Wayne Static Did Not Die From a Drug Overdose

A press release sent out on Sunday (Nov. 2) by Wayne Static's publicist states that the 48-year-old lead singer of Static-X died in his sleep, and that drugs were not involved. Apparently he and his wife Tery Wray were set to leave for their next tour on Halloween night, but decided to wait and leave Saturday morning. Here is the full press release:

HOLLYWOOD, CA (November 1, 2014) – Today is a sad day in the music industry – Front-man and founding member WAYNE STATIC of STATIC-X passed away quietly in his sleep at his home last night.

The couple was getting ready to leave for a Fall/Winter tour this morning. They were to have left the night before on Halloween, but decided they would head out early in the morning November 1st.

The couple, known for partying heavy, had left hard drugs in 2009 and had not touched them since. Static’s first solo album – Pighammer – was a tribute to his new non-drug life and hoped it would help others to get clean from hard chemical drugs.

More official information about his passing will be released in the following days. This is not a drug related incident or an O. D. Please be courteous to his family and wife and leave positive messages~

 

In our post that included some tweets from Wayne's fellow rockers, Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach mentioned 'addiction' and 'overdoses' which lead to speculation about his death.

We here at 96.3 The Blaze were sincerely shocked and saddened to hear the news of Wayne's death over the weekend. He was always a fun and gracious performer and he and his wife Tera were very kind and obviously very in love.