Wayne Static

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Wayne Static
Born November 4, 1965[citation needed]
Muskegon, Michigan
Genre(s) Industrial Metal
Affiliation(s) Static-X
Label(s) Reprise Records
Years active 1994-Present
Official site www.static-x.com

Wayne Static (real name Wayne Richard Wells) , born on November 4, 1965, in Muskegon, Michigan,[citation needed]) is an American musician, and 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 an atheist. Wayne is also a vegetarian and 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.

His tall standing hair is his most notable feature, which used to be held up, as mentioned in the Wisconsin Death Trip liner notes, by White Rain hair spray. Today, Wayne uses Suave Rave 4X Mega hair spray to keep his hair up. It takes him 20 minutes to do his hair.

[edit] Collaborations

  • 2006 - Soil & Wayne Static - Give It Up
  • 2004 - Skinny Puppy & Wayne Static - Use Less
  • 2003 - Godhead & Wayne Static - The Giveaway
  • 2002 - Jonathan Davis & Richard Gibbs Featuring Wayne Static - Not Meant For Me
  • 2003 - X-ecutioners & Wayne Static & Mike Shinoda+ Mr. Hahn - It's Goin Down

[edit] Equipment

  • ESP Wayne Static Signature Ex 600 with black diamond plate finish (equipped with a single Seymour Duncan Distortion at the bridge)
  • Epiphone Wayne Static Signature Flying Vs (with neck pickups and toggle switches removed and using 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
  • He has used different tunings for Static-X's albums: Standard C(CFA#D#GC) for Wisconsin Death Trip and Machine and, recently, on Start A War, Drop A# (A#FA#D#GC).

[edit] External links

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