Static-X members lead singer Wayne Static (from Michigan) and drummer Ken Jay (from Illinois) met at Virgin Records in Chicago. Smashing Pumpkins frontman, Billy Corgan introduced the. After that Static and Jay took off for California to form the rest of the band. They were signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1998 and a year later they released their first studio album Wisconsin Death Trip.
Static and Jay both had mid-western roots, but the album title was inspired by Michael Lesy's 1973 book Wisconsin Death Trip. The book contains photographs cataloging dead people of the Black River Falls area in the late 1800's and descriptions of how they lived and died.
The song "Push It" was the first single from the album and is one of Static-X's most popular songs. The band describes the sound as "evil disco."
"Push It" charted at #20 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Static-X "Push It" 1999