In a recent interview with 107.7 The Bone, Static-X bassist Tony Campos discussed the band’s future. The rocker confirmed that the band’s future depends on fans.
“ That’s what it started out as, and it just kept snowballing and growing,” the bassist said when asked if the band will continue as a tribute to the founding vocalist Wayne Static beyond the current tour. “And it’s where it is now because fans keep coming out. And I think I’ve said it previously — if I haven’t, I’ll say it now — as long as we’re having fun doing this and the fans keep wanting us to do it, we’ll do it.”
“I don’t know if we’ll be doing full-length albums,” the rocker also said of making new music. “Who buys albums now? I think maybe if we do write any new music, maybe it’ll be a single. But I don’t know. I’m just living in the now and enjoying the now. And when the future comes, I’ll cross that bridge and we’ll deal with it.”
Original frontman Wayne Static passed away after mixing Xanax and other powerful prescription drugs with alcohol, according to the coroner’s report. While the identity of Static-X’s touring singer Xer0 has not been officially confirmed, there are strong rumors that Dope’s Edsel Dope is the masked frontman performing. He wears a mask that looks like the late Wayne Static.
In October 2019, a photo showed that Dope and Xer0 had the same neck tattoo. However, Edsel later posted a statement on his band’s Facebook page to deny the rumors, saying Xer0’s tattoo was a Photoshop job. Dope even shared a photo of himself at a Static-X performance to show that he and Xer0 were not the same person.
Dope recently told Anne Erickson of Audio Ink Radio that the reason Xer0’s identity has not been revealed is to ensure Static-X is ‘properly represented.’ “I would never be interested in looking at a photo of Static-X or reading a liner note that mentions me as being the singer of Static-X. Edsel Dope has no interest in being the singer of Static-X,” he clarified.
“There’s one living, breathing singer of Static-X and that’s Wayne Static. And then there’s a character, an entity, for lack of better words, that was created in order to allow Static-X to have a future and to continue and be the legacy act that they are and tour and perform, and we gave that character a name that is respective to Static-X and fits the branding of what Static-X is, and that’s what the importance is. It’s the importance of recognizing the character as opposed to recognizing the person behind the character,” he added.
The band is currently on tour in support of their eighth studio album, ‘Project Regeneration: Vol. 2.’