With the band recently celebrating the Gold and soon to be Platinum certification for their single ‘Push It‘, metal icons STATIC-X are releasing a 25th anniversary edition of their legendary debut “Wisconsin Death Trip”. Released in 1999, the album introduced the world to the iconic lineup of Wayne Static, Koichi Fukuda, Tony Campos and Ken Jay. Spawning unforgettable hits as ‘Push It‘, ‘I’m With Stupid‘ and ‘Bled For Days‘, the album found its way into pop culture through music videos, multiple video games and inclusion on various movie soundtracks. Years after its release, the album still find new audiences with Metal Hammer declaring the album one of the “Top 20 Best Metal Albums of 1999” in 2021.
The anniversary edition – “Wisconsin Death Trip (25th Anniversary Corrosive Edition)” – is the ultimate death trip, containing 2 handmade, orange and black eclipse vinyl with remastered versions of the original album audio, presented in a comprehensive box set, filled with bonus tracks and never seen artwork available worldwide on 12th December.
The band reunited with the original producer Ulrich Wild as well as original photographer Exum to deliver a whole new experience for the album. The album has been remastered by Wild, and a second disc of demos, alternate versions and rare tracks are included making the album total over an hour and eleven minutes across 22 tracks. Exum unearthed hundreds of never-before-seen photos from the shoot and the band have used them to completely redesign the packaging. Limited edition deluxe versions include signed prints, laser engraved ID tag, ID bracelet with QR code linking to the full 8mm BTS video footage of the Wisconsin Death Trip photo shoot, pill bottle, stickers and more and is only available at www.static-x.com.
Mysterious 8MM camera footage of STATIC-X from sometime in 1998 has been unearthed and can be seen below.
Recently, Warner Records has reissued the music video for ‘Push It‘ in High Definition. The unforgettable music video helped launch the band to the masses thanks to the early support of MTV. The video was directed by Mick Olszewski and tapped into the clay animation style that was popular when released in 1999. Now available in High Definition for the first time, fans can experience the video in a whole new way and add to the 34 million views it has received since it published in 2009.
STATIC-X will continue to bring their ultra entertaining Evil Disco extravaganza on the road throughout 2025. Along with festival appearances at Louder Than Life and Aftershock, the band will be supporting Mudvayne on their tour this September and October. STATIC-X will also be playing six headline USA shows throughout that run. Dope will be joining the band on those headline shows. Tickets for all shows including VIP packages can be found at: www.static-x.com.
“We are so excited to be part of the LD 50-25th Anniversary Tour with Mudvayne and Vended. This is gonna be such an incredible run of shows and a heck of a way to cap off this year,” states Ken Jay.
