Tripp Eisen

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Tripp Eisen
Tod Rex Salvador / Tripp Eisen
Born	June 29, 1965^{[citation needed]}
Genre(s)	Industrial Metal
Affiliation(s)	Formerly of Static-X / Formerly of dope
Years active

Tod Rex Salvador (born June 29, 1965^{[citation needed]}), known as Tripp Eisen and previously Tripp Rex Eisen, is a musician and former member of Murderdolls, Static-X, dope, Ego, Fractured Mirror, Lovesick, The Right, Vamp and Teeze/Roughhouse.

Eisen, unlike many popular musicians, holds and is vocal about his highly conservative libertarian views, which shocked and appalled some members of his more liberal Democrat fanbase, yet made great conversation with centerist and conservative fans. He is also known to be an avid fan of author Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Anthem), and was the only member of Static-X to regularly post on the band's internet forums. Singer Wayne Static also would periodically, now Wayne has a thread that is updated almost daily where he answers Questions from fans.

While a member of Static-X, Eisen was arrested on February 10, 2005 on a felony "crimes against children" charge in Orange County, California for having sexual intercourse with an underage girl. He was released on bail after only a few hours in custody. Just two weeks later, on February 24, 2005, Eisen was arrested again in California by New Jersey detectives for the alleged kidnapping and sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl from Sayreville, New Jersey. New Jersey State Police alleged that Eisen posed as his own impersonator on the Internet and lured the girl starting in October 2004 and culminating with consensual sex on January 7, 2005. [1] [2] Upon hearing of the arrests, Static-X fired Eisen and replaced him with Koichi Fukuda (whom Eisen had replaced after Fukuda left the band in 2001). When Wayne was asked about Tripp's firing he said, "I knew immediately that we were going to kick him out of the band. We had to do that." It should be noted that he was credited as having provided additional guitars in the Start A War album.

On June 24, 2005, Eisen pleaded guilty to the February 10 California charges of having sex with a minor and was sentenced to a year in California prison. After spending late February to late September 2005 in California prison, Eisen was released and due for an October 7, 2005 arraignment in New Jersey on the February 24 charges. [3]Tripp's Mugshot

Tripp is reportedly serving time in Angel Drive Correction Facility.

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