Start a War

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Start a War

Studio album by Static-X
Released	June 14, 2005
Genre	Industrial metal
Length	48:04
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s)	Ulrich Wild Tom Whalley Wayne Static
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Static-X chronology
Beneath, Between, Beyond (2004)	Start a War (2005)	Cannibal (2007)

Start a War is the fourth Static-X album. It was released in June 2005. A special version shipped with X-Rated DVD disc exists. The album marks the return of former guitarist, Koichi Fukuda, and is the first album with drumming provided by formerly "Tour-Only" drummer, Nick Oshiro. When asked about the album Wayne Static said - "We wanted to try to recreate the fun spirit of Wisconsin Death Trip, having Koichi back, with his flavor, helped." It is also the first Static-X album to be released without someone leaving the band after it (Koichi Fukuda after Wisconsin Death Trip, Ken Jay after Machine and Tripp Eisen after Shadow Zone).

1 Track listing
2 DVD version
- 2.1 Band footage
- 2.2 Contents of the DVD
3 Chart positions
- 3.1 Album
- 3.2 Singles
4 Credits

[edit] Track listing

"The Enemy" – 2:28
"I'm The One" – 2:36
"Start A War" – 2:44
"Pieces" – 2:38
"Dirthouse" – 3:03
"Skinnyman" – 3:40
"Just In Case" – 4:24
"Set It Off" – 3:55
"I Want to Fucking Break It" – 2:42
"Night Terrors" – 3:09
"Otsego Amigo" – 2:45
"My Damnation" – 4:01
"Brainfog" – 9:53 (includes an a cappella version of "Otsego Amigo" as hidden track, with a drum n bass finale)

[edit] DVD version

Start a War was also available in a bonus edition digipak with a DVD titled X-Rated.

[edit] Band footage

Most of the DVD was filmed whilst guitarist Tripp was in the band. When he left the band he had to be 'edited' out of the DVD, though he can still be seen in some shots. New live footage was filmed with Koichi Fukuda. Consequently, this means that most of the DVD has only footage of Tony, Nick and Wayne.

[edit] Contents of the DVD

Making of the record. Footage of the band making/recording the record and a footage of a photoshoot.
Rehearsal footage (in order - "The Enemy", "Start a War", "I'm the One", "Dirthouse")
Live tour footage. Each song also has footage of the band's crazy antics (in order - "Permanence", "The Trance is the Motion", "Monster")
"Desert Fun" - Wayne and Tony driving around the desert in trucks with the tracks "Otsego Amigo" and "I Want To Fucking Break It" being played.

[edit] Chart positions

[edit] Album

Year	Chart	Position
2005	The Billboard 200	#29

[edit] Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2005	"I'm the One"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	#22
2005	"Dirthouse"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	#27

[edit] Credits

Wayne Static - lead vocals, guitars, keyboards, synths, programming, production
Koichi Fukuda - guitars, keyboards, synths, programming
Tony Campos - bass guitars, backing vocals, production
Nick Oshiro - drums
Tripp Eisen - guitars
Ulrich Wild - production, engineer, mixing, programming
Tom Whalley - production
Daniel Wild - percussion
Steven Gilmore - artwork
Jason Freedman - sound effects
P.R. Brown - photography

It should be noted that while Koichi Fukuda is credited with playing guitars, he actually plays no guitars on the album. Former guitarest Tripp Eisen plays guitars on this album, but he was fired from the band before its release.

Static-X discography
Static-X
Wayne Static \| Tony Campos \| Koichi Fukuda \| Nick Oshiro
Former Members: Ken Jay \| Tripp Eisen \| Marty O'Brien
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