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Now available an unreleased song by Wayne Static as Matt Zane launches vocalist hunt
Matt Zane has posted a video of Wayne Static’s unreleased solo song “Infiltrator” online, as per theprp. The latter is presently producing an unapproved documentary about Static and his late wife Tera Wray’s last years. Zane has continued with the project despite opposition from the families of Static and Wray, claiming he is carrying out the late couple’s intentions. Static passed away in November 2014 as a result of a lethal mixture of alcohol and prescription medications. In January 2016, Wray would commit suicide.
After four donors contributed $400 to the first crowdfunding attempt for this documentary, Zane promised to pay for it himself. Zane, who is well-known for leading Society 1 and working in the adult entertainment sector, says he was a close friend of the couple during their latter years and wants to describe how Static and Wray behaved dangerously during that time. Six unreleased tracks that Static is rumored to have collaborated on with Zane are among the contentious aspects of the movie. This recently posted cut is probably one of those. Since the Static estate has prohibited the use of these songs in the movie, Zane has started looking for a performer who can re-track the songs for the documentary.
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. Wayneliked 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:
TheSlackerJesus@gmail.com