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| Birth name | Kenneth Lacey |
| Born | June 10, 1966 Vermilion County, Illinois, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician |
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| Member of | Static-X |
| Formerly of | Godhead |
Kenneth "Ken Jay" Lacey (born June 10, 1966) [1] is an American musician, best known as the original drummer and the co-founder of industrial metal band Static-X.
Jay was born in Vermilion County, Illinois. [2] Jay began playing drums early on and had played drums in a couple of metal bands early in his career in central Illinois before heading north to Chicago. Jay was the drummer in Deep Blue Dream, a band that also included Wayne Static and had auditioned at one point for Smashing Pumpkins but was told by Billy Corgan he was "too metal" to be in the band. He co-founded Static-X with Wayne Static in 1994. Jay played drums on the band's first two albums, Wisconsin Death Trip and Machine , but before Static-X could begin recording their third album, Shadow Zone , he left the band because of musical and political differences. However, Jay still contributed additional keyboards to the album.
Shortly after his departure, he joined Godhead as a replacement drummer for a brief time. He had kept out of the media limelight for several years.
In 2010, Jay stepped back into music to produce the debut album for Texas-based band, Blood Red Summer. [3] He connected with the band through their guitar player, Erik Fincher, who had worked with Jay at a Virgin Records store in Los Angeles, California, and later became Static-X's long time guitar tech.
After a viral infection, he lost most of the hearing in his right ear. [4]
On October 23, 2018, it was announced that Jay – along with the other two surviving original members, bassist Tony Campos and guitarist Koichi Fukuda – would reunite with Static-X, who plan to release a new album and tour in 2019 in honor of the memory of Wayne Static. [5]
In June 2019, Ken Jay and Ross Hamil (singer of Blood Red Summer) reconnected in Dallas, TX at one of the Wisconsin Death Trip 20th Anniversary Memorial Tour. In early 2020, Hamil approached Jay about contributing programming/sampling to a song called "The Monster Within" for Hamil's new band LABOR XII on their debut album MONSTERS. "The Monster Within" is a tribute to Wayne Static and features keyboards and programming from Ken Jay. [6]
Static-X is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1994. The line-up has fluctuated over the years, but was long-held constant with band founder, frontman, vocalist and rhythm guitarist Wayne Static until his death in 2014.
Wayne Richard Wells, known professionally as Wayne Static, was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and primary lyricist for the industrial metal/nu metal band Static-X. He also released a solo album, Pighammer, in 2011. Static was recognizable for his unusual hairstyle; his hair was held up in a vertical position, a process that took about 20 minutes to complete. He was also known for his signature "chintail" beard.
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Shadow Zone is the third studio album by American industrial metal band Static-X, released on October 7, 2003. Marked by many personnel and stylistic changes, the album sports a much more melodic sound than any other work in their catalog, while still staying in the confines of their industrial metal and nu metal sound. It was the first of two albums to feature guitarist Tripp Eisen, and is the band's only album to not feature an official drummer, due to the departure of Ken Jay just prior to the album's recording sessions; drumming duties were subsequently handled by Josh Freese.
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Antonio Campos is an American musician. He is the current bassist for industrial metal bands Static-X and Fear Factory and the vocalist and bassist for extreme metal band Asesino. He is also a former bassist for Prong, Soulfly, Ministry and Possessed, and a former vocalist for the metal band Brujeria. Following the death of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Wayne Static and the resurrection of Static-X, Campos is the longest-serving member of the band, and the only ones to appear on every studio album.
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American industrial metal band Static-X has released seven studio albums, one live album, one compilation album, one video album, one extended play, nineteen singles, three promotional singles and nineteen music videos.
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Cult of Static is the sixth studio album by American industrial metal band Static-X. It was released on March 17, 2009 via Reprise Records. The album's first single "Stingwray" was released and made available on the band's MySpace page on February 17, 2009. The album's title is a reference to the die-hard fans who have supported the band for so long. This would be Static-X's last studio album for eleven years, as well as the last to feature drummer Nick Oshiro and founding member and vocalist Wayne Static during his lifetime, though the latter's posthumously released work was included on the band's 2020 album Project: Regeneration Vol. 1. Cult of Static also marked the last time Static-X worked with John Travis, and was the band's last album on Reprise Records.
Project: Regeneration Vol. 1 is the seventh studio album by American industrial metal band Static-X. It was released on July 10, 2020, by Otsego Entertainment Group and distributed by The Orchard Music, a subsidiary of Sony Music. It is the band's first studio album in eleven years following Cult of Static (2009), their longest gap between studio albums to date, and their first album not on Warner Bros. or Reprise Records. The album includes part of the last recordings of deceased frontman Wayne Static, who died in 2014, with his role being filled by a new frontman credited as "Xer0". Project Regeneration sees the return of the original Static-X lineup—bassist Tony Campos, guitarist and programmer/keyboardist Koichi Fukuda and drummer Ken Jay—and was produced by Ulrich Wild, who has produced and/or mixed all but two albums by the band in the past.
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