Koichi Fukuda
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| Genre(s) | Industrial Metal |
| Affiliation(s) | Static-X |
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| Official site | www.static-x.com |
Koichi Fukuda is the lead guitarist, programmer, and keyboardist for the industrial metal band Static-X. He was present on the band's first album, Wisconsin Death Trip, but left the band prior to the recording of their second album, Machine, citing personal problems due to excessive touring. However, he did still contribute keyboards to the record. He rejoined Static-X after the firing of their then-current guitarist, Tripp Eisen, at the end of the recording process of the 2005 album Start a War, and was present to record their latest album, Cannibal.
Between his stints in Static-X, he formed another, less aggressive band, called Revolve. Drawing comparisons to early 30 Seconds to Mars, they were very successful locally and played several concerts in and around the LA area. They released several demos as free downloads on their website, and released one EP containing several reworked versions of previously released demos, as well as a few new tracks.
On Koichi Fukuda's rejoining into the band, frontman Wayne Static said - "We invited [Fukuda] back to do some programming on the record (Start A War) Then Tripp got arrested ... My first thought was let's ask Koichi if he wants to rejoin. I just crossed my fingers and, lucky for us, he said yes. Koichi was with us back in the club days here in Los Angeles, played on our first record, 'Wisconsin Death Trip', and did the first two years of touring with the band. He's been in the studio with us since October working on the new record and this feels like a very natural transition."
According to Wayne Static on the Static-X forums, Koichi speaks better Japanese than he does English.
He uses an Ibanez RG guitar with a single bridge pickup and a reversed headstock.
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| Static-X |
| Wayne Static | Tony Campos | Koichi Fukuda | Nick Oshiro |
| Former Members: Ken Jay | Tripp Eisen | Marty O'Brien |
| Static-X discography |
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| Albums: Wisconsin Death Trip | Machine | Shadow Zone | Beneath... Between... Beyond... | Start a War | Cannibal |
| 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 | Cannibal | Destroyer |
| DVDs: Where The Hell Are We And What Day Is It... This Is Static-X | Black and White | X-Posed | X-Rated |
