Koichi Fukuda

Musician

Birthday July 1, 1975

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Kawachinagano, Osaka, Japan

Age 48 years old

Nationality Osaka

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1975

Koichi Fukuda (born July 1, 1975) is a Japanese musician, best known as the lead guitarist, programmer and keyboardist for the American industrial metal band Static-X; he has been a member of the band three times, initially from 1994 to 2000, again from 2005 to 2010 and since 2018.

He was also the former lead guitarist of the bands Drugstore Fanatics and Bellusira.

He was present on Static-X's debut album, Wisconsin Death Trip, but left the band prior to the recording of their second album, Machine, citing personal problems due to excessive touring.

However, he did still contribute keyboards to the record.

2005

He rejoined Static-X after the firing of their then-current guitarist, Tripp Eisen, at the end of the recording process of the 2005 album Start a War, and was present to record their fifth album, Cannibal.

Between his stints in Static-X, he formed another, less aggressive band called Revolve.

Drawing comparisons to Tool and Pink Floyd, they were successful locally and played several concerts in and around the Los Angeles area.

They released several demos as free downloads on their website, and released one EP containing several reworked versions of previously released demos, as well as a few new tracks.

2008

Fukuda has a son born in 2008.

On Fukuda's rejoining into the band, frontman Wayne Static said:

"We invited [Fukuda] back to do some programming on the record (Start a War). Then Tripp got arrested ... My first thought was let's ask Koichi if he wants to rejoin. I just crossed my fingers and, lucky for us, he said yes. Koichi was with us back in the club days here in Los Angeles, played on our first record, Wisconsin Death Trip, and did the first two years of touring with the band. He's been in the studio with us since October working on the new record and this feels like a very natural transition."

2010

In 2010, Fukuda joined Drugstore Fanatics.

Fukuda contributed to the KMFDM album WTF?!, playing guitar on the song "Come On – Go Off".

2011

Fukuda also contributed to Wednesday 13's 2011 remix EP "Re-Animated".

The tracks from the EP were re-released as part of Disc 4 for Wednesday's "Dead Meat: 10 Years of Blood, Feathers & Lipstick" box set under the Disc title: "Re-Animated Resurrected".

The disc also featured extra remixes by Koichi.

2015

In 2015, Fukuda was in the Australian rock band Bellusira, working out of Los Angeles.

2018

In October 2018, it was announced that Fukuda – along with the other two surviving original members, bassist Tony Campos and drummer Ken Jay – would be involved in a reunion of Static-X, who were planning to release a new album and tour in 2019 in honor of the memory of their former bandmate Wayne Static.

2020

The first of those albums, which had since been announced as being split into two parts, titled Project Regeneration Vol. 1, was released in July 2020.