Quotes from Wayne Static

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.

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.

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'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 hate it when bands keep making the same record over and over, so we're pushing ourselves to try new things and experiment in our writing approach.

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.

Pretty much every other question I get from fans is about my hair and beard.

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 just do not understand all of these guys that get married and then want to go spend all of their time with their buddies.

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 wish someone would give me some money for doing nothing.

Don't even get me started about how much I hate the Internet, 'cause I'll rant for hours about this.

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.

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.

Being married has not affected my career at all other than just making me happier to be on the road.

I think our first record was a fluke, really. The fact that it went platinum and all that, it was all due to one video and the timing being just right.

For singers and drummers, you've really gotta have your chops together just to do a rehearsal.

My hobby is old 4x4's, you know, old Blazers and Broncos and stuff.

You know, Kiss can always go on as long as Gene and Paul want it to go on. Static-X is the same way. We're the two founding guys and the two vocalists and the driving force of the band. We can go on as long as we want, as long as the two of us are together. If I ever lost Tony, I'm sure I'd start something else.

I'd stay on tour for the rest of my life if I could. It's awesome.

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.

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.

Over the years my voice has been destroyed from excessive touring... and I love it.

I realized how important it was to have a good team - manager, attorney and label. It's not just about putting out a record and somebody signing you.