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Wayne Static Of Static-X Dead At 48

If you haven’t heard by now, the rumors are indeed true—Wayne Static of industrial/groove outfit Static-X has passed away at the age of 48. He would have

10 years ago

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If you haven’t heard by now, the rumors are indeed trueWayne Static of industrial/groove outfit Static-X has passed away at the age of 48. He would have been 49 tomorrow.

A great deal of the heavy music community has mourned his death, the likes of Dino Cazares, Devin Townsend, Ozzy Osbourne, Fred Durst, and many more paying their respects via social media.

A recent press release absolved Wayne Static of the rumor that his passing was drug-related. He and his wife Tera Wray, known for partying heavily,had abandoned hard drugs in 2009. Static’s first (and now only) solo album, Pighammer, was meant to serve as a tribute to living a drug-free life and hoped it would help others find strength in kicking their own addictions.

The press release from VQPR is as follows:

WAYNE STATIC OF STATIC-X PASSED AWAY
HOLLYWOOD, CA (November 1, 2014) – Today is a sad day in the music industry – Front-man and founding member WAYNE STATIC of STATIC-X passed away quietly in his sleep at his home last night.
The couple was getting ready to leave for a Fall/Winter tour this morning. They were to have left the night before on Halloween, but decided they would head out early in the morning November 1st.
The couple, known for partying heavy, had left hard drugs in 2009 and had not touched them since. Static’s first solo album – Pighammer – was a tribute to his new non-drug life and hoped it would help others to get clean from hard chemical drugs.
More official information about his passing will be released in the following days. This is not a drug related incident or an O. D. Please be courteous to his family and wife and leave positive messages~

More official information will be released in coming days, but we’re happy to know that he died peacefully in his sleep and that his passing was not caused by a drug overdose.

-KG

Kyle Gaddo

Published 10 years ago