Biography
He was present on the band'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. 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 very successful locally and played several concerts in and around the Los Angeles, California 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.
On Koichi Fukuda's rejoining into the band, frontman Wayne Static said:
| “ | We invited 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. | ” |
As of February 10, 2010 Koichi joined Drugstore Fanatics while Static-X is taking a break.
Koichi contributed to the KMFDM album, WTF?!, playing guitar on the song "Come On – Go Off".
Koichi also contributed to Wednesday 13's 2011 special remix CD, "Re-animated".
According to Wayne Static, Koichi still speaks better Japanese than English, despite having lived in the United States since the late 1990s.
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