Editing Static-X (section)

{{Short description|American industrial metal band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See - Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = Static-X
| image             = Static X.JPG
| caption           = Static-X at 2007's Cannibal Killers tour. Members from left to right: [[Tony Campos]], Nick Oshiro, [[Wayne Static]], [[Koichi Fukuda]].
| image_size        = 255
| landscape         = yes
| background        = group_or_band
| alias             = Drill (1994–1995), Static (1995–1998)
| origin            = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| genre             = {{flatlist|
*[[Industrial metal]]
*[[nu metal]]
*[[alternative metal]]
}}
| years_active      = {{flatlist|
*1994–2010
*2012–2013
*2018–present}}
| label             = {{flatlist|
*[[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
*[[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
*Otsego Entertainment Group
}}
| associated_acts   = 
| website           = {{URL|http://www.static-x.org/}}
| current_members   = *[[Tony Campos]]
*[[Koichi Fukuda]]
*[[Ken Jay]]
*[[Xer0]]
| past_members      = <!-- Please do not add "deceased" here. (per infobox guidelines) -->
*[[Wayne Static]]
*[[Tripp Eisen]]
*Nick Oshiro
*[[Brent Ashley]]
*[[Andy the Kid]]
*Diego Ibarra
*Sean Davidson
}}

'''Static-X''' is an American [[industrial metal]] band from [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], formed in 1994. The line-up has fluctuated over the years, but was long-held constant with band founder, frontman, vocalist and rhythm guitarist [[Wayne Static]] until his death in 2014.

The band was founded by Static and original drummer Ken Jay. They rose to fame with their 1999 debut album ''[[Wisconsin Death Trip (album)|Wisconsin Death Trip]]'' where their heavy industrial metal sound attracted attention within the burgeoning [[nu metal]] movement of the late 1990s, with the album eventually going [[Music recording sales certification|platinum]] in the United States.<ref name="platinum">{{cite web |date=July 2, 2001 |title=British Rock Royalty Add More Awards |url=https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=78&id=F08994D3-FF52-7C8E-5BDE-262FADF6D771 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012003221/https://www.riaa.com/newsitem.php?news_year_filter=&resultpage=78&id=F08994D3-FF52-7C8E-5BDE-262FADF6D771 |archive-date=12 October 2007 |access-date=July 22, 2007 |publisher=[[RIAA]]}}</ref> The band released five more albums over the course of the next decade: ''[[Machine (Static-X album)|Machine]]'' in 2001, ''[[Shadow Zone]]'' in 2003, ''[[Start a War]]'' in 2005, ''[[Cannibal (Static-X album)|Cannibal]]'' in 2007, and ''[[Cult of Static]]'' in 2009. By 2011, the band had sold over three million albums worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Biography |url=http://waynestatic.com/biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925202405/http://waynestatic.com/biography |archive-date=2011-09-25 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Wayne Static}}</ref>

The band entered a hiatus while Static worked on his solo album, ''[[Pighammer]]'', in 2011. Static briefly reformed Static-X in 2012, using only members of his solo album's touring band, before officially breaking up in June 2013. On November 1, 2014, Wayne Static died at the age of 48.

The rest of the original Static-X lineup – bassist [[Tony Campos]], lead guitarist [[Koichi Fukuda]] and drummer [[Ken Jay]] – announced on October 23, 2018, that they were reforming the band in Static's honor, and would release ''[[Project Regeneration Vol. 1|Project: Regeneration Vol. 1]]'', their first studio album in eleven years, in 2020.<ref name="reunion">{{Cite news |last=Brown |first=Paul |date=October 23, 2018 |title=Woahhhhh Static-X just announced a brand new album called 'Project Regeneration' is in the works |url=https://wallofsoundau.com/2018/10/23/woahhhhh-static-x-just-announced-a-brand-new-album-called-project-regeneration-is-in-the-works/ |access-date=October 23, 2018 |work=Wall Of Sound}}</ref> A follow-up album, ''[[Project Regeneration Vol. 2|Project: Regeneration Vol. 2]]'', was released on January 26, 2024.<ref name="metalsucks projregen vol2"/><ref name="blabbermouth projregen vol2"/>