Dope frontman Edsel Dope is widely believed to be the current singer of Static-X. The band’s former singer, Wayne Static, passed away in 2014 at the age of 48 after mixing prescription drugs and alcohol.
Static founded the group in 1994, and the band achieved commercial success with their album, “Wisconsin Death Trip,” notably on the back of the single, “Push It.”
Recently, Edsel Dope spoke with Blabbermouth and shared his thoughts on “Xer0,” the masked frontman of the band widely believed to be him.
“The motive behind it is that I, Edsel Dope, have zero interest in being the frontman, face or [being] known as the singer of Static-X,” he said. “I feel like as long as we never put another face to Static-X, Wayne will always be the face of Static-X. It’s appropriate. That was the number one most important thing. I’ll help my friends.”
Edsel also talked about how he’s helping to ensure Wayne Static’s legacy is handled properly.
“For me, when coming onboard to help complete the last bit of music that Wayne left behind, which ended up accidentally stumbling into what became a treasure trove of content, which I’m so excited and so blessed to have been the guy who got to uncover it,” he said. “In many ways, I’m not a big afterlife person, but in this very room, I have felt him tapping me on the shoulder going, ‘Don’t f*ck this up, man.’ I have a really great relationship with his family. If there was any pressure, it was self-induced because I try to imagine what it would be like if someone were doing this for me and how much I would want them to care and how much I would want them to make sure it was done right. That was the number one focus. That was where all the energy went.”
Edsel continued: “When it came time to put it on stage and take it on tour, it was, ‘There should never be another singer of Static-X that’s a person.’ The entity idea became where it was, ‘Let’s put a mask out there.’ A lot of it was predicated on the 20th anniversary of ‘Wisconsin Death Trip’. We want people to come and have a ‘Wisconsin Death Trip’ experience. How can you do that without the dude in the middle’s hair standing up? I couldn’t imagine people in the crowd hearing those songs and not getting that. What are you going to do? If it were me or if it were some guy named ‘Steve,’ are you going to walk on stage with your hair standing straight up? It’s stupid. The mask allowed it to have anonymity. It’s also funny because that guy standing in the middle of the stage, playing guitar, singing all those parts and in many ways, the entire thing is reliant on that dude doing a great job, but at the same time, it’s like, ‘Pay no attention to the guy in the middle holding it together. But if that guy sucks or f*cks it up, this whole thing is going to sink.'”
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