Wednesday 13 (band)

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Name = Wednesday 13
Background = group_or_band
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Origin = Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Genre = Horror punk
Glam Metal
Years_active = 2004 – present
Label = Roadrunner Records (2005) Rykodisc (2006-2007)
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.wednesday13.com/ www.wednesday13.com]
Current_members = Wednesday 13 Nate Manor J-Sin Trioxin Jonny Chops
Past_members = Ikky Piggy D Kid Kid Ghastly Eric Griffin Racci Shay Acey Slade

Wednesday 13 is a horror punk band, From Charlotte, North Carolina, fronted by the Murderdolls frontman of the same name. The group formed in 2004 and continue to perform together.

Music and recordings

The genre of music is a mix of glam and punk metals with lyrics heavily inspried by horror movies. All music and lyrics are written by the vocalist Wednesday 13. All guitars, bass, keyboards and vocals on the recordings are by Wednesday 13 and Jamie Hoover. Coner played drums on their debut album, whilst Kid Kid and Piggy D provided back up vocals.

Unreleased Recordings

As stated on his website, wednesday13.com, June 14th 2004:

"Hell-o Ghouls,Sorry for the delay! Mrs. 13 and I have been busy moving and not to mention working on new things for you Ghoul Scouts!! Here's a quick update on what's going on. As I mentioned before, I am completing material for my solo album and plan to hit the studio in July to record it. I'm trying my best to make sure it will be out before the tour in the UK/Europe later this year.There will be a few select US Dates in August and September, also tour dates for the UK/Europe are coming soon.US release news for "6 Years, 6 Feet Under The Influence" coming soon.

"'Also there are some new 7" vinyl's scheduled to come out as well, before the albums release. These songs will not be available on the upcoming album and have limited quantities on each.

The songs are:
* "The Saw is Family" for Fiend Force Records in Germany.
* "Destroy All Monsters" for Scarey Records Italy.
* A tribute to Phantasm split 7." "Mourningside Cemetery" Wednesday 13 and "Terrorsphere" KillJoy (Necrophagia) on Coffin Records"'

These tracks have never seen the light of day.

History

After Wednesday 13's primary band the Murderdolls went on hiatus, he went on a solo tour of the United Kingdom in March 2004, called the "Graveyard A Go-Go" tour. For his live performances he was joined by members of Florida horror punk band Death Becomes You, though this was not meant to be permanent.

Permanent line-up

When Wednesday 13 returned to North Carolina in June 2004 he began to put together a more permanent band, with whom he would perform with under the Wednesday 13 name. He brought in a former Frankenstein Drag Queens member Ikky on guitar.The band took heavily influenced by the likes of KISS and Alice Cooper, while at the same time not straying far from the band members previous horror punk related projects. In September 2004 Ikky was replaced with Matt Montgomery also known as Piggy D.Together the Wednesday 13 band toured Europe in November 2004 on the "Look What The Bats Dragged In" tour, some of dated were supported by English rockers Viking Skull.

Transylvania 90210

In 2005 after touring, they released their debut album "Transylvania 90210", and made a promotional video for the track "I Walked With A Zombie", the video depicted the band members in footage from the original Night of the Living Dead horror movie. Following the albums release the group embarked on a tour of the United Kingdom; "Tour from the Crypt".

Also in 2005 they played on the main-stage of Download Festival at Donington, but perhaps the crowning moment for the group so far was when they opened some shows for their idol, Alice Cooper around Halloween.

Fang Bang

Wednesday 13 parted ways with Roadrunner Records, before signing a new deal with Rykodisc, with whom he released Fang Bang, the follow-up to "Transylvania 90210", on September 12th, 2006.The European version of the album contains a different bonus: a cover of Motörhead "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." The Japanese edition features the same track listing as the European CD, along with an extra bonus song: "Good Day To Die". A strange yet, totally truthful twist to this album is that all the songs are based on or inspired by horror movies.

keletons

Skeletons, the new album from Wednesday 13, was released on April 29, 2008, available exclusively through Hot Topic locations in the United States. It was released in the UK on May 12, 2008 by DR2 Records a new subdivision of Demolition Records. Wednesday 13 states that this release has a darker and heavier tone to it than previous albums. The album was heavily promoted on the social networking site, Myspace.

Live Album

Wednesday 13 is currently finishing a live CD/DVD from his show at Crocodile Rock in Allentown, Pennsylvania, due to his fan following in Pennsylvania. The CD/DVD will be called "Fuck It, We'll Do It Live".

Live Members

Current

* Wednesday 13 - lead vocals/guitar
* Nate Manor - bass (2006 - present)
* J-Sin Trioxin - guitar (2007 - present)
* Jonny Chops - drums (2008)

Former

* Nicodemous (of Death Becomes You) - bass (2004)
* Christopher Lee (of Death Becomes You) - drums, percussion (2004)
* Gory (of Death Becomes You) - guitar (2004)
* Ikky - guitars (2004)
* Piggy D - guitars (2004 - 2006)
* Kid Kid - bass (2004 - 2006)
* Ghastly - drums, percussion (2004 - 2006)
* Eric Griffin - guitars (2006 - 2007)
* Brix Milner - bass (2006)
* Joe Letz - drums (Oct.-Nov 2007)
* Staci Grim - guitar (Oct.-Nov 2007)
* Racci Shay - drums, percussion (2006 - 2008)
* Acey Slade - guitars (Jan-Jun 2008)

Where The Former Members Are Now

* Piggy D - Currently playing bass for Rob Zombie
* Acey Slade - Recording a solo album and producing Scottish acoustic punk, Billy Liar.
* Joe Letz - Currently playing drums for Combichrist
* Kid Kid - Regularly performs solo shows as well as being one half of Bourbon Crow.

Discography

* "" (2005)
* "Fang Bang" (August 29, 2006)
* "Skeletons" (April 29th, 2008)
* "Bloodwork" (April 29th, 2008)
* "Fuck It, We'll Do It Live" (October 2008)

Music Videos

* I Walked with a Zombie (2005)
* Bad Things (2005)
* My Home Sweet Homicide (2006)

External links

* [http://www.wednesday13.com/ Official Website (under construction)]
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