Music Metrics Vault

Static-X

Data updated on 2024-12-24 08:45:32 UTC
American metal crew Static-X push an aggressive thrash metal blend with industrial overtones and a techno pulse. Emerging at the tail end of the '90s with their breakthrough debut, 1998's cult classic Wisconsin Death Trip, they rocketed to stardom in the heavy music world, their image boosted by frontman Wayne Static's distinctive hair and vocal delivery. While maintaining momentum into the 2000s with additional efforts like Machine and Shadow Zone, Static's passing in 2014 effectively halted the group in their tracks. However, at the turn of the decade, the original lineup made a big comeback with the help of previously recorded Static vocals and compositions, issuing Project Regeneration, Vol. 1 in 2020 and its sequel Vol. 2 in 2024.

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 future Smashing Pumpkins vocalist Billy Corgan (who was in the band Deep Blue Dream with Static). 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. Signed to Warner Brothers in February 1998, Static-X debuted with Wisconsin Death Trip a year later. The album was a hit and eventually certified platinum, bolstered by the strength of the singles "Push It" and "Bled for Days." Despite the success, founding guitarist Fukada briefly left the group in 2000, replaced by Tripp Eisen (ex-Dope) for 2001's gold-certified Machine, their highest-charting effort to date. Further lineup changes followed, as drummer Jay left after the 2003 album Shadow Zone. Soon after, misdemeanor charges forced Eisen to leave the band in 2004 (he was later convicted and spent a year in prison). Still, Static-X was undeterred. Static tapped Fukada to rejoin on guitar and programming in 2005, while touring drummer Nick Oshiro took over full-time.

In June 2005, a rejuvenated Static-X returned to recording with Start a War, home to the single "I'm the One." Fifth album Cannibal arrived in 2007, charting inside Billboard's Top 40. The band toured and released a CD/DVD document, Cannibal Killers Live, then settled into the recording of their sixth studio album, Cult of Static. Released in March 2009, it debuted inside the Top 20, their second highest showing to date. The group went on hiatus not long after finishing a lengthy tour, with Wayne Static announcing a renewed focus on his Pighammer side project, with contributions from his wife, Tera Wray. In 2011, Pighammer appeared as a solo album under his own name. A year later, he re-formed Static-X -- minus any of the original members. The lineup, which consisted of his solo backing band, mounted a tour but broke up by 2013, and a year later, Wayne Static was dead of a drug overdose at the age of 48. Just over a year after that, his widow Tera Wray took her own life.

This tragedy seemed to spell the end of Static-X, but a few years later, the remaining bandmembers patched up their differences and decided to see if they could salvage anything from past recordings. Starting from a slew of unreleased demos, the group went into the studio, once again with Ulrich Wild, where they stripped Wayne's vocals from the demos and composed entirely new tunes around them. The resultant album, Project Regeneration, was released in two volumes, with Vol. 1 arriving in the summer of 2020. To support the release, the band embarked on tour with a new, masked frontman named Xer0 (the identity of whom most fans have already figured out). Lead single "Hollow" crashed the U.S. Dance/Electronic chart, peaking in the Top 15. With a well-received tour under their belts and an extended stint with Sevendust carrying them into 2024, they returned to work on the sequel Vol. 2 in January. The set included the single "Z0mbie" and a cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Terrible Lie." ~ Neil Z. Yeung & Josh Loehr

Total plays

564.0 million
Updated on 2024-12-24

Social media links

Monthly listeners

1,597,974

Followers

1,510,749

Top Cities

  1. Chile
    21,330 listeners
  2. Australia
    18,162 listeners
  3. United States
    19,804 listeners
  4. Brazil
    17,531 listeners
  5. Australia
    17,388 listeners

Related artists

Mushroomhead
Mushroomhead
Coal Chamber
Coal Chamber
Powerman 5000
Powerman 5000
Spineshank
Spineshank
Ill Niño
Ill Niño
Soil
Soil
Fear Factory
Fear Factory
Sevendust
Sevendust
Soulfly
Soulfly
Flaw
Flaw
Nonpoint
Nonpoint
Dry Kill Logic
Dry Kill Logic
Adema
Adema

Most popular tracks

Track Plays Duration Release date
Push It
Push It
114,483,137 2:35 1999-01-01
The Only
The Only
102,017,796 2:51 2003-09-02
Cold - 2022 Remaster
Cold - 2022 Remaster
31,003,854 3:41 2001-01-01
I'm With Stupid
I'm With Stupid
25,986,086 3:25 1999-01-01
Skinnyman
Skinnyman
22,006,090 3:40 2005-06-14
Bled for Days
Bled for Days
20,515,525 3:45 1999-01-01
Destroyer
Destroyer
14,617,518 2:46 2007-02-13
Dirthouse
Dirthouse
11,144,752 3:04 2005-06-14
Love Dump
Love Dump
10,609,425 4:20 1999-01-01
Black and White
Black and White
6,846,762 3:51 2001-05-22
Wisconsin Death Trip
Wisconsin Death Trip
6,210,830 3:09 1999-01-01
Hollow (Project Regeneration)
Hollow (Project Regeneration)
6,147,575 2:42 2020-02-07
Terminator Oscillator
Terminator Oscillator
5,835,685 3:14 2020-07-10
I'm the One
I'm the One
5,503,057 2:37 2005-04-26
Destroy All
Destroy All
5,216,776 2:18 2003-09-02
I Am
I Am
5,205,217 2:47 1999-01-01
Control It
Control It
4,921,505 3:05 2003-10-07
Get to the Gone
Get to the Gone
4,712,927 2:50 2001-05-22
Bring You Down (Project Regeneration)
Bring You Down (Project Regeneration)
4,694,883 3:35 2020-07-10
Cannibal
Cannibal
4,516,446 3:13 2007-04-02
Cold - [Radio Mix] [Aka Deep Freeze Mix]
Cold - [Radio Mix] [Aka Deep Freeze Mix]
4,249,678 2:59 2002-02-19
This Is Not - 2022 Remaster
This Is Not - 2022 Remaster
4,194,971 2:59 2001-01-01
The Enemy
The Enemy
3,691,408 2:29 2005-06-14
Shadow Zone
Shadow Zone
3,604,191 3:05 2003-10-07
Tera-Fied
Tera-Fied
3,591,428 5:19 2009-03-13
Start a War
Start a War
3,308,007 2:45 2005-06-14
So
So
3,159,244 3:41 2003-10-07
Lunatic
Lunatic
3,087,023 3:36 2009-03-13
Otsegolectric
Otsegolectric
3,028,687 2:39 2003-08-19
New Pain
New Pain
2,947,904 2:58 2003-10-07
Sweat of the Bud
Sweat of the Bud
2,905,748 3:30 1999-01-01
Terminal
Terminal
2,834,831 3:37 2009-03-13
Fix
Fix
2,834,366 2:49 1999-01-01
Kill Your Idols
Kill Your Idols
2,811,798 4:01 2003-10-07
Otsegolation
Otsegolation
2,799,846 3:32 1999-01-01
Z28
Z28
2,753,647 3:09 2009-03-13
Hypure
Hypure
2,673,665 4:15 2009-03-13
All These Years
All These Years
2,663,881 3:56 2020-05-15
All in Wait
All in Wait
2,616,029 4:02 2003-10-07
Permanence
Permanence
2,558,993 4:02 2001-05-22
Stingwray
Stingwray
2,499,365 4:13 2009-02-17
The Trance Is the Motion
The Trance Is the Motion
2,469,933 4:50 1999-01-01
Behemoth
Behemoth
2,447,356 3:01 2007-04-02
I Want to Fucking Break It
I Want to Fucking Break It
2,390,531 2:43 2005-06-14
Stem
Stem
2,269,867 2:55 1999-01-01
Terrible Lie
Terrible Lie
2,268,830 4:03 2023-10-05
Otsego Undead
Otsego Undead
2,164,001 3:30 2001-05-22
Otsego Placebo
Otsego Placebo
2,133,454 4:20 2020-07-10
Hip Hop
Hip Hop
2,098,363 3:52 2000-09-01
Z0mbie
Z0mbie
1,951,727 3:11 2023-10-05
Anything but This
Anything but This
1,846,512 4:04 2004-07-13
No Submission
No Submission
1,802,327 2:41 2007-04-02
Monster
Monster
1,754,907 2:14 2003-10-07
Chroma-Matic
Chroma-Matic
1,752,002 2:44 2007-04-02
Invincible
Invincible
1,611,764 4:05 2003-10-07
Looks That Kill
Looks That Kill
1,577,249 4:12 2020-12-11
Worth Dyin For
Worth Dyin For
1,557,024 3:27 2020-07-10
Forty Ways
Forty Ways
1,500,086 3:01 2007-04-02
December
December
1,437,959 6:19 1999-01-01
Grind 2 Halt
Grind 2 Halt
1,414,971 4:55 2009-03-13
Just in Case
Just in Case
1,368,055 4:24 2005-06-14
Dead World
Dead World
1,363,170 2:48 2003-10-07
W.F.O.
W.F.O.
1,292,230 3:10 2020-08-14
Stay Alive
Stay Alive
1,291,738 3:48 2023-10-05
Machine
Machine
1,224,562 3:27 2001-05-22
Structural Defect - 2022 Remaster
Structural Defect - 2022 Remaster
1,192,507 3:39 2001-01-01
Light It Up
Light It Up
1,090,658 3:10 2019-05-17
Set It Off
Set It Off
1,082,022 3:55 2005-06-14
Pieces
Pieces
1,048,395 2:38 2005-06-14
You Am I
You Am I
1,028,420 2:60 2009-03-13
My Destruction
My Destruction
1,022,225 3:29 2020-07-10
Isolaytore
Isolaytore
991,698 2:46 2009-03-13
My Damnation
My Damnation
970,735 4:01 2005-06-14
Skinned
Skinned
969,310 3:34 2009-03-13
...In a Bag
...In a Bag
944,361 4:22 2001-05-22
Nocturnally
Nocturnally
941,146 3:50 2009-03-13
Night Terrors
Night Terrors
938,255 3:09 2005-06-14
So Real
So Real
922,418 5:41 2000-01-01
Accelerate
Accelerate
906,369 2:48 2020-07-10
Burn to Burn
Burn to Burn
901,476 4:18 2001-05-22
Something of My Own (Project Regeneration)
Something of My Own (Project Regeneration)
897,945 2:53 2020-07-10
Head
Head
879,083 2:46 2004-07-13
Dead Souls
Dead Souls
869,555 4:45 2020-07-10
Chemical Logic
Chemical Logic
853,410 3:52 2007-04-02
Cuts You Up
Cuts You Up
842,352 3:27 2007-04-02
Breathe
Breathe
841,289 2:32 2004-07-13
Otsego Amigo
Otsego Amigo
810,785 2:46 2005-06-14
Brainfog
Brainfog
787,878 2:20 2005-06-14
Transmission
Transmission
786,955 1:39 2003-10-07
Burning Inside (feat. Burton C. Bell)
Burning Inside (feat. Burton C. Bell)
728,736 4:14 2004-07-13
Deliver Me
Deliver Me
721,401 2:37 2004-07-13
Goat
Goat
720,974 3:48 2007-04-02
Black Star
Black Star
700,811 4:00 2024-01-26
Crash
Crash
696,789 3:35 2004-07-13
Electric Pulse
Electric Pulse
670,004 2:41 2007-04-02
Team Hate
Team Hate
652,428 3:20 2007-04-02
Regeneration
Regeneration
649,866 1:00 2020-07-10
Follow
Follow
637,609 3:09 2020-07-10
Reptile
Reptile
628,239 2:30 2007-04-02
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
571,999 2:03 2004-07-13
Shit in a Bag - Live Version
Shit in a Bag - Live Version
539,333 4:23 2008-10-06
Push It - Live
Push It - Live
538,537 2:43 2008-10-06
Kamikaze
Kamikaze
521,593 2:60 2024-01-26
Cannibal - Live Version
Cannibal - Live Version
505,432 3:12 2008-10-06
A Dios Alma Perdida
A Dios Alma Perdida
502,471 5:58 2001-05-22
Cold - Live Version
Cold - Live Version
451,736 3:43 2008-10-06
Down
Down
447,885 3:15 2004-07-13
Dirthouse - Live Version
Dirthouse - Live Version
441,229 3:15 2008-10-06
I'm With Stupid - Live
I'm With Stupid - Live
429,465 3:19 2008-10-06
Bled for Days - Live Version
Bled for Days - Live Version
420,896 3:54 2008-10-06
Talk Dirty to Me
Talk Dirty to Me
375,601 3:48 2021-06-04
Jic Boi
Jic Boi
374,771 2:58 2024-01-26
S.O.M.
S.O.M.
366,106 3:22 2004-07-13
Behemoth - Live Version
Behemoth - Live Version
333,816 3:05 2008-10-06
Behind the Wall of Sleep
Behind the Wall of Sleep
329,323 3:32 2004-07-13
Black and White - Live Version
Black and White - Live Version
326,329 3:47 2008-10-06
No Submission - Live Version
No Submission - Live Version
306,154 2:47 2008-10-06
Destroyer - Live Version
Destroyer - Live Version
305,507 2:49 2008-10-06
Destroy All - Live Version
Destroy All - Live Version
303,329 2:27 2008-10-06
Love Dump - Live Version
Love Dump - Live Version
300,002 4:33 2008-10-06
Stingwray (Edit)
Stingwray (Edit)
298,351 3:55 2009-03-16
Take Control
Take Control
279,906 3:55 2024-01-26
Push It - JB's Death Trance Mix
Push It - JB's Death Trance Mix
276,643 3:33 2004-07-13
Still of the Night
Still of the Night
274,714 5:04 2009-03-13
I Am - Demo Version
I Am - Demo Version
273,654 2:55 2004-07-13
Love Dump - Demo Version
Love Dump - Demo Version
271,542 4:28 2004-07-13
Disco Otsego
Disco Otsego
257,858 3:57 2024-01-26
Get to the Gone - Live Version
Get to the Gone - Live Version
256,114 3:22 2008-10-06
This Is Not - Live Version
This Is Not - Live Version
255,889 3:10 2008-10-06
I'm With Stupid - Paul Barker Remix
I'm With Stupid - Paul Barker Remix
255,419 4:32 2004-07-13
No Hope
No Hope
252,215 3:18 2024-01-26
The Enemy - Live Version
The Enemy - Live Version
238,101 2:36 2008-10-06
The Trance Is the Motion - Live Version
The Trance Is the Motion - Live Version
232,882 4:26 2008-10-06
Otsegolectric - Demo Version
Otsegolectric - Demo Version
214,347 2:53 2004-07-13
Run For Your Life
Run For Your Life
197,881 2:48 2024-01-26
Get to the Gone - Demo Version
Get to the Gone - Demo Version
194,925 2:30 2004-07-13
New Pain - Demo Version
New Pain - Demo Version
193,499 2:50 2004-07-13
Dark Place
Dark Place
171,992 3:19 2024-01-26
Tone
Tone
170,878 3:16 2024-01-26
Get To The Gone - 2022 Remaster
Get To The Gone - 2022 Remaster
136,372 2:50 2001-01-01
From Heaven
From Heaven
135,976 3:55 2024-01-26
Black And White - 2022 Remaster
Black And White - 2022 Remaster
134,761 3:56 2001-01-01
Grover Yoda Data 14 - Bonus Track
Grover Yoda Data 14 - Bonus Track
134,715 2:39 2024-01-26
The Giveaway
The Giveaway
122,265 3:37 2012-03-15
Permanence - 2022 Remaster
Permanence - 2022 Remaster
112,733 4:02 2001-01-01
Lunatic
Lunatic
92,238 3:37 2008-12-06
Otsego Undead - 2022 Remaster
Otsego Undead - 2022 Remaster
84,515 3:30 2001-01-01
...In A Bag - 2022 Remaster
...In A Bag - 2022 Remaster
62,122 4:23 2001-01-01
Love Dump - Mephisto Odyssey's Voodoo Mix
Love Dump - Mephisto Odyssey's Voodoo Mix
61,222 5:33 2001-01-30
Machine - 2022 Remaster
Machine - 2022 Remaster
57,354 3:28 2001-01-01
Burn To Burn - 2022 Remaster
Burn To Burn - 2022 Remaster
55,884 4:19 2001-01-01
I'm With Stupid (Live 2019 Regeneration) - 2022 Remaster
I'm With Stupid (Live 2019 Regeneration) - 2022 Remaster
41,428 3:27 2001-01-01
I'm the One - Wayne Static's Disco Destroyer Remix
I'm the One - Wayne Static's Disco Destroyer Remix
34,118 3:37 2022-04-01
Wisconsin Death Trip (Live 2019 Regeneration) - 2022 Remaster
Wisconsin Death Trip (Live 2019 Regeneration) - 2022 Remaster
34,108 3:11 2001-01-01
Sweat Of The Bud (Live 2019 Xer0) - 2022 Remaster
Sweat Of The Bud (Live 2019 Xer0) - 2022 Remaster
33,875 3:21 2001-01-01
A Dios Alma Perdida - 2022 Remaster
A Dios Alma Perdida - 2022 Remaster
33,143 5:60 2001-01-01
Get up and Boogie
Get up and Boogie
4,321 2:26 2022-04-01
Bien Venidos
Bien Venidos
3,530 0:22 2001-05-22
Bien Venidos - 2022 Remaster
Bien Venidos - 2022 Remaster
< 1000 0:22 2001-01-01

New releases

Project Regeneration, Vol. 2
Project Regeneration, Vol. 2
2024-01-26
[Otsego Entertainment Group]
Z0mbie
Z0mbie
2023-10-05
[Otsego Entertainment Group]
Cult of Static (Expanded Version)
Cult of Static (Expanded Version)
2021-06-04
[Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group]
Looks That Kill
Looks That Kill
2020-12-11
[Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group]
W.F.O.
W.F.O.
2020-08-14
[Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group]
Project Regeneration, Vol. 1
Project Regeneration, Vol. 1
2020-07-10
[Otsego Entertainment Group]
All These Years
All These Years
2020-05-15
[Otsego Entertainment Group]
Hollow (Project Regeneration)
Hollow (Project Regeneration)
2020-02-07
[Otsego Entertainment Group]
Light It Up
Light It Up
2019-05-17
[Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group]
Cult of Static
Cult of Static
2009-03-16
[Reprise]
Cult of Static
Cult of Static
2009-03-13
[Reprise]
Cult of Static
Cult of Static
2009-03-13
[Reprise]
Stingwray
Stingwray
2009-02-17
[Reprise]
Cannibal Killers Live
Cannibal Killers Live
2008-10-06
[Reprise]
Cannibal
Cannibal
2007-04-02
[Warner Records]
Cannibal
Cannibal
2007-04-02
[Reprise]
Destroyer
Destroyer
2007-02-13
[Reprise]
Start a War
Start a War
2005-06-14
[Rhino Atlantic]
Start a War
Start a War
2005-06-14
[Warner Records]
I'm the One
I'm the One
2005-04-26
[Warner Records]
Beneath...Between...Beyond...
Beneath...Between...Beyond...
2004-07-13
[Warner Records]
Shadow Zone
Shadow Zone
2003-10-07
[Warner Records]
Destroy All
Destroy All
2003-09-02
[Warner Records]
The Only
The Only
2003-09-02
[Warner Records]
Otsegolectric
Otsegolectric
2003-08-19
[Warner Records]
Machine
Machine
2001-05-22
[Warner Records]
Machine (20th Anniversary Edition) [2022 Remaster]
Machine (20th Anniversary Edition) [2022 Remaster]
2001-01-01
[Warner Records]
Wisconsin Death Trip
Wisconsin Death Trip
1999-01-01
[Warner Records]
Wisconsin Death Trip
Wisconsin Death Trip
1999-01-01
[Warner Records]