Static X is the most underrated metal band from the Nu metal era. They should be sought after as much as Korn, Slipknot, System and LB. they’re fucken awesome.
i would say they had more of an industrial metal sound in the beginning...like Ministry and Prong, they should not be lumped into some shit Nu metal category .
I remember when it was released. It was such a ground-breaking release. I remember seeing Wayne at the gym, I always just nodded and let him continue his workout.
I loved that album and Machine as a 10 year old when they came out. Then I went down the metal rabbit hole and kinda forgot about them until recently. Revisiting them I realized that every song on those albums still held their weight like staples in my memory that grounded their gravitas throughout time.
It's weird to finally hear Koichi talking haha. Also, I had to laugh when Wayne was talking about palm mutes and said "Some guys mute it too much" then played and it sounded like early djent 😂
What I appreciated about Wayne so much is how talented he was, he was actually very skilled and his songwriting was criminally underrated during the 80’s and 90’s (Static). He took the “less is more” approach towards music and songwriting but WDT is such a powerful album. There’s no other metal album like it. In a sea of repetitive metal, WDT stands the rest of time and even then it was truly special.
So simple, so unique, so groovy. Like a Picasso: everyone could make it with just very little effort on practising but just one had the idea and created some original. Art! Miss you Wayne
He first caught me attention years ago when he did an interview at some concert they were playing at. If I rememenber correctly, it was on Sam Dunn’s documentary Metal: A headbangers journey.
Love nu metal, love simple riffs... Found nothing better in music in general. Static X rocked my childhood, still it does and it always will be part of my life. Thanks for the upload and thanks to precious creative souls such as our beloved Wayne. Rock in peace! 🤘😎🖤
It’s so weird hearing Wayne talk since it’s so different than what I thought with his vocals but the dude was still an absolutely killer musician and he’s still missed to this day
I remember buying some metal CDs at Walmart as a kid and the cashier recommended Static X to me. I never was one for streaming music + MP3s were hard for me to get at the time without ripping CDs because my internet was shit but I eventually got my hands on the Wisconsin Death Trip album and it stuck instantly. The riffs here are extremely simple, the hardest part is the muting at the beginning of Push It and even then, it's still pretty easy. Guitar as a rhythmic device sometimes just works.
I remember back in 1998. They played at the Troubadour. Tony ordered some fries and they gave it to me. I ate them they were soo good. And later he was asking about his fries. Hehehehe. Woooo now that I got that off my chest........
Found Static x 4 years ago. Just to find out, wayne past away like 10 years ago. FUck this! Hope you doing right wayne, wherever you are! All the best!
WDT is one of my top 10 favorite albums of all time, sitting in the upper 5 for sure. Their sound was simple, unique, heavy as fuck, and easy to just groove and jam out to. I fucking miss Wayne and while I love the band is still releasing his previously unheard stuff, it doesn't feel the same without his energy behind it.
Aw man that is awesome. I've been trying to figure out the harmonics on the verse of trans is the motion forever. And from the man himself just shown me.
@@braxtongary6721 nah, Wayne intoned in several guitar magazines he was never into playing Neo-Classically, you know, all that Yngwie Malmsteen Noodling lol
