Static-X are an industrial-metal band from Los Angeles, formed in 1994 by singer/guitarist Wayne Static and drummer Ken Jay, joined by bass player Tony Campos and guitarist Koichi Fukada. The band have variously described their music as rhythmic-trancecore and evil-disco, and cite Pantera and Type O Negative amongst their influences.
In 1999 the band released their debut album Wisconsin Death Trap. Promoted by the singles "I'm With Stupid" and "Bled for Days", and touring as part of Ozzfest, the album went on to be their most successful, making platinum sales in 2001. After recording the album the band went through the first of many line-up changes which have been a feature of their career, as Fukada left and was replaced by Tripp Eisen.
Follow-up albums including Machine and Start a War achieved higher chart positions, but didn't sell as many copies overall. However the band's music continued to prove popular with other forms of media and they have contributed tracks to computer games, including Omega Boost and Street Skater 2, to films such as Universal Soldier and Queen of the Dammed, and they have been used as intro music at WWE events.
