Wayne Static

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Wayne Static
Born	4 November 1975^{[citation needed]} Muskegon, Michigan
Genre(s)	Industrial Metal
Affiliation(s)	Static-X
Years active	1999-Present
Official site	www.static-x.com

Wayne Static (real name Wayne Richard Wells, born on November 4, in Muskegon, Michigan, 1975 ^{[citation needed]}) is an American musician, and is currently the singer, guitarist, keyboardist, and programmer for the Industrial band Static-X. His hometown is Shelby, Michigan and he graduated from Western Michigan University. Before Static-X, he worked as an asparagus picker. Wayne is also a vegetarian because he opposes animal captivity.

Wayne was 3 years old when he got his hands on his first toy guitar. His parents decided at age 7 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 attended Shelby High School and was described in his high school years as being at the top of his class when he graduated at age 17. He is also considered very bright and hard working while still able to have a good time and put on a show.

His tall standing hair is his most notable feature, which is held up, as mentioned in the Wisconsin Death Trip liner notes, by White Rain hair spray.

[edit] Collaborations

In 2002, Wayne collaborated with X-Ecutioners and Linkin Park to perform "It's Goin' Down" (from the debut album by the X-Ecutioners, "Built From Scratch").

He also sang on the Godhead song "Giveaway" from the album Evolver, a take on the Beatles album Revolver.

In 2003, Wayne contributed to the Queen of the Damned soundtrack, by singing the song "Not Meant For Me"

Wayne contributed vocals for the song "Use Less" for the 2004 Skinny Puppy release The Greater Wrong of the Right.

Wayne, along with Static-X, collaborated with Mephisto Odyssey to perform "Crash", which can be heard on Static-X album, Beneath... Between... Beyond

Prior to forming Static-X, Wayne was lead singer and guitarist for the gothic band, Deep Blue Dream.

Wayne contributed vocals for the song "Give It Up" for SOiL in 2006.

[edit] Equipment

Epiphone Wayne Static Signature Flying Vs (tuned CFA#D#GC or A#FA#D#GC - have neck pickups and toggle switches removed, use Seymor Duncan Distortion pickups)
Marshall MG100HDFX Heads
Marshall 4x12 1960A Cabinets (loaded with two Celestian Vintage 30's on top and two G75's on bottom)
Boss NS-2
Furman PL-8 Plus Power Conditioner
Electro Voice RE1 Wireless Units (two)
Whirlwind A/B/Y Selector

[edit] External links

Static-X discography
Static-X
Wayne Static \| Tony Campos \| Koichi Fukuda \| Nick Oshiro
Former Members: Ken Jay \| Tripp Eisen
Albums: Wisconsin Death Trip \| Machine \| Shadow Zone \| Beneath... Between... Beyond... \| Start a War \| Cannibal (Early 2007)
Singles: Push It \| I'm With Stupid \| Bled For Days \| Black and White \| This Is Not \| Cold \| The Only \| So \| I'm The One \| Dirthouse
DVDs: Where The Hell Are We And What Day Is It... This Is Static-X