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Horror Glam
An Interview with Wednesday 13
By Bob
Ignizio |
A lot of people know Wednesday 13 as lead vocalist for
The Murderdolls, the hard rocking band that also includes Slipknot’s Joey
Jordison. But when Slipknot resumed activity, The Murderdolls had to be put
on hold. Not one to sit around and wait for things to happen, Wednesday
recruited a new group of musicians to back him on a solo project. The
results could perhaps best be described as “horror glam”, as the band mixes
eighties hair metal style riffs with downtuned guitars and morbid lyrics.
Wednesday’s debut album was recently released through Roadrunner records,
and since then he’s been on the road playing gigs in support of it whenever
and wherever he can. While in transit from one town to another, Wednesday
managed to find a few minutes to chat with Utter Trash.
Utter Trash: How’s the tour going so far?
Wednesday 13: Cool. So far everything’s good.
UT: Why did you decide to go out on your own after
being in The Murderdolls?
W13: Everyone took a break, and rather than sit on my
ass at home I decided to go out and do something.
UT: Is the Murderdolls over, or do you think you might
go back to that again?
W13: The whole thing with that is we just went on a
hiatus. As long as Joey is playing in Slipknot, The Murderdolls can never
be a full time thing. We all knew it was going to come to an end at some
point, so everybody else just started doing their own thing in the
meantime. When it comes back to time to do that again, we’ll cross that
bridge. We’ll see what happens. The door’s not closed.
UT: How would you say your solo stuff differs from The
Murderdolls?
W13: It’s definitely not the same stuff. It’s a
different atmosphere on both the record and in the live show, as well. The
Murderdolls is more of a collaboration, and this project is 100% my own
vision. But I think it really takes the live show to see the major
differences between this and The Murderdolls.
UT: Unlike a lot of horror themed bands, you have a
bit of a glam rock influence. Are you a big fan of eighties bands like
Poison?
W13: Yeah, I always have been. My whole image and
the things I do stems from bands like Alice Cooper, Motley Crue, and Twisted
Sister.
UT: Since grunge came along, it seems like a lot of
bands take themselves really seriously. You think audiences are ready to
have some fun again?
W13: I sure hope so. I’m definitely having fun with
what I’m doing. I don’t try to think about real life subjects.
UT: You’re touring on your own right now. Any plans
to hook up with a bigger band and go out in a support slot?
W13: Yeah, that’s something we’re looking into right
now. We’ll see what happens.
UT: What would you say draws you to the horror element
in what you do?
W13: It’s just always been a part of what I do,
something I’m into.
UT: Any horror movies that are personal favorites?
W13: Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw
Massacre, Night of the Living Dead. A lot of them.
UT: Any interest in being in a horror film or
directing one?
W13: Yeah, I’d love to get into that later on, when
and if it happens.
Visit the Wednesday 13
website.
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