Project Description

Interview With

WEDNESDAY 13

Interviewer: Dave Bruce 

Written By: Kelsey Hentschel

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A grimly glamorous ghoul who first slithered from the cobwebbed shadows of Charlotte, North Carolina, in the early 90s, WEDNESDAY 13 has firmly established himself as the world’s premier purveyor of balls-out horror punk insanity.  With a vivid and vile imagination that has endeared him to countless fans of riff-driven macabre over the last two decades, he has been one of rock’s most prolific protagonists, spreading his credo of grave-robbing rock ‘n’ roll and Hallowe’en debauchery around the globe and unleashing a seemingly endless stream of blood-spattered albums and EPs.

However, absolutely nothing that WEDNESDAY has created in the past has even touched upon the horrifying potency and allure of his recent studio album, ‘Condolences’ and the future is looking dark, dangerous, exhilarating and wildly, unapologetically theatrical and this transcends into their live shows.ednesday  took some time to talk to AMNplify ahead of his Australian Tour. 

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You’re returning to Australia for the third year in a row. You must like us! How do you find the Australian crowds in comparison to the US?

I think the US fans need to take some hardcore lessons from the Australian fans on how to rock it at shows, how to party at shows, how to party after shows, they just need a whole lesson in rock and roll from the Australian audiences. We’ve just been really fortunate to come back to Australia on every release and play – it’s amazing. It’s the first tour of the year and we are excited to be coming back!

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We are more than happy to have you back that’s for sure. Last Year you played some acoustic shows. Will we see any of this on the upcoming tour? Or full band all the way?

No it’s full band. You won’t see any acoustic guitar. If you did it would be on fire. Full, loud, your mother wouldn’t be proud type of thing.

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It sounds like that’s how you role most of the time.

I try to be! The best, worst influence you could ever have.

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Davey Suicide will be joining them all on four dates of the tour. Have you worked much with them before?

Yeah we have played a couple of shows with them years back, but none lately. When their name came up on the ideas board for tour support, they just made since. They sit well with our audience and I think the audience are really gonna love them. So it’s cool. We’re excited about it.

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I assume you get to choose your supports?

I get a list of bands to choose from, sometimes I request bands. I don’t get to do that too often but when I get to suggest a band or choose a band that I like, I try my best to do that because I am still such a fan of music. There’s a lot of good support bands and local bands. We have friends in ‘Darkc3ll’ from Brisbane who are playing and we had our friends ‘Witchgrinder’ who have supported us before. So there are a lot of cool bands out there.

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Having toured so much does it make a difference when you do get to choose your supports? Is it more enjoyable or is it much the same?

It does for me. It’s always a cool thing when you have a band with you that you like and your backstage and you catch a bit of their show before you get dressed. It’s not fun when you have a band that the audience can’t stand and you can’t stand listening to. You gotta pick out a band that is going to entertain the audiences – well that’s what I try to do.

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Do you like being known as the frontman of Murderdolls? Or are you trying to separate yourself from that to focus on your solo project?

No it’s always been a cool thing for. I think most people know me as the frontman of Murderdolls or don’t know that I’m the frontman of Murderdolls. A lot of the time people know who Murderdolls are but no idea who Wednesday 13 is. There might be another Murderdolls record someday soon, who knows. I’ve never tried to seperate it, I think it’s awesome and we did made two awesome records. It’s always cool to be recognised for something. That record turns 17 years old this year, which is crazy!

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You also create under the Bourbon Crow alias. Your music differs greatly. Do you find it difficult separating the two genres when you’re creating music?

At first, it came kind of naturally but I didn’t know if it was country or what it was. It was just me writing on my acoustic guitar like I usually do but I didn’t know until I started recording how it would sound. Once we did the first record and I knew how to approach the more southern, country style of music and didn’t rely on heavy bass, we kinda had it in the bag. Now it comes just as naturally as doing anything.

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What is something you would like to achieve career-wise that you haven’t done yet?

I have done quite a bit so far. I have supported some of my favourite bands which is amazing for me. For me, I am just climbing the ladder, I am not at the top and I am not at the bottom – but I am on it. In 10 year time, I think I would like to be known for someone who is capable of doing an arena tour. I have the work ethic and the time to put into the band, but only time will tell.

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Was there a specific time or event in your career that took your breathe away?

There’s so many. Playing with Hanoi Rocks in Japan on their farewell tour was one. Being a big fan of them, I never thought I would get to see them live much less tour with them. Touring with Alice Cooper, Marilyn Manson, Iron Maiden, Guns N Roses. Touring all around the world and not getting bottled off stage (except by Iron Maiden’s fans), we’ve done a lot of cool stuff.

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