It's been four years since the tragic death of Static-X frontman, Wayne Static. Now, his bandmates have saddled up for a 30-date tour to commemorate their late frontman and to celebrate 20 years since their debut record, Wisconsin Death Trip.
The tour reunites three of the four founding band members of the missed industrial metal band - Tony Campos (bass), Koichi Fukada (guitar) and Ken Jay (drums) and features a mystery masked singer taking Static's place.
It has since been noted that the mystery frontman is Edsel Dope of Dope— known in Static-X as ‘Xer0‘.
Campos explained in April:
“The first time being in the same room together, it all kind of clicked again. It felt really good, right from the get-go. The initial demos that we found, only one of them had Wayne’s vocals. That’s why we brought on Xer0, who’s going to be performing the vocals live on tour.”
The summer trek – featuring co-headliner DevilDriver – kicked off Tuesday, June 18 in Tempe, Arizona. It's scheduled to visit cities throughout North America such as Dallas, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Sioux City and Denver before coming to a close July 27 in Las Vegas.
Additionally, the band has tacked on nine extra dates in the fall that you can check out below.
Static X kicked off the tour Tuesday night at Tempe's Marquee Theatre. They played an 18-song set, opening with "Bled for Days" before diving into cuts like "Love Dump," "The Trance is the Motion" and "Destroy All."
The set also included TWO performances of "Cold" before closing with "I'm With Stupid" and "Push It."
Watch the group perform "Bled For Days" and "I'm With Stupid" below!
The band's tour continues tomorrow, June 21, in Dallas. Go buy your tickets on Live Nation and peep the band's full touring schedule below.
Static-X 2019 summer dates:
06/21 Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey Live
06/22 Houston, TX – The Warehouse
06/23 San Antonio, TX – The Aztec Theater
06/25 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
06/26 Greenville, SC – The Firmament
06/28 Baltimore, MD – Soundstage
06/29 Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
06/30 Scranton, PA – Level
07/02 Toronto, ON – Opera House
07/03 London, ON – London Music Hall
07/04 Ottawa, ON – Brass Monkey
07/05 Hampton Beach, NH – Wally’s
07/06 Worcester, MA – The Palladium
07/07 Reading, PA – Reverb
07/09 Pittsburgh, PA – Jergel’s
07/10 Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater
07/11 Indianapolis, IN – The Citadel
07/12 Ft Wayne, IN – Piere’s
07/13 Detroit, MI – Harpo’s
07/14 Lexington, KY – Manchester Music Hall
07/16 Grand Rapids, MI – Intersection
07/18 Cadott, WI – Cadott Rockfest
07/19 Sioux City, IA – Anthem @ Hard Rock Casino
07/20 Joliet, IL – The Forge
07/21 Belvidere, IL – Apollo Theater
07/23 Denver, CO – Oriental Theater
07/26 Los Angeles, CA – Catch One
07/27 Las Vegas, NV – House Of Blues
Static X fall dates:
11/12 - Baton Rouge, La. @ Varsity Theater
11/13 - New Orleans, La. @ House of Blues
11/15 - Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. @ Revolution
11/16 - Tampa, Fla. @ The Orpheum
11/17 - Destin, Fla. @ Club LA
12/2 - Chicago, Ill. @ House of Blues
12/6 - Sauget, Ill. @ Pop's
12/7 - Lincoln, Neb. @ Bourbon Theater
12/8 - Colorado Springs, Colo. @ Sunshine Studios Live
