Metal fans are the most hard-core, loyal fans.
— Wayne Static
Chromamatic' is actually about changing the strings on my guitar and tuning my guitar.
Don't get me wrong: I love the great times I had with Static-X, but sometimes the writing/recording process was frustrating for me.
I've wanted to do a solo album since 2000 when I was writing songs for the 'Machine' record.
The original lineup, we got on stage, we had a great chemistry, it was awesome, and then when we left the stage, we never talked to each other. There's a lot of bands that way. Who cares? What's wrong with it?
Anyone who likes Static-X will definitely like my solo record.
I just do not understand all of these guys that get married and then want to go spend all of their time with their buddies.
My passion outside of music is that I am a total gear head. My wife and I own six vehicles, three of which are off-road.
Static-X had a great run. We did everything we wanted to do and everyone wanted to do their own thing for a while.
My hobby is old 4x4's, you know, old Blazers and Broncos and stuff.
I don't know how these bands did it back in the '70s when they would crank out two records a year and tour at the same time, which is incredible to me. I have so much respect for all those bands working so hard like that.
The song 'Assassins Of Youth'... 'Assassins of youths' is what they used to call drugs in the old days when they first started the anti-drug campaign. And it's kind of an anti-drug record.
I know the Lamb of God guys. They're way mellow.
I did my solo thing for a while and got that out of my system.
I'm always working on multiple songs at a time.
Rob Zombie was White Zombie and I was Static-X. I wrote and produced everything.
I listen to classic rock for the most part.
Metal never dies. Sometimes it's not on the radio and sometimes it's not at the forefront, but heavy rock or metal, or whatever the hell you want to call it, has always been around and will always be around.
I think it'd be fun to tour with Kiss just because Kiss is the reason I got into playing in a band.
After the 2009 'Cult Of Static' touring cycle ended, I felt that, as a band, Static-X had accomplished everything we set out to accomplish, and now I could finally take the time to do my own thing and make a record that is completely my vision without compromising for anyone or anything.
I'm getting older and I guess I was pushing myself too hard; we were doing six shows in a row and all that kind of thing.
I wish someone would give me some money for doing nothing.
Here's what it comes down to: I've been making records and touring for over 10 years now. I'm very successful living it, doing it... I'm with an absolutely beautiful wife that's half my age.
Pighammer' is my pure vision of what I want to do, but at the same time, if you like Static-X, you will love 'Pighammer.'
I always enjoyed writing music; things pop into my head every day.
To listen to my first record, it doesn't sound like me.
Well, for me the canning factory was minimum wage, which at the time I believe was $3.40 or something. I was just happy to have a job.
It's just been really hard, 'cause I had a really hard year in 2012 where I had to have triple hernia surgery, and I was out of commission for a year; I couldn't walk, I couldn't sing, I couldn't do anything with work. So it was kind of a rough year.
I've been a huge Megadeth fan for years.
We had an incident back in 2001 where our drummer threw out a drumstick into the crowd and it hit someone in the eye and they were going to sue us. You just always have to be really careful with that kind of stuff.
I'm the opposite of a gearhead. I like simplicity. I use what works, and the only time I change it is when I have to.
I've always written by myself. I've never been in a situation where the whole band sat in a room and wrote a song. I don't work that way.
I have my own thing that I do really well, but it's not singing. It's more of a screaming-type thing.
Interview With a Vampire' is one of my favorite movies of all time. 'Queen of the Damned,' not so much one of my favorite movies, but it's one of the best soundtracks of all time.
The band that I always wanted to tour with was Pantera, and we got to tour with them twice.
For singers and drummers, you've really gotta have your chops together just to do a rehearsal.
Even in those early years of Static-X, there was a pattern emerging where I would spend all my free time writing songs for Static-X and the other guys in the band spent their free time working on their other projects.
There would be no Static-X if I didn't write all the songs.
Don't even get me started about how much I hate the Internet, 'cause I'll rant for hours about this.
You know, people hate me or love me and I just don't even bother paying attention to it anymore.
Pighammer' is what I envisioned the first Static-X record to be; trancier, a bigger electronic vibe with more keyboards.
All of my records have their own vibe, depending on what was going on in my life.
During the day I'll work on music. I have a sampler and a drum machine out with me and I write new songs while we're on the road.
Actually I love asparagus.
My wife and I sold our house in L.A. and we moved out to the high desert in California, by Joshua Tree, and we're out in the middle of nowhere.
Over the years my voice has been destroyed from excessive touring... and I love it.
But anytime at a metal show, fans are going to be going crazy.
I don't like to do any editing on guitars. I think the more editing you do, it just takes away from the feel of the performance.
I'm sure I acted differently after I got married, I know I did. But... people get married and things change. It doesn't mean that the band has to break up.
I like Journey, Bad Company, Soundgarden and Aerosmith.
