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Wayne Static
Wayne Static during a concert.
Background information
Birth name	Wayne Richard Wells
Born	November 4, 1965 or 1975[citation needed] Muskegon, Michigan
Genre(s)	Industrial metal
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, keyboard
Years active	1994–present
Label(s)	Warner Bros. Records Reprise Records
Associated acts	Deep Blue Dream Static-X Pighammer
Website	www.static-x.com

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Biography

Wayne Static was born in Muskegon, Michigan and graduated from Western Michigan University. Before Static-X, he worked as an asparagus picker. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Western Michigan University (abbr. ... For the botanical genus, see Asparagus (genus). ...

He was three years old when he received his first toy guitar. His parents decided at age seven 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". Skip to My Lou is a popular childrens song Skip to My Lou In early America, respectable folk in Protestant communities have always regarded the fiddle as the devil’s instrument and dancing as downright sinful. ...

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. Shelby High School is located in Shelby, Ohio, USA. The school serves students in grades 9-12 and is part of the Shelby City School District. ...

His gravity defying 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. Wisconsin Death Trip - Album Art Wisconsin Death Trip is the debut album of the band Static-X, released on March 23, 1999 and recorded at Grandmaster Studios, Hollywood, California. ...

Wayne is a vegetarian and does not support anything that has to do with meat.

Wayne recently announced he will start a new band, Pighammer, a side project following the tour for Static-X's next album.

Guitars

In the past, Wayne endorsed Epiphone guitars, using single Seymour Duncan Distortion pickups in Explorer and V models. More recently, he has moved to ESP Guitars using the LTD Wayne Static EX and LTD V models with Duncan Distortion pickups (one bridge pickup in the signature model and one neck and one bridge in the V) Epiphone Emperor The Epiphone Company is a guitar manufacturer. ... Seymour Duncan is a company that is most famous for manufacturing of guitar pickups, and currently has a line of effects pedals. ... For a device which detects vibrations from music instruments, see pickup (music). ... ESP Company, Limited ), located in North Hollywood, California, is a prominent manufacturer of electric guitars and basses, originally from Japan. ...

External links

• Static-X's official website
• Wayne Static at the Internet Movie Database