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I Talked with a Zombie: A Night at The Whisky with WEDNESDAY 13 Interview by Amie Dodd (With a little help from my friend Stephanie Boyd) SugarBuzz Magazine

	The first thing you notice upon meeting Wednesday 13 is how reserved he is. Almost shy. But he quickly becomes animated when discussing his solo project “Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying and the Dead,” which was released to positive reviews in April on Roadrunner Records. Perhaps best known as the frontman for the horror rock band the Murderdolls, Wednesday 13 is making quite a stir in his own right with this CD and his band’s energetic stage performances. Along with my wonder twin Stephanie (whom I should point out would have never spoken to me again had I not let her participate in this interview,) I sat down to speak with him before he took the stage at the Whisky in Hollywood on Tuesday, October 25th.
Amie: “Let me first off say how much I enjoy the album – it kicks serious ass. I’ve noticed a natural progression lyrically and sonically in your sound from your first band the Frankenstein Drag Queens, to Murderdolls, and now your solo project. Tell me a bit about your songwriting process for this album.” Wednesday 13: "Well, it's been a progression.” (laugh) I don’t know – every year you learn more stuff; you try to re-create what you do a little bit more and more every year. I’ve spent a lot of time on this record, writing songs, and all the songs for the record I basically picked out of like a hundred or so songs that I wrote.” gestures to guitarist Matt ‘Pig’ Montgomery “He was at my house the other day, and I showed him a stack of CDs that I had, of songs I recorded, and it’s about this tall.” indicates a stack about a foot high “Yeah, this is kinda a cool song!” – I was real careful, made sure I liked every song on it (the album); that I wouldn’t get sick of any of them....”
		“But, yeah, there’s definitely a difference between Murderdolls and the Drag Queens as well, so... It’s different, but it’s still stupid as it’s ever been, so...” we both laugh “You gotta get the stupid in it!” Amie: “I understand you recorded this album on your own after the Murderdolls tour concluded. Did you bring the finished project to Roadrunner complete? Were they supportive of the project with minimal interference?” Wednesday 13: “No, they didn’t do anything. I basically recorded the record and gave it to them, and said “This is what it is - You want it?” “They were like, “Yeah! Why don’t you get someone else to mix it, so that’s kind of where they (Roadrunner Records) came in.”

“Monty at Roadrunner kinda came in and suggested getting Colin Richardson to mix it, which was great, ‘cause the guy is awesome. He did the Murderdolls’ “Welcome to the Strange” track.” Amie: “Colin’s over in the UK, right?” Wednesday 13: “Yeah. He did the “Welcome to the Strange” track, which I love the way it was mixed, and the sound and everything, so he told me he was going to do it, so great. I sent it to him, and he basically did all his magic to it and sent it back, and I said, “YES!” So, they didn’t really do anything – they were really supportive.” Amie: “I loved the video for “I Walked with a Zombie.” How did you obtain the rights to use the "Night of the Living Dead" footage?” Wednesday 13: “It’s a public domain film. That’s why you see about thirty thousand copies of it with different covers. You still have to pay some type of fee up front to use it. So, it was really cheap, and it was much easier just to edit us into it than trying to re-create a whole zombie scene and all that stuff. It was really easy and it was a cool idea as well.” Amie: “Absolutely!” Amie: “Speaking of videos, I understand you’re about to release the next video – “Bad Things”. This is my absolutely favorite song on the album. Can you tell us what we can expect to see? Wednesday 13: “We just finished it the other day – finished the edit on it. I mailed it off to Roadrunner, so we are just waiting for their approval. I think it will be really cool – it’s a video really for the fans, so they get to see what they don’t normally see. Most bands just do a live video they can just watch, but the live stuff is secondary to everything else – it’s got us on airplanes, on trains, backstage, being goofballs, dancing; you get to see the daily life of who we really are. But, it’s in a fun way. The footage we’ve chosen so far – I think you’ll like it even better than the “Zombie” video. It’s stuff you don’t normally see.” Amie: “I would have picked that (Bad Things) for the first single – I LOVE that song!” Wednesday 13: “It’s a cool song. You know what it’s talking about – everybody can think of one person that they want to fuck up – it doesn’t say a name in it, so it’s perfect for anyone...”
			Amie: “Oh, absolutely! So, was it written about anyone in particular? You know if you’re going to throw that out there, I’ve gotta ask!” Wednesday 13: laughs “I could give you a list...” Amie: “Oh, God!” laughs Amie: “I am beyond excited for the show tonight. I know you’re opening for Alice Cooper on a few dates – how did this come about?” Wednesday 13: “We don’t even know! It was a shock! We know some of the people in the Cooper camp. We have actually been trying to do some stuff for a while with him.
I went and saw him in Atlanta like two months ago and sort of planted the seed again. I said, “Hey, we should really do a show sometime – that would be cool,” and a few weeks later, they let us know we’d be doing some shows. For us, that’s a really good deal, since he’s our favorite.” Amie: “When you are finished touring and promoting “Transylvania” will you be heading back into the studio for another Wednesday 13 album, or are you planning on recording some new Frankenstein Drag Queen material, as there seems to be a great deal of interest in your previous band after your current exposure?” Wednesday 13: “We are putting a box set out of the Drag Queen stuff, so that’s probably going to be it for a while with that. We are having such a good time with this – the last tour we just did in Japan ended up being such a blast, and we are about to go over to Europe in a week. So, I think what we are going to do is try and stay out on the road and do some more stuff, then try to figure out a time at the first of the year to get back into the studio. We are already writing some new stuff, and we are going to be playing a new song tonight as well, so...” Amie: “Yeah – the one I heard at sound check? I was like “Hmmm... I don’t know THIS one! It sounded great!” Amie: “How did your current line-up happen? Where did you find your band at?” Wednesday 13: “Our bassist, Kid, he and I had been friends since like 1995, and we were friends for a while and just kind of got out of touch. We always record at the same studio and I when I was finishing up one of my Frankenstein Drag Queen records he came into the studio at the very end and we started talking again. Telling him I was thinking about putting a band together - that’s kind of when the whole conversation started. Actually when I really wanted him to come into the band at that time he couldn’t do it. But, luckily later it all worked out.” “Our drummer, (Ghastly) actually did a tour with me as a drum tech at one point. And Piggy D over there; gestures to Pig, who has been sitting in on the interview with us I met him when he was in Amen on a world tour over in Europe somewhere - I think I met him at the Donnington Festival (Wednesday’s referring to the massive three day Download Festival at Donnington, UK) and we were talking about Alice Cooper and “Return of the Living Dead.” I liked the guy immediately, and I didn’t know how to get in touch with him, so I had to search him out for about two weeks, and track him down and tell him “You need to be in this band.” That’s kinda how it all happened.” Click Here To Go To Page Two



I Talked with a Zombie: A Night at The Whisky with WEDNESDAY 13 Interview by Amie Dodd (With a little help from my friend Stephanie Boyd) SugarBuzz Magazine

	The first thing you notice upon meeting Wednesday 13 is how reserved he is. Almost shy. But he quickly becomes animated when discussing his solo project “Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying and the Dead,” which was released to positive reviews in April on Roadrunner Records. Perhaps best known as the frontman for the horror rock band the Murderdolls, Wednesday 13 is making quite a stir in his own right with this CD and his band’s energetic stage performances. Along with my wonder twin Stephanie (whom I should point out would have never spoken to me again had I not let her participate in this interview,) I sat down to speak with him before he took the stage at the Whisky in Hollywood on Tuesday, October 25th.
Amie: “Let me first off say how much I enjoy the album – it kicks serious ass. I’ve noticed a natural progression lyrically and sonically in your sound from your first band the Frankenstein Drag Queens, to Murderdolls, and now your solo project. Tell me a bit about your songwriting process for this album.” Wednesday 13: "Well, it's been a progression.” (laugh) I don’t know – every year you learn more stuff; you try to re-create what you do a little bit more and more every year. I’ve spent a lot of time on this record, writing songs, and all the songs for the record I basically picked out of like a hundred or so songs that I wrote.” gestures to guitarist Matt ‘Pig’ Montgomery “He was at my house the other day, and I showed him a stack of CDs that I had, of songs I recorded, and it’s about this tall.” indicates a stack about a foot high “Yeah, this is kinda a cool song!” – I was real careful, made sure I liked every song on it (the album); that I wouldn’t get sick of any of them....”
		“But, yeah, there’s definitely a difference between Murderdolls and the Drag Queens as well, so... It’s different, but it’s still stupid as it’s ever been, so...” we both laugh “You gotta get the stupid in it!” Amie: “I understand you recorded this album on your own after the Murderdolls tour concluded. Did you bring the finished project to Roadrunner complete? Were they supportive of the project with minimal interference?” Wednesday 13: “No, they didn’t do anything. I basically recorded the record and gave it to them, and said “This is what it is - You want it?” “They were like, “Yeah! Why don’t you get someone else to mix it, so that’s kind of where they (Roadrunner Records) came in.”

“Monty at Roadrunner kinda came in and suggested getting Colin Richardson to mix it, which was great, ‘cause the guy is awesome. He did the Murderdolls’ “Welcome to the Strange” track.” Amie: “Colin’s over in the UK, right?” Wednesday 13: “Yeah. He did the “Welcome to the Strange” track, which I love the way it was mixed, and the sound and everything, so he told me he was going to do it, so great. I sent it to him, and he basically did all his magic to it and sent it back, and I said, “YES!” So, they didn’t really do anything – they were really supportive.” Amie: “I loved the video for “I Walked with a Zombie.” How did you obtain the rights to use the "Night of the Living Dead" footage?” Wednesday 13: “It’s a public domain film. That’s why you see about thirty thousand copies of it with different covers. You still have to pay some type of fee up front to use it. So, it was really cheap, and it was much easier just to edit us into it than trying to re-create a whole zombie scene and all that stuff. It was really easy and it was a cool idea as well.” Amie: “Absolutely!” Amie: “Speaking of videos, I understand you’re about to release the next video – “Bad Things”. This is my absolutely favorite song on the album. Can you tell us what we can expect to see? Wednesday 13: “We just finished it the other day – finished the edit on it. I mailed it off to Roadrunner, so we are just waiting for their approval. I think it will be really cool – it’s a video really for the fans, so they get to see what they don’t normally see. Most bands just do a live video they can just watch, but the live stuff is secondary to everything else – it’s got us on airplanes, on trains, backstage, being goofballs, dancing; you get to see the daily life of who we really are. But, it’s in a fun way. The footage we’ve chosen so far – I think you’ll like it even better than the “Zombie” video. It’s stuff you don’t normally see.” Amie: “I would have picked that (Bad Things) for the first single – I LOVE that song!” Wednesday 13: “It’s a cool song. You know what it’s talking about – everybody can think of one person that they want to fuck up – it doesn’t say a name in it, so it’s perfect for anyone...”
			Amie: “Oh, absolutely! So, was it written about anyone in particular? You know if you’re going to throw that out there, I’ve gotta ask!” Wednesday 13: laughs “I could give you a list...” Amie: “Oh, God!” laughs Amie: “I am beyond excited for the show tonight. I know you’re opening for Alice Cooper on a few dates – how did this come about?” Wednesday 13: “We don’t even know! It was a shock! We know some of the people in the Cooper camp. We have actually been trying to do some stuff for a while with him.
I went and saw him in Atlanta like two months ago and sort of planted the seed again. I said, “Hey, we should really do a show sometime – that would be cool,” and a few weeks later, they let us know we’d be doing some shows. For us, that’s a really good deal, since he’s our favorite.” Amie: “When you are finished touring and promoting “Transylvania” will you be heading back into the studio for another Wednesday 13 album, or are you planning on recording some new Frankenstein Drag Queen material, as there seems to be a great deal of interest in your previous band after your current exposure?” Wednesday 13: “We are putting a box set out of the Drag Queen stuff, so that’s probably going to be it for a while with that. We are having such a good time with this – the last tour we just did in Japan ended up being such a blast, and we are about to go over to Europe in a week. So, I think what we are going to do is try and stay out on the road and do some more stuff, then try to figure out a time at the first of the year to get back into the studio. We are already writing some new stuff, and we are going to be playing a new song tonight as well, so...” Amie: “Yeah – the one I heard at sound check? I was like “Hmmm... I don’t know THIS one! It sounded great!” Amie: “How did your current line-up happen? Where did you find your band at?” Wednesday 13: “Our bassist, Kid, he and I had been friends since like 1995, and we were friends for a while and just kind of got out of touch. We always record at the same studio and I when I was finishing up one of my Frankenstein Drag Queen records he came into the studio at the very end and we started talking again. Telling him I was thinking about putting a band together - that’s kind of when the whole conversation started. Actually when I really wanted him to come into the band at that time he couldn’t do it. But, luckily later it all worked out.” “Our drummer, (Ghastly) actually did a tour with me as a drum tech at one point. And Piggy D over there; gestures to Pig, who has been sitting in on the interview with us I met him when he was in Amen on a world tour over in Europe somewhere - I think I met him at the Donnington Festival (Wednesday’s referring to the massive three day Download Festival at Donnington, UK) and we were talking about Alice Cooper and “Return of the Living Dead.” I liked the guy immediately, and I didn’t know how to get in touch with him, so I had to search him out for about two weeks, and track him down and tell him “You need to be in this band.” That’s kinda how it all happened.” Click Here To Go To Page Two