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6 ноя 2024 : |
EDSEL DOPE Wanted To Help Fans Reconnect To STATIC-X 'Without Feeling Guilty About It' |
18 окт 2024 : |
STATIC-X Is Hoping To Release 'Evil Disco: The Rise, Fall, And Regeneration Of Static-X' Documentary In 2025 |
16 окт 2024 : |
TONY CAMPOS On STATIC-X's Future: 'As Long As We're Having Fun Doing This And The Fans Keep Wanting Us To Do It, We'll Do It' |
30 авг 2024 : |
STATIC-X's TONY CAMPOS Names Five Albums That Shaped Him As A Bassist |
27 мар 2024 : |
STATIC-X Shares First Trailer For Official Documentary, 'Evil Disco: The Rise, Fall, And Regeneration Of Static-X' |
4 фев 2024 : |
Watch STATIC-X Perform In Orlando During February 2024 North American Tour |
23 окт 2023 : |
TONY CAMPOS Says STATIC-X Fans Have 'Embraced' The Idea Of A Character Representing WAYNE STATIC's Vibe And Spirit |
20 окт 2023 : |
STATIC-X Is Not Opposed To Making More New Music With XER0's Vocals |
7 окт 2023 : |
STATIC-X Shares 'Z0mbie' Song From Upcoming 'Project Regeneration: Vol. 2' Album |
26 сен 2023 : |
STATIC-X's 'Project Regeneration: Vol. 2' Pushed Back To January; New Music Clips Available |
8 сен 2023 : |
STATIC-X Taps Into WAYNE STATIC's Demons With Music Video For 'Stay Alive' |
20 май 2023 : |
TONY CAMPOS Explains Why STATIC-X Was Never Comfortable With 'Nu Metal' Label |
18 апр 2023 : |
Watch 4K Video Of STATIC-X's Entire Los Angeles Concert During Spring 2023 Tour |
22 мар 2023 : |
STATIC-X's TONY CAMPOS Says Working On 'Project Regeneration' Albums Has Been 'Really Satisfying' |
20 мар 2023 : |
Watch STATIC-X's Entire Orlando Concert During 2023 'Rise Of The Machine' Tour |
17 мар 2023 : |
TONY CAMPOS: 'It's Really Up To The Fans' If STATIC-X Will Continue Making New Music |
1 мар 2023 : |
Watch: STATIC-X's XER0 Unveils New Mask At Opening Show Of 'Rise Of The Machine' Tour |
23 фев 2023 : |
EDSEL DOPE Once Again Addresses His Involvement With STATIC-X, Blasts Heavy Metal Media For 'Tearing Down The Artists' |
9 фев 2023 : |
STATIC-X Announces Release Date For 'Project Regeneration: Vol. 2', Shares Cover Of NINE INCH NAILS' 'Terrible Lie' |
27 дек 2022 : |
EDSEL DOPE: 'I Have No Interest In Being The Frontman, Face Or' Being 'Known As The Singer Of STATIC-X' |
26 дек 2022 : |
Ex-STATIC-X Guitarist TRIPP EISEN Says 'It's Silly' For EDSEL DOPE To Continue Denying He Is XER0 |
23 ноя 2022 : |
Ex-STATIC-X Guitarist TRIPP EISEN Reflects On His Time In Prison: 'I'm Shocked I Survived' |
20 окт 2022 : |
EDSEL DOPE: 'We Found A Very Unique Way To Allow STATIC-X To Continue To Live' As A Legacy Act |
2 сен 2022 : |
EDSEL DOPE Once Again Responds To Rumors He Is STATIC-X's Singer XER0 |
2 авг 2022 : |
Watch STATIC-X's Entire Performance In Mansfield, Massachusetts During 'Freaks On Parade' Tour |
4 ноя 2021 : |
STATIC-X Releases GODZILLA-Inspired Music Video For 'Terminator Oscillator' |
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9 окт 2019
New STATIC-X Singer's Identity Confirmed — Thanks To Neck Tattoo
Ever since STATIC-X's comeback was first announced last year, there were strong rumors that DOPE frontman Edsel Dope was singing for STATIC-X under the name Xer0 while wearing a mask in the likeness of late frontman Wayne Static and performing alongside original bassist Tony Campos, drummer Ken Jay and guitarist Koichi Fukuda.
Up until now, STATIC-X has consistently brushed off speculation about Xer0's identity, explaining that his anonymity "keeps the focus on remembering" Wayne.
Earlier today, Danish magazine Metal A Day posted side-by-side pictures of Dope and Zer0 from the two bands' joint October 7 concert in Hamburg, Germany, with photographer Anders Groos Mikkelsen noticing a "specific similarity" between the neck tattoos sported by the frontmen of the two acts. You can find the photographic evidence below.
Shortly before STATIC-X's 20th-anniversary tour of the platinum-certified "Wisconsin Death Trip" album kicked off in June, Campos told the "Everblack" podcast that finding the "right guy" to front the band was "the big hurdle. But once we figured that out, then we started trying to figure out, 'How do we represent Wayne in a cool way that he would think was cool?'" he explained. "And we started thinking about all those t-shirt designs that we had of skulls with Wayne's hair and beard, and how to bring that to the stage. And I think the mask came out pretty cool, in a cool way to represent Wayne, and I know Wayne would have thought it was cool. And then keeping the singer's identity anonymous also keeps the focus on remembering Wayne and remembering the original lineup of the band and the first record, and it keeps the focus on that instead of having a 'Van Hagar' situation. We didn't wanna present it [as] 'Here's STATIC-X with their new singer.' It's not what this is about and it's not what we're trying to do. So I think the mask, it helps accomplish that."
Jay said about the addition of the new vocalist: "For us, the goal was 100% about recapturing the vibe and the spirit of STATIC-X. We were never interested in using a hologram or using Wayne's pre-recorded vocals. It has to be real and it has to have a soul and a pulse. STATIC-X has always been four guys. Two guitars, bass, drums, and vocals. We didn't want to mess with that formula. This is the most electric version of 'Wisconsin Death Trip' 2.0 that we can imagine, without actually having Wayne here with us."
Fukuda added: "At first, I was actually a little skeptical of how we could do all of this, but after I heard him sing, I was sold. I am so impressed with how far it has come in a short amount of time. I know that Wayne would be very proud of how much heart and effort has been put into this. It is truly an honor."
In a rare interview with Kerrang! magazine, Xer0 said that he needed to reproduce Wayne's vocals and stage presence as faithfully as possible. "Wayne was a very unique singer," he explained. "I can't just be myself with this. That wouldn't be doing the material justice. Therefore, I really have to be prepared. I have to learn lots of parts…find the right places in my own voice to deliver my best version of these songs…I'm never gonna sound as good as Wayne did, doing Wayne's thing. That's just common sense. But I feel really good about it. I believe that I will represent the vibe of the band very well and that we will give the fans a really fun 'Wisconsin Death Trip' experience each night."
Xer0 confirmed that he was the one who came up with the idea of playing masked.
"I've spent the last 20 years building my own identity and touring the world with my own band," he said. "It didn't feel right for my image or identity to be placed in the center of something that I wasn't part of creating… It just felt like a perfect way to keep the focus on the four guys that made this great album and started this really cool band. After a few days of living with it, I decided to spike my hair up, just to see what it would look like with the mask on, and I was like, Oh, FUCK. Let's be honest: Wayne's hair kind of became the visual identity of STATIC-X."
He added: "We didn't set out to create a 'character,' it just evolved naturally. We went to our friend Laney, who also makes the masks for many of the SLIPKNOT guys, as well as Manson's band, and Rob Zombie's band, et cetera. Wayne liked heavy metal, monster movies, and monster trucks. He would be honored by the celebration and he would dig the shit out of this."
As previously reported, STATIC-X will release a new album titled "Project Regeneration", featuring the last recordings of Wayne Static, on May 29, 2020. The rest of the group's original lineup will also be featured on the album and in the music videos, including the promotional clip for the single "Hollow", which was released yesterday. The teaser, which was directed by Xer0 and co-directed by Matt Zane, also features a snippet of the band's hit song "Push It", re-recorded in 2019 with Xer0.
Originally scheduled for release in spring of 2019, the new STATIC-X album was first intended to feature several guests vocalists, along with the original "Wisconsin Death Trip" band lineup of Campos, Jay and Fukuda.
During the recording sessions for "Project Regeneration", one of STATIC-X's producers uncovered several additional unreleased and unfinished tracks, many of which contained isolated vocal performances by Wayne Static. Because of this incredible find, the new STATIC-X album will now feature lead vocals by Wayne on virtually every song.
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Posted by Metal A Day on Tuesday, October 8, 2019
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