Yet again, Matt Zane has gone ahead and stepped over the line of what’s appropriate as he pursues the unapproved documentary surrounding deceased Static-X lead singer Wayne Static. This comes after Static‘s family has objected to the film – even ordering a cease-and-desist this past December –, as well as the band, and the family of Static‘s late wife, Tera Wray, who took her life in 2016. With so few people backing the film, Zane turned to crowdfunding which raised a whopping $400, ultimately pushing through because he says he was friends with both Static and Wray in their final years.
In a post to Instagram, Matt Zane wrote in the comments that he was releasing an unheard track of Wayne Static, despite quite literally everyone telling him not to, saying that he couldn’t use the unreleased music for the documentary. He writes complete normally in the third-person,
“An unfinished, previously unheard track recorded by late STATIC-X frontman Wayne Static has surfaced as part of filmmaker Matt Zane’s ongoing unauthorized documentary project.
“According to Zane, the song was intended to appear in his forthcoming film about Wayne and his late wife Tera Wray. However, the estates of Wayne and Tera, along with Static-X, have declined to grant permission for the unreleased music to be used.
“I want to make it clear, I’d love to finish and give Wayne’s fans his final recording but the families and Static-X aren’t allowing it,” said Zane. “I’d give 100% of the profits of the music to Wayne’s and Tera’s family as long as the recordings were kept in their original form. They were recorded as Wayne Static solo music, not Static-X.
“The Backstory
Zane says the material dates back to 2008 while he was directing Tera Wray in her music series Radium. At the time, Wayne offered music to support the project.
“Warner Brothers stopped us but not before Wayne gave me a bunch of stuff,” Zane explained. “I cover the entire ordeal in the documentary. I have a video of Wayne publicly admitting he wrote music for the series.”
Now, years later, Zane has chosen to move forward with completing select portions of the material for inclusion in the documentary and its potential soundtrack.
“There are songs that I won’t touch that Wayne wrote 100% of,” Zane stated. “But all the misc. riffs and other ideas are what I’ll use. Wayne liked what I was doing with them so I figure I’m on the right track.”
Singer Search Begins
Due to legal restrictions preventing the use of Wayne Static’s original vocal tracks, Zane is now launching an open call for vocalists who believe they can step in and honor Wayne’s style and legacy.
“It’s just like what Jonathan Davis did for the Queen of the Damned soundtrack,” Zane said. “He wasn’t allowed to sing on that soundtrack so he brought in other singers, including Wayne!”
Fans and vocalists interested in participating are invited to submit a recording of themselves performing their favorite Wayne Static song to:
Seriously enquiries only, guys.
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