"I'm with Stupid" (released as a single under the name of "I'm with Stupid (He's a Loser)") is a song from
Static-X
Static-X is an American industrial metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1994. The line-up has fluctuated over the years, but was long-held constant with band founder, frontman, vocalist and rhythm guitarist Wayne Static until his d ...
's debut album, ''
Wisconsin Death Trip''. It was released as a single in February 2000. The song starts off with singer
Wayne Static
Wayne Richard Wells (November 4, 1965 – November 1, 2014), known professionally as Wayne Static, was an American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist, and primary lyricist for the industrial metal band St ...
screaming out the words of the chorus, "He’s a loser, she said" and quickly moving on to the main guitar riff that is repeated throughout the song. The outro, a sample of dialogue from actress
Linnea Quigley
Barbara Linnea Quigley (born May 27, 1958) is an American actress, best known as a scream queen in low-budget horror films during the 1980s and 1990s. Born in Davenport, Iowa, Quigley first pursued her career in the late 1970s, shortly after movin ...
, comes from the 1988 film ''
Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama
''Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama'' (also known as ''The Imp'') is a 1988 American comedy horror film directed by David DeCoteau, loosely based on the classic short story "The Monkey's Paw". Notable for scream queens Linnea Quigley, ...
''.
Live performances
System of a Down bassist
Shavo Odadjian
Shavarsh "Shavo" Odadjian (; born April 22, 1974) is an Armenian-American musician, best known as the bassist of nu metal band System of a Down. He also plays bass in a Trap music, trap group called North Kingsley and in the metal band Seven Hou ...
performed rhythm guitar for the song during a performance at
Ozzfest 1999.
Music video
The music video for the song shows the band performing on stage in the
Orpheum Theatre, while a woman holding a shovel chases down the strange creature from the "
Push It" music video. A couple of monsters and a blue man make appearances. In the end, the shovel lady beats the creature down with her shovel, and reveals herself to actually be Wayne Static. There are seven monkeys hidden in the music video. The director of this video was
David Meyers.
Track listing
Charts
References
2000 singles
Static-X songs
1999 songs
Warner Records singles
Songs written by Tony Campos
Songs written by Ken Jay
Songs written by Wayne Static
Songs written by Koichi Fukuda
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