The Wayne Static Graverobbing Continues

I truly thought that the well of unreleased Static-X material had finally been exhausted with the release of Project Renegeration: Volume 2. I actually liked the album, but it felt very evident that every scrap of leftover material had been polished and stitched together.

Or so I thought, as apparently Matt Zane has opted to pursue an unauthorized biography project on late frontman Wayne Static's final days. The documentary has drawn largely negative reaction, and has been disavowed by members of Static's family.

For anyone else who thought that Static's former bandmates dressing another guy up in a robotic zombie Wayne Static costume was the lower bound for shamelessness, we may have spoken too soon. And, yes, it does give me a little pause that the family is fine with this spectacle, but I do concede that "Xer0" at least has a façade of artistry that mining the last days of a tragic death does not.

I have no idea who this documentary is even for. The implosion of Static-X and Wayne's subsequent downward spiral was quite well documented in the media; what purpose does dredging all this up serve? You can use the man as a cautionary tale about the dangers of drugs without deliving into the depressing minutia of his passing.

On top of it, there's talk of even more unreleased material surfacing. At this rate, I'm expecting someone to dig up the body and auction off the fillings in his teeth.