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 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 😂
I absolutely love Wayne's description of his creativity. Using the guitar as a simple rythmic device rather than 'bruh guitar skillz' makes so much sense. Guess that's why there's nobody else like him/them
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
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.
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.
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.
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! 🤘😎🖤
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!
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
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
Whoever saved this from 20 years ago..thank you! This is awesome
Kudos 🤘
Thank you,for this comment!
24 years ago. Thank you
The person who saved this video is Definitely a legend
Still learning this riff 43
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.
Indeed. Energy is off the charts. One of my favorites to run to.
The fact Korn have remained so huge despite putting out some real garbage since their hayday and Static X remain rarely talked about is sad.
Comparing Static X to Slipknot is an insult to Static X.
X is waaaaay better than Slip.
@@slayer5813 no way u said that
@@slayer5813 not even 5 ton of lsd will make u say that
"Wall of crunch" perfectly explains what I love so much about their music.
Check out ' Go with Strangers' , if you like that wall of Sound thing..
That’s why I like Devin Townsend so much.
同じ日本人として福田さんはマジで憧れ
アメリカに行ってバンドをするのカッコ良すぎるし憧れる
Wisconsin Death Trip will go down as one of the greatest albumns of that decade.
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.
Holds a special place for me, literally the band and album that steered me into metal
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.
RIP
@@douglastull3908 Respect 🔥
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 😂
I miss Wayne. Honored to have played with him 🤘
Thats awesome sorry bout your friend.
That idea of splitting a chord between tow guitars is very good. Inspiring
nobody talking about the tone! THE MONSTROUS TREBLISH HEAVY TONE FFS !!!
I absolutely love Wayne's description of his creativity. Using the guitar as a simple rythmic device rather than 'bruh guitar skillz' makes so much sense. Guess that's why there's nobody else like him/them
well said
There was a million bands playing dumbed down two chord riffs during that time.
@@jedsteelwell2354 cool story bro
@@SunGodPortal I'd rather hear that than all this wanky noodly shit that all bands are doing now
Exactly
RIP Wayne, you will always be a legend.
I met Wayne when I was like 15 he was super nice.
They’re the definition of authentic. They love to make music, and have fun doing it.
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
That is why they sounded so massive.... This is incredible
Wayne was a great human with a beautiful soul. Great video thank you very very much for sharing it with the world.
I miss Wayne, he was humble and cool and a great fucking songwriter! Static x is criminally underrated....
The synchronicity of Wayne’s shirt RIP. “Time for Shots!” - Wayne Static
This was awesome to see! Wayne and Koichi are just some chill dudes. Almost feels like you're jamming with some friends after school haha
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.
@@someone2746 agreed. I like Machine as well
Definitely does
RIP Wayne, you're the best! Your music is helping me so much, thank you for everything!
You can tell how frequently they've played together @ 2:43 when they sync up within 2 seconds.
Wayne so chill 😍
Huge fan. Was heartbroken when Wayne passed. I think Edsel is doing justice to the live show though,
First time hearing Wayne talk... definitely surprised😂
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.
Such a chill video. These guys were probably really awesome to hang with .
early djent? ...meshuggah is offended
Yeah, imagine spending hours to make up the hair and then the rest of the day to smoke joints, what awesome companions oof
I love the contrast in harmony on the guitar.
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.
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! 🤘😎🖤
And that’s why Love Dump sounds amazing.
Thank you to whoever saved this for that many years!
Its hard to explain, but nu-metal is probably some of the best music live at full concert volume. Its heavy as shit.
Really phat upload. Thank you for sharing! #ripwaynestatic
It’s great to see them in the video
The guitars really improved with the "Cannibal" release.
Wayne Static was a genius
This is a cool video, nice to see them in a casual setting talking music, RIP Wayne, always missed
This was incredible!!! Thank YOU for this!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
The heaviest disco band ever
Sometimes simple is all you need
This is why And Justice For All was such a great album. Everything he's talking about was used everywhere on that album. Made it so metal.
Love these guys, miss Wayne 😕
Why the hell did you leave us?!?! You passed away 10yrs after I lost my brother/best friend 💔🖤💔🖤🖤🖤
This is how I learned guitar tabs back in the day. I do NOT miss it…
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........
Lol! Glad you feel better!
RIP Wayne , , ,he was awesome , , and "Snap into a SlimJim" 🙏😞🙏
Static x forever!!!
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!
Great interview. Thanks for this upload.
The "Bled for Days" riff is so fucking tight and has been in my mind since the 90's when BCN in Boston played the hell out bands like this.
Hasta al cielo pal compa Wayne 🍻👆🏽☁️
I loved this guitar lesson.
their stuff is easy, great for a new player
Octaves with the middle string muted. The Stephen carpenter special
Or what Billy Corgan called "The Pumpkin Chord". Or what Jimi Hendrix used in Little Wing
@@drowssapma Hey, Corgan played in Wayne's band before Static-x.
That's also like 80% of what pop punk guitarists play.
I call them linkin park chords
@@oopsydaizi3s824 I grew up around Sacramento so Deftones got to me first. Might’ve gotten to Brad Delson too lol
This is some gold preserved.
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
So cute to hear them say guitar isn't the main focus, then throughout the years they pivoted to more and more gnarly solos.
Such a fantastic band!
i was as good as these guys at playing the guitar back in 1999. the problem is, i'm still that good in 2023 lol.
Dude till this day i still cant do a goddamn barr chord don't feel bad and I've been playing since 1995
@@ragnathebloodedge8299 Damn, dude.
Gotta practice or maybe it's just not meant to be.
These guys are just plain cool. Bro’s hanging out playing riffs, like it should be. R.I.P Wayne
A little Korn in some of those riffs, very cool.
So I watch this video just now when I start my work tomorrow. I am queuing up Wisconsin death trip the whole album, the whole album is solid. ERR🤘
Bless his soul
RIP Wayne. 🙏
Did you notice that's wayne shirt says "dead" 🤯
Yeah, but it’s only “eerie” because he’s dead. This wasn’t even close to his death though.
@@someone2746 it’s called foreshadowing…
@@VHS_Broadcasting he died in 2014 though..it's not like he died a few years later or something.
We're all dead if you think that way. Maybe in 5 days or 5 years or 50 years. Nobody knows
@@Drewthemagnificent I thought it was more like he knew, and lived the Irony…
So humble they were.
Thank you!!
NICE STUFF👹
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.
24 years ago 😊 did they not have noise gates and compression back then? Love me some Wayne and static R.I.P.
This is possibly the earliest fully digital video i've seen
great musicians
mantap...wayne is legend
Miss you Wayne ♥️
Man I wish I knew Wayne. He seems like a way cool dude
"Wall of Crunch."
🤘❤️🤘
RIP Wayne 😞
Wayne's hair here is even crazier than usual... :O
Genius musicians
Damn, for as simple as all that shit is the harmonics on Trance are really cool hearing them isolated. Wayne was just playing with sound basically.
Ничего себе😮
Rip brother u are missed everyday 🤘🎸🎸🎸 evil disco 4life!!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸🎸
Dammit, Wayne! We all miss you!
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.
Evil disco for Life 💯🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Holy nostalgia, Batman.
i had this growing up now Tim Henson is everywhere
Ah yes, the Henson who has no soul playing Jazz…
@@VHS_Broadcasting pretty sure Wayne forfeited his soul as well
@@braxtongary6721 nah, Wayne intoned in several guitar magazines he was never into playing Neo-Classically, you know, all that Yngwie Malmsteen Noodling lol
Polyphia sounds like a broken record to me I'd rather listen to nsync all day
@@ragnathebloodedge8299 nsync records sound fixed?
Genius.
Ppl in the background partying I rather watch these guys if I was there! Much better! 1999 WOW I was 32 love static x hand's down 💯🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
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You just have to love the 90s new metal XD
First time I've ever heard Wayne speak, I wasn't expecting him to talk like that lol.....I was expecting way deeper from static x's vocals lol
Static x on I heart radio is my most played radio. Wdt was the shit when it came out I still have my original disc.
RIP Wayne. I found the splitting of the chords between two guitars on love dump really interesting
Que joya
good old nu metal days, wyne rocks
Yeah and koichi is great at arranging
static x, wisconsin death trip is still a badass album
r.i.p king
I remember downloading this shit on Kazaa when I was like 13 lol I was such an aspiring guitar player
“But these go to eleven”
RIP Sr statuc
I don't know why some people criticize Koichi's english at first. He speaks English better than most people at his proficiency level