When Erickson noted that social media has given everyone a voice, which in turn has turned out to be more of “negative than a positive”, Dope concurred. The irony is quite obvious as the aliases are nearly identical and are pronounced (presumably) the exact same way. It’s sure to send certain fans right down the rabbit hole from whence they came in regards to uncovering the true identity of the enigmatic Xer0. In the fall of 2019, Edsel Dope even addressed the rumors that he is Xer0 in Static-X in a statement that dismissed a story claiming to have photographic proof of his neck tattoos being exposed.
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- STATIC-X — featuring the lineup of Campos, drummer Ken Jay, guitarist Koichi Fukuda and Xer0 — will hit the road in 2023, headlining the “Rise Of The Machine” tour with FEAR FACTORY alongside DOPE, MUSHROOMHEAD and TWIZTID.
- A super close up shows a similar gap in the tattoo, looking almost like an cartoonish orbital socket.
- It’s just that natural curiosity to want to know who’s behind the music you like.
- Catch dope on the 2023 Rise of the Machines tour with headliners Static-X as well as special guests Fear Factory, Mushroomhead and Twiztid at these stops.
The reaction to the costume for Xer0 was originally mixed, but it seems like everyone’s cool with it now and having fun.
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“And we were always friends, but now we’re like the best of friends. And we owe each other a lot. I’m grateful for the opportunity because without those guys and the years of work they put into building STATIC-X, I wouldn’t have a project to land all those efforts too. And for them, without my efforts to help them survive and exist in the modern day, they would have this band that is no longer around. For lack of a better word, we literally brought STATIC-X back from the dead. And it took allof us to do it.” Rumors began to swirl that Xer0 was actually Dope frontman Edsel Dope, which have since been confirmed and discussed by Dope himself. Despite everyone knowing the identity of Xer0, Dope still doesn’t want to be known as the guy who fronts Static-X. The first of two volumes, “Project Regeneration Vol. 1” featured 12 brand new tracks, containing many of the final vocal performances and musical compositions of Static, along with Campos, Jay and Fukuda. On October 12, Edsel Dope posted a lengthy statement on his band’s Facebook page quashing the rumours, implying Xer0’s telltale neck tat was in fact a Photoshop job. “I have quietly sat through all of this speculation and have thoroughly enjoyed the ride,” it began.
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DOPE leader Edsel Dope has shared his thoughts on “Xer0”, the masked frontman of STATIC-X who is widely believed to be him. In a recent interview with BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Edsel talked about the unique position of fronting STATIC-X in place of deceased vocalist/guitarist Wayne Static while trying to remain faceless. In an interview with the Battleline Podcast, Dope explained in detail why he feels the band isn’t a cash grab and why he thinks that Static would be proud. On the topic of the former, Dope said it’s essentially way too expensive to put on a Static-X show for it to be a “cash grab;” and on the latter says he feels Static would approve of his legacy being upheld. See the music video for that cover here and look for the album to be released on Nov. 3 later this year. Dope is currently touring Europe with Static-X, and will support the nu metal band on the second leg of their North American tour, which kicks off in Austin, Texas November 8.
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Compared with an old photo of Edsel Dope, the tattoo seems to be an exact match. A super close up shows a similar gap in the tattoo, looking almost like an cartoonish orbital socket. Since his debut in Static-X, Xer0 has covered his neck to conceal any identifying features. However, during an Oct. 7 concert in Hamberg, Germany, Xer0’s neckerchief slipped down, revealing a tattoo on the right side of his neck. Catch dope on the 2023 Rise of the Machines tour with headliners Static-X as well as special guests Fear Factory, Mushroomhead and Twiztid at these stops. In the fall of 2019, Edsel addressed the rumors that he is Xer0 in Static-X and dismissed it all as “clickbait and hilarious” in a lengthy statement.
Thanks to a sneaky photographer, the identity of Static-X singer Xer0 has been revealed as Edsel Dope. The group issued five more studio albums before disbanding permanently in June 2013. “You have to understand that if we didn’t make that an absolute mission of ours that people would shit all over it and they would have done everything they could to discredit it. And if it were Edsel edsel dope xero Dope singing for Static-X, it would be, ‘Oh, it’s Static Dope.’ Or if it was Burton from Fear Factory, it would be, like, ‘Oh, Static Factory.’ It’s, like, ‘Go fuck yourself.’ You can’t give people the ability to control your narratives or else they’re gonna control it in the worst fucking way possible, because, for whatever reason, that’s the culture that we currently exist in.
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“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. This all started in 2014. In 2014, I moved to L.A. I was working on the DRAMA CLUB project and I really, really wanted to produce another band and make a great record without me being in the band. I just wanted to move the controls, do what I do and help another band sound great. I had done it with a couple of other bands that I produced, but I wanted to do it with a band of note. Static-X vocalist Wayne Static passed away in November 2014, which of course made everyone think the band was over. Static-X’s founding members then resurrected the band in 2018 with live vocalist Xer0 (widely believed to be Dope vocalist Edsel Dope– who is also the band’s day to day manager and Executive Producer to their music) to play shows, and would eventually release Project Regeneration Vol. Yang, alongside creative director Edsel Dope (who just dropped a new Dope album, Blood Money Part Zer0, today – Feb. 24) and Ed McDonough of ECCO Studios, have provided Xer0, the figurehead paying tribute to the late Wayne Static onstage with StaticX, with a well-timed update.
He dubbed it “clikcbait and hilarious” and provided Photoshopped images of various celebrities sporting that same neck tattoo. Not only are Static-X faithfully delivering classics onstage, touring heavily in recent years and keeping the legacy in trustworthy hands for the future, but they’re offering fans a sense of closure by working with Wayne’s recordings to make this new music a reality. “And if you saw those shows, or even if you just find them online, the amount of production and time and money that was invested… Anybody saying, ‘Oh, look at these guys with their cash grab,’ it’s, like, ‘Bro, you wanna see the fucking bill from production and from touring?’ This was not a bunch of guys going, ‘Oh, we found our way to get to the top financially.’ No. This was a way for us to go out and do something really fucking cool creatively, artistically that came from all the right places in our hearts. Edsel Dope, founder of nu-metal/industrial outfit Dope, has been rumored to be Xer0, the frontman taking the stage in tribute to the late Wayne Static in the reactivated Static-X lineup.