History Music / StaticX

Founded during the rise of nu metal, their music can be best described as electronic music with significant metal and nu metal influences, though they would later ditch the nu metal aspects of their music.

The band would reform in 2018, with the original members from their first album, along with a new masked frontman[[note]]Despite popular belief, it is not meant to be a death mask of Static.[[/note]], and plan on releasing material not used in previous albums.

* [=Xer0=][[note]]Widely believed to be Edsel Dope, though the band denies this[[/note]] – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2019–present)

''Static-X'' is an American industrial metal/nu metal/[[MemeticMutation evil disco]] band formed in 1994 by singer/rhythm guitarist Wayne Static and drummer Ken Jay, eventually bringing in Tony Campos as the bassist, and Koichi Fukuda as the lead guitarist.

* ''Project Regeneration Volume 1'' (2020)

* DemBones: Hollow's videoclip features a skeleton that sings Wayne's vocals.
* DramaticUnmask: The shovel lady from the I'm With Stupid videoclip? [[spoiler: Wayne, who somehow [[Main/FridgeLogic manages to simulteanously be out in the open while frontlining a show.]]]]
* OriginalGeneration: Project Regeneration included songs that had no involvement from Wayne whatsoever, such as Otsego Placebo and Accelerate.

** Black And White's videoclip featured the band turning into robots similar to [[Film/TheTerminator skeletal T-800s]].
** Cold's whole videoclip is entirely based on Literature/IAmLegend. [[spoiler: Unlike the protagonist, however, Wayne got turned into a vampire.]]

** Koichi left the band after heavy touring in support of their debut album Wisconsin Death Trip, citing burnout. He did came back from Start a War onward, however.
** Ken Jay left the band before recording for Shadow Zone. While he was reluctant to give details, it was heavily implied that Wayne's escalating drug abuse problem was a factor in it and he made it clear that nothing would've stopped him from leaving. [[TheBusCameBack He rejoined the band from Project Regeneration onward.]]

* AwesomeMccoolname: A StageName (his real surname was Wells),

[[caption-width-right:350: Evil Disco lives on. From left to right: Tony Campos, [=Xer0=], Koichi Fukuda and Ken Jay.]]

** Koichi left the band after touring to promote Wisconsin Death Trip, citing burnout. He did came back for Start a War, however.

The band would reform in 2018, with the original members from their first album, along with a new masked frontman[[note]]Despite popular belief, it was not meant to be a death mask of Static.[[/note]], and plan on releasing material not used in previous albums.

The band would reform in 2018, with the original members from their first album, along with a new singer wearing a death mask of Static himself, and plan on releasing material not used in previous albums.

* IAmTheBand: The band was named after him and he owned the rights to it, alongside Tony.

* [=Xer0=] – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2019–present)

* TheUndead: Invoked with Xer0, who was compared to a zombie Wayne.

* AnimeHair
* AwesomeMccoolname

[[caption-width-right:350: Evil Disco lives on. From left to right: Tony Campos, Xer0, Koichi Fukuda and Ken Jay.]]

* {{Xer0}} – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2019–present)

[[caption-width-right:350: Evil Disco lives on. From left to right: Tony Campos, Xer0, Koichi Fukuda, Ken Jay]]

[[folder: Wayne Static]]

* ''Project Regeneration Volume 1'' (2020)