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Review: “wisconsin death trip” by static-x (20th anniversary).

Since the sad passing on Wayne Static in 2014 and subsequently his wife Tera Wray, there has been a lot of talk about the legacy of Static-X and with the remaining members of the band reunited with original producer Ulrich Wild and some lost vocal takes a new album entitled “Project Regeneration” is on the way. The band are currently touring the globe on the 20th Anniversary Tour for their 1999 Industrial Metal debut “Wisconsin Death Trip” so we figured it’s time to do a retrospective review of the beast!

Consisting of guitarist, vocalist and programmer Wayne Static, bassist and backing vocalist Tony Campos, guitarist Koichi Fukuka and drummer Ken Jay, Static-X arrived on the scene from Los Angeles California. The album title came from the book of the same name by Michael Lesy written in 1973 and cited as an influence. The book records and photographs the deceased in the Black River Falls region.

Mick Olszewski helped the band create an iconic video for debut single “Push It” featuring clay figures as well as footage of the band themselves. The track is a fine example of what the band would later call their Evil Disco sound with Tony Campos providing a big in the mix bouncy baseline and some dark growls which are in line with the sort of vocal elements System of a Down employed on their masterful debut. Laced with industrial sounds and a groove riff, there is an influence of Ministry that would be more evident in later works. The second single from the album “I’m with Stupid” has a music video directed by David Meyers and using the same creatures from the first single tying the pair together nearly. The track itself is a voice sample rich affair complete with eerie synth breakdown alongside classic industrial riffs. Static takes an interesting lyrical perspective and if there was ever a floor filler on a Static-X album it’s this one. An insight into Static’s mental health “Bled for Days” was later used as the audition piece when former Seether drummer Nick Oshiro replaced Ken Jay on the drum stool. The song features a big programmed drum sound with industrial noise breaks that is underpinned by the live kit itself so the drum work has to be metronomic to work. Static shows an ocean of vocal range on the cut from his brutal trademark bark to an almost clean sun quality that he later became known for.

Proving that Static-X are so much more than a one trick pony “Love Dump” builds the atmospheric pressure with buried synths and programming that could be more akin to what you might here at a Rave than a Metal show but smashed into the ground by some looped guitar riffs and a big drum sound that is heavy on the bounce. A tune primed for a remix or two its Static-X at their best. Switching things up a gear for a faster and vocally more aggressive tune “I Am” sees Static deliver an almost rap scream set of repeating lyrics broken by Tony Campos single growled words in a flurry of riffs. A song that perhaps saw the band lumped in with the Nu-Metal crowd for the line “put a gun in my mouth and threaten to shoot”   its actually a song that says I like screaming into the mic. After a more industrial introduction of programmed elements that are designed to sound like oscillation “Otsegolation” kicks into life with some more drawn out vocals than the fast paced “I Am”. It’s a fine example of how Static-X manage to keep things fresh with a big sound and repeating groove laiden guitar work. Intro rolled by a sample from the 1990 horror film Begotten, a gory re-imagined retelling of the book of Genesis, “Stem” is a synth heavy almost sleaze rock tune musically. If it wasn’t for Static’s rant vocals that are at odds with the music but in a way that works really well, you might not even realise this was a Static-X track. The big drum sound is there and the synths wash over the gaps in the guitar work like the sea over the sand on a beach but that’s all she wrote.

Stepping back into the album feel with “Sweat of the Bud”, a tune that features a sort of galloped programmed drum sound and the rant vocal style of the earlier material on the album. It also has a bass breakdown that’s accompanied by some black and white horror film crowd screaming to glorious effect. Light on the lyrics and high on the repeat giving it that sing-a-long quality “Fix” calls for just one more fix as an obvious drug reference. A couple of lengthy pick slides and a comedy sample add that sense of fun. Album title track “Wisconsin Death Trip” repeats the styling of the album as a whole summarising it neatly in a single tune. Repeating lyrics with a couple of words changed give the song a trance like vibe which is echoed by the warm industrial sounds in the background. Comparisons to Fear Factory that came around this album were very far fetched. It may well be the only song ever in history to feature the lyric “don’t you sing dong ding dong” . Taking us on a journey to hell with its slow dark and almost monolithic sound that gradually builds “The Trance Is the Motion” sees one of the better vocal performance of the album from Static once again backed by Campos darker screamed growls giving it a second layer of contrast and keeping a sustained level of quality. Dark and science fiction inspired synths bring “December” in from the cold, a longer song originally written for a different project. It’s hypnotic sound is broken by an almost tribal drum pattern before the almost whispered vocals and acoustic guitars of opening verse. Underneath the industrial white noise there is a fairly straightforward rock song but it’s been purposefully masked by other sounds to bring to this album. It’s a final note that in some ways seems out of place but is also a nod to the past work of Wayne Static [8/10]

Track listing

• I’m with Stupid
• Bled for Days
• Otsegolation
• Sweat of the Bud
• Wisconsin Death Trip
• The Trance Is the Motion

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Wisconsin Death Trip Static-X

• Released on 3/19/99 by Warner Records
• Main artists: Static-X
• Genre: Metal

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Fast, cheap, and out of control. This is gutbucket thrash for the most jaded of teenaged parking lot dwellers. After just a few minutes of throbbing power chords and Wayne Static's drunken sailor bellowing you may be ready to end it all, yet there is an undeniable hook to the chunky gloom this band pours out. If that's how you feel, this could be right up your dead-end alley. © Tim Sheridan /TiVo

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Static-X, MainArtist - TOM BAKER, Masterer - ULRICH WILD, Producer, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - Koichi Fukuda, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - STATIC X, Producer, Writer - TONY CAMPOS, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - WAYNE STATIC, Guitar, Programmer, Vocals - KEN JAY, Drums

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Static-X, MainArtist - TOM BAKER, Masterer - ULRICH WILD, Producer, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - Koichi Fukuda, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - STATIC X, Lyricist, Producer, Writer - TONY CAMPOS, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - WAYNE STATIC, Guitar, Programmer, Vocals - KEN JAY, Drums

Static-X, MainArtist - TOM BAKER, Masterer - ULRICH WILD, Producer, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - Steven Gilmore, Contributor - Koichi Fukuda, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - STATIC X, Producer, Writer - TONY CAMPOS, Lyricist, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - WAYNE STATIC, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Programmer, Vocals - Scott Adair for London & Co., Contributor - KEN JAY, Drums - Gregg Specland for London & Co., Contributor - Marie D'Antonio, Contributor

Static-X, MainArtist - TOM BAKER, Masterer - ULRICH WILD, Producer, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - Steven Gilmore, Contributor - Koichi Fukuda, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer - STATIC X, Producer, Writer - TONY CAMPOS, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - WAYNE STATIC, Guitar, Programmer, Vocals - Scott Adair for London & Co., Contributor - KEN JAY, Drums - Gregg Specland for London & Co., Contributor

Static-X, MainArtist - TOM BAKER, Masterer - ULRICH WILD, Producer, Mixer, RecordingEngineer - Koichi Fukuda, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer - STATIC X, Producer - TONY CAMPOS, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals - WAYNE STATIC, Guitar, Programmer, Vocals - KEN JAY, Drums - KEN LACEY, Writer - WAYNE WELLS, Writer - Antiono Campos, Writer

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• Total length: 00:43:51
• Composer: WAYNE STATIC
• Label: Warner Records

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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

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