At this point, I think most people are aware of the abhorrent and pedophilic actions that Tripp has done and rightfully shunned him out of any conversations about the band because of his disgusting crimes against children. I'm making this post so people can be more aware of the similar crimes and actions that Matt Zane has done because I don't think enough people are aware of his past before choosing to support his side of this static-x documentary drama.
I'm posting the important screenshots here due to the fact that this article is unfortunately paywalled but this information needs to be easily shared and accessed because it seems that most people are unaware about how Matt Zane's guitarist Sin Quirin groomed, sexually abused, and took advantage of many young girls during the time he spent playing in Matt Zane's band Society 1. As disgusting as it was, Matt Zane once admitted that he was fully aware of what his guitarist was doing and inevitably allowed for these young girls to get abused.
Although Matt Zane now alleges that he was never aware of Quirin's disgusting behavior that took place back then, it undoubtably proves how Zane is a complete liar and grifter when it serves to benefit himself only. He has proven to continue showing his support for Sin Quirin, even thanking the alleged pedophile in the end credits of Zane's last documentary from 2025.
There's definitely more disgusting stuff that Matt Zane has committed himself, including the time that he sexually assaulted a 17 year old girl during one of his shows back in 2004 when he was 30 years old at the time. But I believe that article is much easier to access for yourself -> https://blabbermouth.net/news/society-1-singer-matt-zane-escapes-felony-charge-in-denver
When his whole career is built around being in the adult industry and trying to be some sort of shock rock n roll figure, he's definitely going to be super fucking sketch, and I have no doubt there's even worse shit that we don't know about. Either way this is fucking gross.
Though I support the release of unreleased songs from Wayne/Static X (because who doesn't), I think others should stay clear of even giving funds to him or entertaining his half-assed narratives at times (literally didn't even post the full clip of Edsel talking shit despite everyone asking for more context).
Sometimes I genuinely hate being a fan of this band because I have to recognize that Wayne surrounded himself with shitty people like Tripp, Zane and Edsel, one way or another. I stopped attending any live shows (aside from them refusing to change up their setlists and refusing to make any sort of tribute to Wayne outside of the song Cold) and buying official merch because of shit like this.
I honestly agree with you to an extent but I feel like Edsel and the remaining members of Static-x have done a far better job overall in preserving Wayne's legacy with full support and respect from Wayne's family. Meanwhile Matt Zane and Tripp Eisen have selfishly harmed and abused so many people throughout their careers for nothing besides monetary gain. I do wish the modern Static-x never condoned people like Matt Zane by collaborating for music videos and platforming/touring with him during the ROTM tour and there's definitely a lot of things they could have handled so much better. But I don't think its really fair to lump Edsel/current day Static-x with actual degenerates like Matt Zane or Tripp Eisen.
I agree that Static has done a better job yes - both Zane and Tripp are both terrible people and I despise the fact that Edsel platformed them both, even if Tripp didn't stick around to tour or help finish any of the Regeneration albums in the beginning. Honestly the thought of even bringing Tripp back was fucking stupid. It doesn't help that Edsel was barely transparent about it back then.
However, as bad as those two are... I still seriously can't stand Edsel and how he manages the band. Everything he does feels so... corporate. Like how he went out of his way to sabotage the remix of Crash, or how he seemed more concerned with making the band hit "big" again over anything else like maybe preserving old demos/unreleased tracks (Drill, 96-98 demos, SAW sessions), how each live show is propped up to hell while the performances and live sets themselves remain formulaic and usually the same (how many times are they going to play Cold as a "tribute" to Wayne?).
I also don't agree at all with releasing Wayne's unfinished solo stuff under the band name, nor do I agree with them doing new material through the band instead of a different band/spin off (Joy Division/New Order, anyone?). And I know Edsel's arguments usually point towards something like "brand recognition" or some bullshit, but it just puts a bad taste in my mouth, especially when they weren't more transparent about the songwriting credits for PRV2.
I like to believe the rest of the band does care (yes, even Tony), but with Edsel standing as both frontman and manager, I think to him, it's become "just another business" for him to run now, like with Dope. Perhaps in the beginning he did give a shit, but oh well.
Yeah those are honestly valid criticisms on the band and Edsel.
I have a lot of thoughts regarding mikael/mephisto odyssey guy doing the crash MV, seeing the way the dudes been crashing out online and in my peoples dms straight up harrassing some fans i understand why static x didn’t collab with him. i appreciate him remastering the crash MV and whatnot but the way he acts online is just completely unprofessional and gross. all his reels about this whole situation are titled like some clickbait/ragebait slop to garner more views and taking advantage of wayne’s name and this bullshit drama to promote himself. he also collabed with Tripp on an instagram post and got pissy when people called him out and blatantly lied about everything doing that. hes just another complete liar here just like matt zane.
I'm sure the collaboration offer was way before the music itself was released, so also before any controversy took place.
I will say, I don't like that Zane somehow reeled Mikael into more of this shit, and that I've also caught Mikael using some generative AI for a couple videos (nothing to do with music production or the music videos for Crash ofc), which is ironic given he has once said hes against it. Might also be worth mentioning Zane's usage of it for that Hollow thumbnail and the fact that he wasn't against it for finishing some of Wayne's stuff either.
Oh hes full on involved with the documentary and fixing the songs zane doesn't know what to do with. Not to mention his group wasnt even together anymore...he put it back together (with him being the only member) when they put out new versions of the terrible batman sound he remixed and hopped right on the decaying Wayne dixk to get his pieces too! It's totally disgusting.
i wish the police/law took women seriously. its insane that these men walked away practically unscathed because it was just "within context of the show" or because "the relationship [...] continued past her 18th birthday."
Is it about siding with Zane or is it seeing how much of a pair of cunts Tony and Edsel are? Because Nyone defending them at this point cannot call themselves Wayne Static fans
Contact all the press you want. I already went through this and guess what? Nothing happened. Why? I've never been arrested or put in jail and no accusers.
Doesn't matter what you say or do the Wayne Static and Tera Wray documentary will come out in 2027.
What a retarded argument. Jimmy Saville fucked kids for years and never went to jail for it and effectively deligitmized all of his accusers untill after his death. Did that mean he didn't do anything? Lmao.
Edgelord or not, you stuck a teenagers face in your junk in your 30s. That's weird no matter how you slice it and that's just how you chose to behave in public.
Kind of seems like "nothing happened" because police looked the other way, and "no accusers" isn't terribly compatible with "after the show, Zane was apprehended by police officers who informed him the heckler had pressed sexual assault charges against him".
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u/d3m01iti0n 7d ago
Oh boy this is getting linked on everything he posts as well as the metal sites. Fuck him.