Ken Jay

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Kenneth "Ken Jay" Lacey (born June 10, 1971)^[1] is an American musician, best known as the original drummer for industrial metal band Static-X.

Biography[]

Jay was born in Jamaica, Illinois.^[2] Jay began playing drums early on and had played drums in a couple of metal bands early in his career in central Illinois before heading north to Chicago. Jay was the drummer in Deep Blue Dream, a band that also included Wayne Static and had auditioned at one point for Smashing Pumpkins but was told by Billy Corgan he was "too metal" to be in the band.^{[citation needed]} He co-founded Static-X with Wayne Static in 1994. Jay played drums on the band's first two albums, Wisconsin Death Trip and Machine, but before Static-X could begin recording their third album, Shadow Zone, he left the band because of musical and political differences.^{[citation needed]} However, Jay still contributed additional keyboards to the album.

Shortly after his departure, he joined Godhead as a replacement drummer for a brief time.^{[citation needed]} He had kept out of the media limelight for several years.

In 2010, Jay stepped back into music to produce the debut album for Texas-based band, Blood Red Summer.^[3] He connected with the band through their guitar player, Erik Fincher, who had worked with Jay at a Virgin Records store in Los Angeles, California, and later became Static-X's long time guitar tech.

After a viral infection, he lost most of the hearing in his right ear.^[4]

On October 23, 2018, it was announced that Jay – along with the other two surviving original members, bassist Tony Campos and guitarist Koichi Fukuda – would reunite with Static-X, who plan to release a new album and tour in 2019 in honor of the memory of Wayne Static.^[5]

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