bass guitarist of industrial metal band Static-X and frontman/bassist for Asesino. Campos was the final bassist for Ministry, which retired in 2008, though he rejoined when the band...
and Koichi Fukuda
Koichi Fukuda
Koichi Fukuda is a Japanese American musician, and the lead guitarist, programmer, and keyboardist for the industrial metal band Static-X and Drugstore Fanatics -Biography:...
.
Static is well known for his unusual hairstyle; his hair is held up in a vertical position, a process that takes about 20 minutes to complete.
Static announced in July 2007 that he will begin a side project, Pighammer, but in a December 2007 interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com, Static stated: "The Pighammer thing will happen when I have time. At the moment though, Static-X will remain my main priority."
Static appears on the cover of the 2009 Static-X release, Cult of Static
Cult of Static
Cult of Static is the sixth studio album by Static-X, and was released on March 17, 2009. The album's first single "Stingwray" was released and made available on the band's on February 17, 2009...
.
Wayne Static is currently touring with a backup band as part of his Pighammer
Pighammer
Pighammer is the debut solo album by Wayne Static released on October 4, 2011 through Dirthouse Records. It debuted at number 97 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 4,700.-Album title:...
solo-project after finishing recording his first solo record.
Wayne Static's solo album Pighammer was released on October 4, 2011.
Collaborations
- 2002 - Jonathan DavisJonathan DavisJonathan Houseman Davis is the lead vocalist and frontman for the nu metal band Korn. Davis was ranked 16th on Hit Parader 's list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists".-Early life:...
& Richard GibbsRichard GibbsRichard “Ribbs” Gibbs is an American film composer and music producer whose credits include the films Sweet Hearts Dance, Dr...
featuring Wayne Static - Not Meant for MeQueen of the Damned (soundtrack)The soundtrack to the Queen of the Damned film was Jonathan Davis' first musical output outside of Korn. Originally, he was to perform vocals on the soundtrack, but due to contract limitations with Sony, he could not. So he hired singers from other bands, each good friends of his, to do the vocal... - 2003 - GodheadGodhead (band)Godhead, occasionally typeset as gODHEAD, is an American alternative rock/metal band from Washington, D.C.. They are most often credited with being the only band signed to musician Marilyn Manson's short-lived vanity label, Posthuman Records.-History:...
& Wayne Static - The Giveaway - 2004 - Mephisto OdysseyMephisto OdysseyMephisto Odyssey is an American House music group from San Francisco California who have been credited with helping to pioneer the San Francisco house music sound. The group went on to release a number of self released singles until doing tenures at City of Angels and Warner Bros. Records from the...
& Wayne Static (and Koichi Fukuda) - Crash - 2004 - Skinny PuppySkinny PuppySkinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....
& Wayne Static - Use Less - 2006 - Soil & Wayne Static - Give It Up
- 2008 - Opiate for the MassesOpiate For The MassesOpiate for the Masses was a post-hardcore band from Arizona. They formed in Phoenix in 1999 by Ron Underwood, Elias Mallin, Dustin Lyon and Jim Kaufman. The meaning of their name comes from the Karl Marx quote that says the organized religion is nothing but an opiate for the masses. In June 2009,...
& Wayne Static - 21st Century Time Bomb - 2009 - My EvolutionMy Evolution- History:My Evolution's very first "jam" took place in January 2004 with *M. Lopez*on guitar, Micah on drums, Vandemon on bass and no vocalist - the trio also hadno name at the time. After *M...
& Wayne Static - So Happy - 2009 - Dirge WithinDirge WithinDirge Within is a heavy metal band from Chicago, Illinois which formed in 2007.-Formation:Dirge Within formed in January 2007, originally calling themselves Dirge, composed of former guitarist of the bands Broken Hope and SOiL, Shaun Glass, having just departed the latter band at the time of...
& Wayne Static - Inhuman - 2010 - Raymond HerreraRaymond HerreraRaymond Herrera is the drummer for industrial metal band Arkaea. He is a former member of the industrial metal band Fear Factory and Mexican death metal band Brujeria.-Biography:Herrera has been an avid gamer all his life...
& Wayne Static - Decimator (originally recorded in 2005) - 2011 - 9 Electric & Wayne Static - Destroy As You Go
Appearances
- 2002 - Static appears in The X-EcutionersThe X-EcutionersThe X-Ecutioners is a group of hip hop DJs / turntablists from New York.-History:Formed as a DJ crew in the early nineties and originally including 11 members, under the name X-Men, which was chosen partly because of their rivalry between Super DJ Clark Kent's crew of DJs, known as the Supermen,...
music video "It's Goin' DownIt's Goin' Down (X-Ecutioners song)"It's Goin' Down" is a single credited to turntablists The X-Ecutioners featuring two members of Linkin Park: Mike Shinoda and Joe Hahn, credited as Mr. Hahn. It appears on the X-Ecutioners 2002 album Built From Scratch....
", along with Mike ShinodaMike ShinodaMichael "Mike" Kenji Shinoda is an American musician, record producer, and artist. He is best known as the rapper, principal songwriter, keyboardist, vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Linkin Park, along with his co-frontman and lead singer Chester Bennington, and as a solo rapper in...
and Mr. HahnJoe HahnJoseph "Joe" Hahn , better known by his stage name, Mr. Hahn, is an American turntablist and director best known as the DJ and sampler for the band Linkin Park.-Personal Biography:...
of Linkin ParkLinkin ParkLinkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album, Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries...
. - 2006 - Static appeared in Silent CivilianSilent CivilianSilent Civilian is a metalcore band originating from Los Angeles, California. Following his departure from nu metal band Spineshank in 2004, frontman Jonny Santos felt he wanted to move in a different direction musically and start from scratch...
's video "Rebirth of The TempleRebirth of the TempleRebirth of the Temple is the debut album by the metalcore music group Silent Civilian. It was released on May 2, 2006 via Mediaskare Records. The album contains two enhanced videos - one music video for the song "Rebirth of the Temple" and a behind-the-scenes look at how the album was made...
". - 2009 - Static appeared in 98 Rockfest in Tampa, Fl
- 2010 - Static appeared as a villain in Issue 4 of the Eternal DescentEternal DescentEternal Descent is a virtual band created in 2004 by multi instrumentalist and writer of the Eternal Descent comic book Llexi Leon.Whilst the music is partly played by fictional characters represented in visual media, additional orchestral and industrial elements act as a soundtrack to the ongoing...
Comic BookComic bookA comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
series.
Equipment
- Dean "Modifier" MLDean MLThe Dean ML is an electric guitar made by Dean Guitars in 1977 along with its counterparts, the Dean V, Dean Cadillac and Dean Z. This is the most well known Dean Guitar due to the radical look and V shaped Headstock and V shaped tailpiece. It was popularised by the guitarist Dimebag Darrell of...
,a satin black Dean ML with a contoured top, chrome hardware and chrome covered EMG Pickups (Wayne's first use of active pickups publicly) and block inlays. This is Wayne's first endorsed Dean after leaving ESP in 2010 - 2011. - ESPESP Guitars, located in North Hollywood, California, is an American-based, Japanese-owned manufacturer of electric guitars and basses.- History :In 1975, Hisatake Shibuya opened a shop called Electric Sound Products in Tokyo. It provided custom replacement parts for guitars. In 1976, ESP gained a reputation...
Wayne Static Signature ESP STATIC-600 EX and V with Gun Metal Blue w/ diamond plate finish (equipped with a single Seymour Duncan Distortion at the bridge) - Static used Epiphone Wayne Static Signature Flying Vs (with neck pickups and toggle switches removed and using Seymor Duncan Distortion pickups) before being endorsed by ESP in early 2007.
Personal life
Static is an atheist and vegetarian. After a brief courtship, he married adult film actress Tera WrayTera Wray
Tera Wray is a pornographic actress. Her stage name is derived from her real first name, Tera, and her best friend's middle name, Wray....
in Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
on January 10, 2008. He appears as a mystery guest on an adult film Wray hosted called Radium Vol 2.