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| Released | February 19, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Horror punk, heavy metal, gothic metal | |||
| Length | 51:06 | |||
| Label | Wednesday 13 LLC | |||
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The Dixie Dead is the fifth studio album released by Horror punk musician Wednesday 13. It was released on February 19, 2013. [1] [2]
Like many of Wednesday albums it features many references and puns relating to horror. Blood Sucker is vampire related. The song "Get Your Grave On" may be a pun on Get Ur Freak On by Missy Elliott or the phrase "Get Your Game On". "Too Fast for Blood" is clearly a pun on Too Fast for Love by Mötley Crüe, a band Wednesday is a big fan of. "Hail Ming" is based around the character Ming the Merciless from Flash Gordon. "Coming Attractions" and "The Dixie Dead" are possibly based on the film Two Thousand Maniacs! due to the similar plots[ citation needed ].
The track 'Fuck You (In Memory Of...)' is believed to be (not confirmed)[ citation needed ]about Joey Jordison and the permanent break-up of the Murderdolls as it was announced by Wednesday 13 shortly after the album's release that the Murderdolls had split for good, citing that the two were not getting along whilst touring the Murderdolls second album Women and Children Last [ citation needed ]. "Carol Anne...They're Here" is based on the character Carol Anne Freeling from the Poltergeist film series. The title also featuring her famous quote "They're Here". "Hands of the Ripper" is a clear reference to the film Hands of the Ripper.
All music and lyrics written by Wednesday 13. [3]
Limited editions of the album were available as pre-orders on Wednesday's official "Morgue Than Merch" webstore until November 13, 2012, through the Wednesday 13 web shop that contained the same track listing but different artwork and in a DVD case. Wednesday also offered fans the opportunity to have their name in the booklet.[ citation needed ]
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Murderdolls was an American horror punk and heavy metal band, founded during 2002 in Hollywood, California. The band line-up consisted of core members Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison, while former members included Ben Graves, Acey Slade, Eric Griffin and Tripp Eisen.
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Songs from the Recently Deceased is the third full-length release by North Carolina punk band the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13. It was originally released on Uncle God Damn Records in 1999, and was later re-released on Century Media Records in collaboration with People Like You Records in 2000 as a Digi-Pack. It is also featured in the 2006 box set "Little Box of Horrors".
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Women and Children Last is the second and final studio album by American horror punk supergroup Murderdolls released through Roadrunner Records on August 31, 2010, and produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris. With the exception of Murderdolls touring guitarist Roman Surman, who contributed lead guitars, and Mötley Crüe's Mick Mars, who guests on "Drug Me to Hell" and "Blood-Stained Valentine", the album was recorded by Wednesday 13 and Joey Jordison. In Metal Hammer, Jordison explained why the old lineup would not be returning:
The old band, we didn’t even know each other before it all came together [...] It was dysfunctional but it worked, but this time, we wanted it to be a little more stable. It was apparent that if we were going to do the Murderdolls again, we were going to do it with everything we’ve got.
Eric Michael Griffin is an American rock guitarist. He is most famous for playing bass in the horror punk band Murderdolls (2002–2004) and guitar in Wednesday 13 (2006–2007). He is originally from Boston, but is now living in Los Angeles.
Re-Animated is a remix album and 2nd EP from horror punk musician Wednesday 13. It was released digitally on May 10, 2011. The album consists of remixes of earlier tracks which are all found on his 2008 Skeletons album. The cover art is also the same cover art used for that album but with a green tint added to Wednesday's face. Koichi Fukuda, former lead guitarist of Static-X contributed remixes on 2 of the album's tracks. All tracks from the Digital EP were re-released on the 2014 box set Dead Meat: 10 Years of Blood, Feathers & Lipstick with 5 extra remixes under the Disc title: "Re-Animated Resurrected".
Undead Unplugged is the first acoustic album by horror punk musician Wednesday 13. It features mainly acoustic versions of songs from his solo career, with one original track entitled "Undead". The album also features acoustic versions of Murderdolls and Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 songs, both being bands Wednesday had fronted in the past.
Dead Meat: 10 Years of Blood, Feathers & Lipstick is a box set and 2nd compilation album by horror punk musician Wednesday 13. It's a collection that spans his solo career from 2003-2013 and other projects he fronted such as Murderdolls and Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 It features 4 discs. A best of compilation, a collection of demos and the entire Re-Animated EP with extra remixes.
Roman Surman is an American musician and the current lead guitarist for Joseph Poole's horror punk band Wednesday 13. Wednesday 13 is additionally the stage name of Poole. Surman was also a guitarist for Gunfire 76, Bourbon Crow and the second incarnation of Murderdolls, all bands fronted by Poole.
