Album · Static-X
Machine by Static-X
Machine is an album by Static-X, released in 2001. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Cold”, on 3 lists with a best position of #41.
Machine, Static-X's second album, hit the racks on Warner Bros. on May 22, 2001, two years after the debut Wisconsin Death Trip, an eventual platinum seller, had shoved the Los Angeles crew into the thick of the nu metal boom. Ulrich Wild produced it at Studio 508 in Los Angeles, and he let the machines of the title off the leash: more electronics, more grinding industrial effects and a lot more screaming from Wayne Static, the band's founder, singer and rhythm guitarist. Tony Campos holds down the bass, and Ken Jay, who started the band with Static, drums with drum-machine discipline.
It's a colder, harsher ride than the debut, all clanking rhythm and buzzsaw texture, with "Black and White", "This is Not" and "Cold" cutting through. It carries extra weight now: after Static's death in 2014, the surviving original members regrouped in his honor and built Project: Regeneration Vol. 1 from recordings he'd left behind.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Machine on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold | 3 | #41 | – | 2002 | |
| 2 | This is Not | 4 | #76 | – | 2001 | |
| 3 | Black and White | 2 | #89 | – | 2001 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.