Static-X – Ozzfest 2007 – Static-X – Pre-Concert Photos – Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Andrew Wilson / PR Photos
Birth Name: Wayne Richard Wells
Date of Birth: November 4, 1965
Place of Birth: Muskegon, Michigan, U.S.
Date of Death: November 1, 2014
Place of Death: Landers, California, U.S.
Ethnicity: English, Irish, 1/8 Austrian, 1/8 Czech, possibly other
Wayne Static was an American musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, keyboardist and programmer for the American industrial metal band Static-X.
He was the son of Marie Darlene (Hacker) and Richard Vernon “Dick” Wells.
Wayne was married to pornographic actress Tera Wray, until his death.
Wayne’s maternal grandfather was Charles Hacker (the son of Károly, also known as Karl in German or Charles in English, Hacker and Marie Klempová, later Mary Klempa). Karl was an Austrian emigrant, from Stegersbach, Burgenland, and was the son of Johannes (or János in Hungarian) Hacker and Maria (or Mária in Hungarian) Kruisz. Marie was a Czech emigrant, and was the daughter of František “Frank” Klempa and Eva Morová.
Wayne’s maternal grandmother was Elizabeth Marie Lambert (later, Cartwright, the daughter of Harvey Stephen Lambert and Bessie Mae Waidley). She was later adopted by her stepfather, William George Cartwright. Harvey was a Canadian emigrant, from Tilbury West, Ontario, and was the son of Mahlon Austin Lambert, who was of English descent, and of Elizabeth M. Stein, who was of Irish descent. Bessie was the daughter of Elias M. Waidley and Miriam E. O. “Marian/Mary” Hand.
Sources: Obituary of Wayne Static – http://obits.mlive.com
Birth record of Wayne’s maternal grandfather, Charles Hacker – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Wayne’s maternal great-grandparents, Charles Hacker and Mary Klempa – https://www.familysearch.org
Baptismal record of Wayne’s maternal great-grandfather, Károly Hacker – https://www.familysearch.org
Wayne’s maternal grandmother, Elizabeth Marie (Lambert) Hacker, on Find a Grave – https://www.findagrave.com
Wayne’s maternal great-grandfather, Harvey Stephen Lambert, on the 1881 Canadian Census – https://www.familysearch.org