Wayne Richard Wells (November 4, 1965 – November 1, 2014), known professionally as Wayne Static, was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and primary lyricist for the industrial metal band Static-X, which he was the only constant member of the band until his death in 2014.

[9] He attended Shelby High School and had summer jobs which included working as an asparagus picker and in a cherry canning factory.

In California, Wells and Jay formed Static-X along with Tony Campos on bass and Koichi Fukuda on guitar.

[14] As part of his Pighammer solo-project,[15] Static formed a new line-up consisting of Brent Ashley on bass, Sean Davidson on drums, and Ashes on guitar.

[16] He had been set to play a co-headlining tour in the U.S. with Powerman 5000 in November 2014 with American Head Charge supporting them.

[17] Static installed a single Seymour Duncan SH-6B 'Distortion' humbucker in all his guitar's bridge positions; until switching to EMG 81's in 2012 after signing with Dean.

"Special features on the Static model include a single volume control and one toggle switch for the two Epiphone USA pickups, no pickguard, Ebony fingerboard with no inlays, black hardware, Plain Black satin finish, and the Static-X logo on the headstock.

Static appeared as a mystery guest on an adult film Wray hosted called Radium Vol 2.

[27] On January 13, 2016, Wray died in her friend's Joshua Tree, California apartment from an apparent suicide.

[30] His publicist issued a statement which claimed that Static and Wray had stopped using "hard drugs" in 2009 and that his death was "not a drug-related incident.

"[31] However, an autopsy later confirmed that Static had died of multiple prescription drug toxicity involving the opioid painkillers oxycodone and hydromorphone, the anti-anxiety medication alprazolam (Xanax), and alcohol.

The report also noted that years of past "chronic prescription drug and alcohol abuse" was a contributing factor.