Album: “Start a War [PA]”

Description

Static-X: Wayne Static (vocals, guitar, programming); Tony Campos (vocals, bass guitar); Koichi Fukuda (guitar, programming); Nick Oshiro (drums). <p>Additional personnel: Tripp Rex Eisen (guitar); Daniel Wild (percussion); Jason Freedman (sound effects). <p>Recording information: Glenwood Place Studios, Burbank, California (2005). <p>START A WAR's attendant printed info notes that the disc was recorded in "Sunny Burbank, California." A few seconds, however, is all it will take to convince listeners that this is one of Static X's darkest efforts. "The Enemy" skitters along at a frenetic, machine-gun-like pace appropriate for it's war-related title, while lead vocalist/screamer Wayne Static delivers an abrasive yet fleet-tongued combination of death-metal growling and East Coast speed-rapping. "Just in Case" emphasizes the industrial side of Static X's sound, with chorus music reminiscent of something one might hear in an auto manufacturing plant. "I Want to F****** Break It" begins with what sounds like an old time carnival tune that, though quickly overtaken by a repetitive jackhammer riff and violent lyrics, reappears throughout the song. The keyboards and new wave-style vocals that drive "My Damnation"'s verse reveal that in another life, Static X likely could have made it as a synth-pop band.