Wayne Static From Static-X will be on Uncensored Net Noise July 25, 2008 9:30pm Eastern
Saturday, 19 July 2008
Wayne Static From Static-X will be on Uncensored Net Noise July 25, 2008 9:30pm Eastern
Wayne Static: Vocals, guitar, programming Tony Campos: Bass, backing vocals Koichi Fukuda: Lead guitar, keyboards, programming Nick Oshiro: Drums
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Calling Static-X the Terminator of contemporary rock music may seem like an obvious comparison: The band’s blunt-force-trauma melding of industrial rock, thrash metal and futuristic disco is nothing if not cybernetic. But when you look back at Static-X’s 13-year legacy, the comparison goes well beyond the musical: Since the 1999 release of their platinum-certified Warner Bros. debut, Wisconsin Death Trip, the Los Angeles quartet have weathered musical trends, survived lineup shifts, and even severed longtime creative partnerships to emerge as the streamlined metallic machine they are today; and with their fifth studio album, Cannibal, they sound positively indestructible.
Comprising 12 of the harshest, most stripped-down tracks Static-X have ever recorded, Cannibal also finds frontman Wayne Static & Co. sounding leaner and meaner than they have in years—a change the vertical-haired guitarist, vocalist and chief songwriter attributes to the back-to-basics approach they took to recording the album. “From the recording process to the way it turned out, this record feels old-school for us,” Static explains. “I think it’s the most metal record we’ve ever made, and it’s arguably the heaviest record we’ve ever made. The last few records found us going in a slightly different direction; this one makes no compromises, and when people hear it, I think they’re going to go, “Whoa, cool! Static-X is back.”
Of course, Static-X never really took a break: In fact, from 2005’s Start a War onward, the quartet have grown tighter, busier and more road-ready than ever, with original lead guitarist Koichi Fukuda (who last appeared on Wisconsin Death Trip) returning to the fold after a four-year split and former touring drummer Nick Oshiro (ex-Seether) committing to the band full-time. Rounded out by original bassist Tony Campos, who pulls double-duty in the industrial/death-metal all-star project Asesino, this lineup saw a successful 2005-2006 not only on tour, where they headlined U.S. and Pacific Rim stages alongside Ill Niño and Opiate for the Masses, but also in stores. Start a War had two singles hit the Billboard Top 30 and two more land on the soundtracks to the video games Need for Speed: Most Wanted and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2006, and Cannibal’s face-ripping “No Submission” landed, fittingly, on the Saw III soundtrack and gave fans an early taste of the album to come. Still, Wayne remarks, “We’ve never had the same lineup for two albums in a row, so despite the success we’ve had, keeping everyone together is a huge win in itself. Actually having Koichi around has allowed us to have real guitar solos on the new songs.” He laughs. “Even though we’ve got three-quarters of the original lineup today, we’ve been through a lot of changes to get back to this point.”
While it may seem strange that such positive energy could lead to an album as furious-sounding as Cannibal, as Static explains it, the newfound stability allowed him to go back to the process of writing music for fun—although, granted, his idea of a good time may be a bit harsher and louder than most people’s. “When I was getting into more melodic stuff, like I did on the last two records [Start a War and 2003’s Shadow Zone], I enjoyed it; it was challenging for me,” he says. “But with this record, I had a good time just getting back to balls-out screaming and challenging myself vocally, as well as in the songwriting. I felt like I was back working on Wisconsin Death Trip, where I focused on stripping away the excess as much as possible to write short, simple, catchy songs.”Getting those songs to tape would require another change in the band: breaking with longtime producer Ulrich Wild—who, in addition to mixing Shadow Zone, had produced every Static-X studio album to date, including the band’s platinum-certified debut and gold-certified follow-up, Machine. “Ulrich and I have worked together so much that we know what we’re going to do before we even step into a room together,” Static says. “Building a new relationship with someone opened up new doors that may not have been opened otherwise.” So for Cannibal, Static teamed with producer/engineer John Travis (Kid Rock, Buckcherry). “I had a vision for this record, which is why I wanted to produce it myself,” Static says. “I wanted it to be really dry and in-your-face, but still really huge; in terms of inspiration, I was thinking AC/DC’s Back in Black: how it’s just, boom! Right there, live-sounding—not a bunch of reverb; not a bunch of room sound—and John helped me realize that goal.”
From the throat-shredding title track/lead single to the asymmetric industrial thrash of “Reptile,” the results are some of the most energized, stripped-down and, as expected, in-your-face music in Static-X’s arsenal. The band’s classic “evil disco” sound pulsates through the throat-punching grooves of “Destroyer,” “Goat” and “Electric Pulse,” imagining a packed dancefloor in hell’s sub-basement; while the punch-press drumming and serrated riffs of bruisers such as “Chemical Logic” and “Forty Ways” make even the heaviest tracks on Wisconsin Death Trip sound like pop singles in comparison.
“I think this is our most simple and direct record, as well as our rawest, and it was definitely intentional to keep every song that way,” Static explains, adding that his stripping away the excess extended all the way down to Cannibal’s lyrics. “This time, instead of writing about personal or emotional subjects, I’d just take a simple idea and work with it,” he begins. “Like, take ‘Reptile’: I like the word ‘reptile,’ and in that song, I’m literally imagining being eaten alive by some giant reptile.” Similarly, the title track finds Static, a longtime vegetarian, turning the tables on carnivores. “With ‘Cannibal,’ I was thinking of how, when I see people eating these big pieces of meat, it’s really disgusting to me,” he says. “It’s like they could be cannibals; that you could give somebody a piece of a human and they’d eat it and not know the difference. So, with that basic idea in mind, I was able to write the song around it.”
Besides looking ahead to spending the next year on the road in support of Cannibal, the terminally creative Static says he’s already begun writing the band’s next album (one of the benefits of having your own studio); but perhaps more importantly, he’s looking forward to hanging onto the pure, uninhibited energy that brought these current songs into focus. “The simple fact is that I love what I do,” he says. “I love writing; I love touring—I can’t imagine doing anything else.” And as he looks forward to the next stage of Static-X, it’s hard not to return to that old Terminator analogy—or at least to imagine some post-apocalyptic version of the Energizer Bunny: “Look at bands like Slayer, Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden,” Static says “Not to put us in that league, but when I think about our band, that’s how I see us. Our touring just gets stronger every year, and our fans know we’re always going to deliver.” He laughs. “Theoretically, I suppose we could keep going forever.”
Marazene will be on Uncensored Net Noise July 25, 2008
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Marazene will be on Uncensored Net Noise July 25, 2008
Multi-Instrumentalist nIKK_sKUM, Multi-Intrumentalist DieTrich Thrall, and Acoustic/Electric Drummer Kristov, come together with purpose and resolve, each of them bringing the experience of life and joining together to create something fresh, exciting, and most importantly NEW.
Building on touring experience with "MUSHROOMHEAD" (Megaforce Records), "PSYCLON NINE" (Metropolis Records), "DEADSTAR ASSEMBLY" (Pure Records), and "THE HUMAN ABSTRACT" (Hopeless Records), and shows with numerous national acts including; "OTEP" (Capital/EMI Records), "AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE" (Nitrus/DRT), "STILL REMAINS" (Roadrunner Records), "DOPE" (Recon Records/Artemis), "SOIL" (DRT Records), "BILE" (Invisible Records), "GENITORTURERS" (Capitol Records), "NOCTURNE" (Invisible Records), "MY LIFE WITH THE THRILL KILL KULT" (Interscope Records), "SCARS OF TOMORROW" (Victory Records), "CELLDWELLER" (FIXT Records), "ACUMEN NATION" (Invisible Records), "FIVE BOLT MAIN" (Rock Ridge Records), "THE ACACIA STRAIN" (Prosthetic Records), "BEAUTIFUL CREATURES" (SpitFire/Eagle Rock Records), "BLACK FLOOD DIESEL" (Core Alliance Records), "FIVE POINTE O" (Roadrunner Records), and "SUBSONIC" (Sonic Wave International) and playing the finest venues in Chicago (House of Blues, Metro Cabaret, Double Door, Pearl Room, etc.), MARAZENE have been quietly (and not so quietly at times) laying a solid foundation based on substance rather than smack. And while expounding on the obvious potential of the music being created may be easy, describing it is an entirely different task altogether. Chicago's Lumino Magazine declare "MARAZENE are ready for the stadium show!" while longtime friend/fan/convert Jason Bowles comments "Just come prepared for something out of the ordinary and very very cool."
"Controlled-Chaos", Nikk sKUM will say if you were to ask him what Marazene is all about. Paradoxically speaking that two-word description will leave some people scratching their heads but Nikk is quick to stand by his description and elaborate. "Marazene is about more than playing a chord. It's about the song. It's about four people coming together to create one big musical kick in the balls! It's a mood, a thought process, a vibe that has to be seen and heard to be understood."
"Descriptions are meaningless and just a way to categorize you. And that's something we refuse to let anyone other than someone familiar with the Marazene experience do." adds Dietrich. " We all have favorite bands and movies and books and friends and encounters but in the end it's about life. Life happens and when it does it shapes us AND our music. And that means everything from a stubbed toe in the morning, to a car accident, to an argument with a girlfriend, to the daily news, and so on and so forth."
Kris sums it up, "It's the feeling we all get when we're turned up and trancing or jamming a song. It's seductive, addictive, and when we're live and converting a venue full of people who've never seen or heard us before. . . and the heads start shaking and t he bodies start moving. . . We know we're on to something."
The producers of the "Matrix:Revolutions" DVD would appear to agree with that final thought. In 2004, three songs ("XecuTe", InFidel SoCieTy, and AnTiThesis") from the forthcoming Marazene album, MachiNation", were nabbed for the DVD release and subsequent Matrix: ReCalibrated Box Set and while some bands would take that as an opportunity to sit back and examine all that has been accomplished, Marazene have continued to look beyond and set higher standards. "Having several songs selected for the 'Matrix:Revolutions' DVD is a nod by the industry to the quality of the music that is being written." offers DieTrich. "It's a small step in a direction we've been heading in for some time. We want this music to be heard by more than just a few thousand people. Having hundreds of thousands of people hear Marazene on a national and international level is just a means to our desired end."
In early 2005 Marazene took a detour with Director Joseph Elsey of UPressPlay Productions and shot a video for the fan favorite track "XecuTe". The video was shown in August 2005 at two wildy successful SRO viewings in Chicago before being tucked away by Marazene for future use. "The videos primary purpose was to give friends and fans much further away than Chicago the chance to see Marazene perform", DieTrich explainedd. "Now that the album is finished the time for the video has come."
With the 2006 release of their debut album "MachiNation" MARAZENE deal a blow to both the Metal and Industrial genre critics and fans the world over garnering glowing reviews from as far away as Poland, The Netherlands, Germany, and Italy in addition to the United States. Canada's 1 Metal Magazine 'Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles' add the title track "MachiNation" to it's issue 102 Knuckletracks sampler which puts Marazene Music on the street in one Mass Dose: 30,000 copies of the song will hit the streets across the globe in January 2007 and make its way into the homes and CD players of some of the world's most discriminating fans of Metal Music.
2006 also saw MARAZENE hit the road as never before, racking up 40+ shows in seven states on their aptly entitled "SkumF***erz On the Road" (taken from "SkumF***erz", a track on their debut album) tour dates. New fans in new key markets such as Cleveland, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Detroit, St. Louis, and all points in between are exposed to the growing presence of Chicago's undeniable heavyweight favorite. The MARAZENE Live Experience peaks in December 2006 as Marazene are hand picked to provide support for Megaforce recording artists MUSHROOMHEAD and Capital/EMI recording artist OTEP both locally and outside of their hometown, a feat uncommon with unsigned/unmanaged acts.
But MARAZENE are only warming up. In January 2007 MARAZENE disappear, recording new material for a proposed second album only to emerge a month and a half later to announce that they have been hand picked as a support act by Megaforce heavyweights MUSHROOMHEAD on their Spring tour. Two more weeks and MARAZENE again defy the odds by announcing a second National Tour with Pure Records DEADSTAR ASSEMBLY. In late April MARAZENE return home from seven weeks on the road. The 100% DIY band have successfully managed the rigorous demands of heavy duty touring and continue to plot further world domination machinations for the rest of 2007 and beyond.
As Rockeyez webzine owner Brain Rademacher puts it, "MARAZENE are breaking new ground as they tear into the sociality of ballrooms by releasing their industrial metal which is peeling paint off the walls!" Marazene, by deed, continue to prove they are ready in all the ways that matter for the next big step.
MARAZENE remain, one of Chicago's and the Midwest regions most sought after and exciting/enticing/emerging acts of today.
Witness the Rise of the MARAZENE SkumF***er Nation
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