Track Listing 1. Enemy, The 2. I'm the One 3. Start a War 4. Pieces 5. Dirthouse 6. Skinnyman 7. Just in Case 8. Set It Off 9. I Want to F****** Break It 10. Night Terrors 11. Otsego Amigo 12. My Damnation 13. Brainfog
| Details | | Playing Time: | 47 min. | | Producer: | Ulrich Wild | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Static-X: Koichi Fukuda, Wayne Static (guitar); Nick Oshiro (drums); Tony Campos (background vocals). Recording information: Glenwood Place Studios, Burbank, California (2005). START A WAR's attendant printed info notes that the disc was recorded in "Sunny Burbank, California." A few seconds, however, is all it will take to convince listeners that this is one of Static X's darkest efforts. "The Enemy" skitters along at a frenetic, machine-gun-like pace appropriate for it's war-related title, while lead vocalist/screamer Wayne Static delivers an abrasive yet fleet-tongued combination of death-metal growling and East Coast speed-rapping. "Just in Case" emphasizes the industrial side of Static X's sound, with chorus music reminiscent of something one might hear in an auto manufacturing plant. "I Want to F****** Break It" begins with what sounds like an old time carnival tune that, though quickly overtaken by a repetitive jackhammer riff and violent lyrics, reappears throughout the song. The keyboards and new wave-style vocals that drive "My Damnation"'s verse reveal that in another life, Static X likely could have made it as a synth-pop band.
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