Static-X:n entinen kitaristi Tripp Eisen kertoo lähestyneensä jälleen entisiä bändekavereitaan sovun merkeissä
Entinen Static-X-kitaristi Tripp Eisen on julkaissut lehdistötiedotteen, jossa kertoo yrittävänsä päästä sovintoon entisten bänditovereidensa kanssa. Eisen (oikea nimi Tod Rex Salvador) erotettiin ryhmästä vuonna 2005, kun hänet pidätettiin seksisuhteista kahden alaikäisen tytön kanssa.
Eisen on tehnyt kaikkensa päästäkseen mukaan Static-X:n ”Wisconsin Death Trip” -albumin juhlakiertueelle mutta toistaiseksi yhtyeen muut jäsenet eivät ole halunneet ottaa Eiseniä kiertueelle mukaan. Voit lukea tiedotteen tästä:
“Tripp Eisen recently extended an olive branch to his former bandmates in STATIC-X about a reconciliation. Eisen and his former band have battled in recent years over song-writing disputes and Eisen’s contributions to the STATIC-X reunion of 2019 and the subsequent 2020 album “Project Regeneration Vol. 1”.
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Tripp had personally contacted each of his former friends in STATIC-X this past week in the effort to initiate an amicable dialogue. Eisen was negotiating with the band in 2019 to settle their differences and was offered some concessions, which included an offer to Tripp’s current band FACE WITHOUT FEAR to be part of the 2019 “Wisconsin Death Tripp 20th Anniversary Tour”. However, this offer was declined by Eisen for reasons that will be revealed later.
Eisen claims there are unsettled song-writing credits for both Vol. 1 and the upcoming Vol. 2 of the “Project Regeneration” albums. Among the topics mentioned in his communication with his former friends, Tripp offered to join his ex-bandmates on stage for a song during the current Rob Zombie’s “Freaks on Parade Tour”.
2020 saw the release of STATIC-X’s first album in over 10 years, Project Regeneration Vol. 1.
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The album credits for “Project Regeneration” reveal that several of Tripp’s songs appear on the album; two of which, “Hollow” and “Bring You Down” were STATIC-X’s biggest single releases from the album and helped them to chart on many platforms.
In 2016, Eisen contacted Tony Campos with the idea of a STATIC-X reunion and the two began collaborating on material. Eisen offered the idea of utilizing Edsel Dope as a producer on the project; which Tripp called “Project X” at the time. But in 2020 Eisen made public statements about disputes that drew the ire of Edsel Dope, who became executive producer on the album, and who is rumored to be the band’s masked front man. Subsequently the two exchanged public jabs, jeopardizing the two former bandmates’ friendship.
Fans of both DOPE and STATIC-X may remember the feud between the two musicians after Eisen left DOPE to join STATIC-X in 2000 after both band’s most successful albums
However, Eisen hopes that his current attempt to reach to STATIC-X will be to everyone’s benefit, thereby ending any conflict, while respectfully recognizing everyone’s legitimate contributions to the catalog and history of STATIC-X.
Artikkeli jatkuu mainoksen jälkeenEisen will launch a podcast in the coming weeks to discuss his experiences in STATIC-X and his other bands, including DOPE and MURDERDOLLS, and also chronicle his past and current contributions to STATIC-X. The tell-all podcast will feature guests that have worked up-close and personally with Wayne Static and STATIC-X. Tripp will also be doing a press campaign to promote the podcast, as well as his current band FACE WITHOUT FEAR.
Eisen hopes to reconcile and come to a mutual agreement of how he and STATIC-X can coexist moving forward and avoid any future public conflict.”