Category Archives: The Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13

The Confederate Crusader

The Confederate Crusader (1996 – 1998)

The Confederate Crusader  was created  by the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 band.  The Confederate Crusader was Jeff Clayton from Antiseen who would do random shows during the mid 90’s with the band.  He was on the early recording of 197666 from the first record The Late, Late, Late Show.

The Confederate Crusader would be dressed in a redneck outfit and have the confederate flag over his face like a mask. He would play the role on stage being the father of Frankenstein Drag Queens before jamming into the 197666 song.

Jeff when singing for the band Antiseen was known for slicing his head open with barb wire on stage including a barb wired bat (before The Walking Dead Series)

Jeff joined Wednesday 13 in 2019 to do some backing vocals and intro on the Necrophaze record. He can be heard doing the intro to The Hearse on the song called Be Warned.

Rat Bastard

Rat Bastard (1994 /1996)

Found on some earlier demos of Maniac Spider Trash is that Eddie Ford played drums for the band before Sicko Zero.

Rat Bastard (aka Crazy Eddie Ford) replaced Seaweed on bass for the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 late 1996.  Eddie and Wednesday 13 went to high school together and were good friends. Not much more is known of Rat Bastard except that he jumped on bass and did a number of live shows before himself and Sicko Zero called it quits and it ended the band for that time.

(Rat Bastard and Sicko Zero in late 1996)

(Sicko Zero, Rat Bastard and Wednesday 13 late 1996)

R.S. Saidso

R.S. Saidso (1997)

R.S. Saidso joined the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 in 1997 from the band Silly Scream replacing Scabs after the band just reunited the first time (Scabs lasted 2 weeks). He recorded with the band an EP in which they use to sell during their shows (the one with the sticker).

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R.S. Saidso

R.S. Saidso announced during the reunion tour for that he would be leaving the band to join a group with Abby Normal called Dragster 66 at the end of the tour. lots of rumors built around Wednesday 13 , Seaweed and their relationship with R.S. Saidso. It did not end well.

R.S. Saidso was replaced with the original drummer Sicko Zero in 1998. He went on to create his own band.

Weird fact is R.S. Saidso was close to Seaweed and they were in a band together called Electra – Kill and R.S. Saidso was the vocalist.

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(Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 concert poster from 97)

 

 

 

Sydney

Sydney (1997 – 1998 )

Syndney also known as Sik Sydney joined the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 after leaving Apparatus.

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Sydney

He joined the band as the fourth member and the second guitar player for the band. He was asked to join the group when Abby Normal left and they recorded their second record Night of the Living Drag Queens.

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(Sydney on the far left in group shot)

Syndey finished the tour in support of the record but left right after and Wednesday 13 decided to leave the band as a trio again. Sik Sydney then went on with Anna Donia.

(Sydney live without the wig era in 97)

Syndey can be seen also in the box set called Little Box of Horrors on the live DVD called The Transvestite Chainsaw Massacre: Live ’98.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ikky

Ikky (2000 – 2002 / 2004)

Ikky joined the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 in 2000 as something new for the sound of the band as he was a keyboardist. Ikky also had the ability to play guitar so they used him also as a addition for that. When he was brought into the band,  Sicko Zero was uncomfortable with this and he soon left for the band for the second time.

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(Ikky)

Ikky during his time in the band was part of the Viva Las Violence recording with Scabs, Wednesday 13  and Seaweed. Much like the other members of the band when they disband after the tour in 2002 Ikky was done with the band.

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Ikky on the far left

(Ikky live during the Viva shows)

Ikky was best known in the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13  as the one member that kept the wig during that era and he was scary as hell looking as he represented a old doll .

Ikky was asked to join Wednesday 13 again in 2004 when the Murderdolls stopped and took a break and he need a guitar player for his first solo venture called Graveyard A Go-Go with other members of a band called Death Becomes You.  But it was not long before Ikky got replaced by a guitarist named Matt Montgomery.

 

 

 

 

 

Scabs

Scabs (1997  / 2001-2002)

Scabs real name is David Hughes, he joined the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 after the band reformed the first time in 1997. At this time he did not stay long in the band about 2 weeks along with guitarist Creepy.

Scabs returned in the band in 2001 and was part of the recording of Viva Las Violence as he replaced Sicko Zero. This was around the time  the band still wore make-up during this period, they removed their wigs. He finished the tour with the band but was no longer part the band after disbanded in 2002.

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Scabs on the far right

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Scabs on the far right

(Wednesday 13 and Scabs on drums)

In the spring of 2016 Scabs passed away from complications of high blood pressure.

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 13

Wednesday 13 (197666 – Present)

Born on August 12th in 1976(66) under the name of Joseph Poole in Lexington, North Carolina  Wednesday 13 came to be. Taking the stage name from the daughter of the Addam’s Family and 13 from the address number of The Munsters and using his influences for music, horror movies, pop culture, G.I Joe, He-Man and anything dark and campy the man came to be.

In 1992 Wednesday 13 (he still used his real name at this point) he played guitar in the band Mizery, which later became Psycho Opera and which featured guitarist Abby Normal, drummer Jeff Washam, bassist Michael Patrick, and lead vocalist Todd Cage. Wednesday 13  left the band to form Maniac Spider Trash as lead vocalist, alongside Abby Normal and Michael Patrick joined by Sicko Zero on drums.

Maniac Spider Trash played local bars and the underground scene from 1992 till 1996. At first the band looked like your average high school band but as the music progressed the band started to take on an odd ball look of goth meets cat in the hat. The band recorded an EP called Dumpster Mummies and a full length record called Murder Happy Fairytales until the band disbanded.

(Wednesday 13 during the Maniac Spider Trash era)

In 1995 Wednesday 13 joined as a guitarist to the band Silly Scream. In the Early 90s (around 95) Rayen fronted the punk band named Silly Scream. The band went through a few members and even released a CD but this is when Rayen first met Wednesday 13 as he joined as a guitarist to the band before Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13. This was also around the time Wednesday started to use the stage name Wednesday 13.

In 1996 Wednesday 13 took his image a bit higher when he created his next band called Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13. This band included Maniac Spider Trash’s drummer, Sicko Zero. On bass we introduced a new member named Seaweed. The band dressed up as drag queens in flowing dresses, wigs and crazy ass make-up.  He wrote songs that were surrounded around murder, horror films, pop culture and just damn dark straight satire.

(Wednesday 13 during 1996 with FDQ)

While in the band he went through multiple members changes, even some back and forth and released a large collection of records. The Late, Late, Late Show (1996), Night of the Living Drag Queens (1998), Songs from the Recently Deceased (2000), Viva Las Violence (2001) and a couple of  after collections like 6 Years, 6 Feet Under the Influence (2004) and Little Box of Horrors  (2006). The stage presence of the band was normally dark, weird and a tad creepy. From the early stages of the live sets with chickens, dolls and Halloween decorations playing in small underground venues. The horror punk band would be jumping all over the stage during their presence.

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(Wednesday 13 during Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 era of 96 – 2001)

The band officially broke up in 2001 – 2002 when he decided to calls the project quits and joined The Rejects. But he did rejoin the band again 2006 and then called it quits again in 2007.

In 2001 Wednesday 13 got asked to join as a bassist to a  new band called The Rejects. He changed his name at the time to Wednesday 6. Created by guitarists Tripp Eisen and Joey Jordison at the time singer Dizzy  Draztik (who introduced Joey to Wednesday 13 and Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 music).  Dizzy Draztik left the band because of personal issues Wednesday 6 changed his name back to Wednesday 13 and  stepped into the vocals role and was found as the new driving force behind the band. The influence of Joey’s mom helped Wednesday get the slot.

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The Rejects changed their name to the Murderdolls at this time. The idea of the name was Joeys but it took Wednesday’s influence to make it happen. The band stayed within the goth image with a touch of old school Motley Crue and they released their first EP in 2002 called Right to Remain Violent which was consistent of three redone old Frankenstein Drag Queen from Planet 13 songs.

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Not long after the band members got settled did they release their first full length record Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls (which also was mostly redone Frankenstein Drag Queen from Planet 13 songs with one Maniac Spider Trash song). The record was a big success and the band started to play in big metal shows like Big Day Out and toured the world. After the release of EP single of a remake of Billy Idols White Wedding in 2004 the band called it quits (but did not break up).

(Wednesday 13 during Murderdolls era 2002 – 2004)

2004 Wednesday 13 decided to do another kick at the can with the Frankenstein Drags Queens and released a greatest hits called 6 Years, Feet Under the Influence. He figured with the success of the Murderdolls and getting his name out now was the time to do some limited shows and present some of the old school music. To support the shows he dressed back up in dragged, Abby Normal on bass and Sick Zero on drums.

(Wednesday 13 Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 2004 era)

Somewhere around this time Wednesday 13 and his wife decided to start a clothing line around come cartoon characters known as the Thirteen Dead Kids. A few items did get created and released but the line stopped after touring started to build up a he started to plan a solo career. 

In 2004 Wednesday 13 decided to do some solo shows called Graveyard A Go-Go which he used members of a band called Death Becomes Her for support. This was not to turn out to be anything big but what happened was he liked the idea and created a more dedicated band for support which included past Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 guitarist Ikky and started to tour again under the name Wednesday 13.

(Graveyard A Go-Go with Death Becomes You era 2004)

(Wednesday 13 with wife at the time Roxanne)

In 2005 Wednesday 13 released his first solo record called Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying, and the Dead. He stayed true to his horror themes and was a cross between Alice Cooper and his old group Murderdolls. He created a new supporting band for the record and the tour including opening for Alice Cooper himself and playing Donington.

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(Wednesday 13  2005  91210 era)

Also in 2005 after finishing his first solo tour Wednesday 13 created a second group called Bourbon Crow. Unlike his past projects he joined former Wednesday 13 bassist/former Lunatic Candy Creep  front man Rayen Belchere (Kid Kid) under the alias of Jessie Crow. Wednesday 13 during this project changed his alias to Buck Bourbon and the music for the band was a total step away from the norm for them as it was old country.

(Bourbon Crow , Rayen Belchere (Kid Kid) and Wednesday 13)

In 2006 he released his second solo record called Fang Bang and toured for that record with past Murderdolls member Eric Griffin.

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(Wednesday 13 during the Fang Bang era)

 Also in 2006 Bourbon Crow released their first record called Highway to Hangovers.

(Wednesday 13 as Buck Bourbon for Bourbon Crow)

2008 Wednesday 13 went back to his solo product and released his third record Skeletons along with a side EP called Bloodwork. The tour and record was a success so he released a live DVD and live CD to match it called Fuck it , We’ll Do it Live.

(Wednesday 13 during Skeletons era)

In 2009 Bourbon Crow recorded their second record called Long Way to the Bottom. 

Wednesday 13 decided around this time to start yet another product but pulling away from the horror themes and the backwoods country and more to his influence roots of glam rock. He got together with Todd Youth and created a new group called Gunfire 76. He cut his hair and went more for the 80s rock feel with power anthems and ballads feel. They recorded their first record called Casualties & Tragedies and toured lightly for it.

(Wednesday 13 during the Gunfire ‘ 76 era)

2010 Joey Jordison and Wednesday 13 started talks again about bringing Murderdolls back. They started to write and record a much darker record and with all new material. They also decided not to reunite with any of the past members for this round. Women and Children Last was the name of the record and toured lightly also for this record and in 2011 Wednesday 13 announced the band was officially done.

(Wednesday 13 during the return of the Murderdolls era)

Wednesday 13 decided to start to focus back to his solo stuff after the success of the first three records. In 2011 he released Calling All Corpses and rebuilt his band. They toured for this record and it had more of campy fun sound this round.

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In 2012 Wednesday 13 released a EP called Spook & Destroy which included two new songs and some remastered  old tracks.

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(Wednesday 13 Calling All Corpses era)

(Wednesday 13 with daughter Zoie)

Wednesday 13 took his band and went right back into the studio and recorded his fifth record called The Dixie Dead in 2013. The record had more of out back hilly billy horror feel and he toured once again in support of the music.

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(Wednesday 13 Dixie Dead era)

(Zoie and Wednesday 13)

In 2014 Wednesday 13 did something a little different and decided to release a unplugged record of old stuff. He called the record Undead Unplugged and with the music there was one new track. This also included some tracks that were found on Spook & Destroy EP.

(Wednesday 13 during Undead Unplugged era 2014)

2015 Bourbon Crow decided to do something a little different as they lost their label so Buck Bourbon and Jessie Crow announced a kickstarter fund to make the third record Off the Wagon on the Rocks.

At the same time of this Wednesday 13 in 2015 he wrote and recorded his darkest and one of his heaviest records called Monsters of the Universe: Come on Out and Plague.

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This record was well reviewed and it was seen as a possible more mature record compared to his past stuff but it still did have a horror theme too it. He toured heavy to support this record and did a number of branched off shows for this. He started to focus more on the show theatrics much like his idols. He would dress in a robe with black make up and have laser lights on the palms of his hands, he had a voice overlay on the vocals at the show so his voice would echo and this was the first tour with the black goat/devil mask and the backwards man mask.

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(Wednesday 13 Monster of the Universe era)

In 2016 he started to record his follow up to Monsters of the Universe called Condolences. He felt the title was fitting as a lot of his rock idols died that year. In 2017 they released the record and started to do rock videos again to support the very dark record. Wednesday 13 felt this was his darkest record to date when it came to lyrics and heaviest when it came to music.

Wednesday 13 started the tour off with a bang with a club show first then headed back to the Download Festival to launch and support the new CD.  The show had pyros and he played some of the new material live. From there they started a tour to support the record through the UK first then into the rest of North America. The theatrics continued as he upped his game with it. He introduced a white devils mask this time along with the bible and continued the backwards man.

(Wednesday 13 Condolences era)

(Wednesday 13 in 2018)

In 2018 he continued to support Condolences across the world. August 2018 due to the death of past drummer Ben Graves, W13, Acey Slade and Eric Griffin did a one night partial Murderdolls reunion in honor of Ben. The show was just about the music as you can sense the personal vibe on the members playing.

(Wednesday 13 live Bloodstock 2018)

October 2018 Wednesday 13 did his Halloween again in the UK but this time he split it up over the weekend. The Friday night they did Skeletons from beginning to end (not in order of the CD) to celebrate the 10th anniversary. (also Roman proposed to his girlfriend Shelly D’ Inferno on stage)The Saturday night Wednesday 13 did a special Frankenstein Drag Queens Set which the current members dressed in drag to honor the classics. This included a crazy show with large scissors, a blow up man sex doll (Nigel), a headless Donald Trump (screw driver to the head) and of course the classic Rambo gun.

(Wednesday 13 Ozzfest 2018)

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(Wednesday 13 during the FDQFP13 show October 2018)

Continuing the consent touring of Condolences they did an another round of dates. Wednesday 13 changed the show up again with songs and theatrics. He dressed as a witch from the Wizard of Oz, the white devil mask, black goat devil mask and the backwards man again.

Beginning of 2019 he started to tour again with the band but this time joined as a opener with Cradle of Filth. (with side opener Raven Black). His set list was dropped to  a smaller one as they toured North America again as a opening band. They played tunes with this set list which were darker and dropped I Love to Say Fuck and Bad Things from the set list.  Wednesday 13 did more masks and make up in on this tour which included the hook hand, some glow in the dark body make up, the eye patch and the backwards man.  During this tour they also started to play one new song called Zodiac that will appear on the soon to come record Necrophaze called Zodiac.

(Wednesday 13 2019 showing off the eye patch)

(Wednesday 13 new haircut in 2019 to support Cradle of Filth (done recording of Necrophaze)

(Wednesday 13 in early 2019 supporting Cradle of Filth)

After the Cradle of Filth tour mid 2019 Wednesday 13 got added to the Static X / Devildriver/ Dope tour dedicated to Wayne Static. Along with Raven Black (who opened for them on the Cradle of Filth tour) that tour North America, UK and Australia. Summer of 2019 Wednesday 13 joined Devildriver, Raven Black and Dope to celebrate the life of Wayne Static and the new Static X on tour. This included yes a shorter set list again as he was second stage after Raven Black but he started to use even more glow stage make up for effects.

In the late summer of 2019 Wednesday 13 released the first single Decomposed as a sample of what was to come with Necrophaze. Two weeks later a video trailer came out for Zodiac. Which is a 2 min clip of Wednesday 13 posing as the new villain.

In August 2019 Wednesday 13 release the 3rd sample of the new song called Bring Your Own Blood. In September on Friday the 13th he released the title track Necrophaze.

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(Wednesday 13 band in 2019)

Part of the pre-order of Necrophaze he released limited action figures. One very limited in glowing green and another in standard black of the Necrophaze character.

After the released of Necrophaze they released a small commercial for Necroflakes on youtube.com.

During this time it was announced again the Wednesday 13 would continue again the trek of the UK, Australia and USA with the Static X tour with Dope to support the new record. The stage show continued with the glowing make up, masks, the hook hand, glowing worms and even a bag over his head during the song Zodiac while waving a ax. The set list was a lot shorter and mostly made up of tracks from the new record.

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In November Wednesday 13 again released a limited action figure this time for the Death Hook character.

At the end of November 2019 Wednesday 13 released an unreleased track of Gary Numan’s  Films digitally.

During March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world and this caused the cancellation of a chunk of W13 tour to support Necrophaze. He started up a monthly payment fan club online called Necrophazerz to help keep in touch with fans and also still make some financial gain .  This is all through the Instagram platform.

In March a video was released online for the song The Hearse.

Around late April 2020 Wednesday 13 announces a late summer fall tour with the Haxens with the hope social distancing will be lifted.  Wednesday 13 also around the same time during his Necrophazerz that he will be doing a Wednesday’s World spot.

With the work with HorrorBiz Wednesday started to release masks and a Zodiac Killer kits with worms, goo and a knife. He also released a Zodiac Killer figure also within the toy collection.

Wednesday 13 hinted that he has done a remake of the famous INIX Devil Inside and there was a picture of himself and Jack that surfaced of a possible video for the new track.

After many toys and new shirts released with the Necrophazerz fan club in  August of 2020 Wednesday 13 announced that there will be a Necrophaze comic book to be released.

Wednesday 13 announces a virtual streaming show for Halloween featuring skits. On October 30th they finally release the  remake of Devil Inside on digital format.

Halloween night Wednesday 13 did his streaming Halloween Special for 2020. The show started off Wednesday doing the intro with jokes as a number of skits were played much his Wednesday’s World. Also there was some music to follow including the video premiere of Devil Inside. The end of the show was a QA in which Wednesday gave Troy credit for the idea, Kyle has left the band (Lee Downer was on the kit during the special) and in the new year they will start to record again. 

2021 was not much different for Wednesday 13 he continued to support himself doing videos and selling shirts, toys and products through his Necrophazerz fan club. Such as new shirts and even a bloody hook sculpture.

Wednesday 13 announced that a digital EP called Necrophaze Antidote will be released which will have Devil Inside, Films and two re-recordings called Screwdriver 2 The Return and Your Mother Still Sucks Cocks in Hell.

Summer 2021 Wednesday 13 announces a UK Tour in the fall to finally comeback on tour. The tour was called Crusade of Blood.

August 2021 Wednesday 13 sends an update to everyone that the UK tour will be postponed due to Covid restrictions, safety for the band and the fans reasoning.

Wednesday 13 announces that he will be touring finally in 2022 in the US on a 20 years of Fear tour. During this announcement he lists Daniel Fox as a Wednesday 13 drummer. There was also a small Europe leg added along with Canadian Dates.

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Wednesday 13 band during the 2022 20 Years of Fears Tour.

Ex W.A.S.P. drummer Mike Dupke is announced as the new drummer for Wednesday 13 and will be the man behind the kit in US/CAN dates fall 2022.

In July 2022 Wednesday 13 announces that he is making a new video for the first single of the new record. The record will come out in October but the first single is called You’re So Hideous. He shares some images of himself as priest and a young girl pulling a Linda Blair from the classic The Exorcist.

In August 2022 Wednesday 13 releases the video for the first single of the new record called You’re So Hideous. At the same time he announces the name of the new record as Horrifier.

Late August 2022 small clips started to appear on the internet announcing Murderdolls meet and greet and celebration of 20th anniversary of Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls. Fans started to wonder and some got excited. It turns out it was being done by past members Acey Slade and Eric Griffin. This all included a meet and greet, live stream and was all announced with a new website. Wednesday 13 took notice and made an announcement “It’s unfortunate that this has to be said, but here it is: MURDERDOLLS was created in 2002 by Joey Jordison and Wednesday 13. The name, the look, the lyrics, the music was all created by Joey Jordison and Wednesday 13. Anyone besides Wednesday or Joey claiming to be the Official MURDERDOLLS is NOT OFFICIAL. Any merchandise being advertised using Joey and Wednesday’s original MURDERDOLLS logos, music and lyrics is NOT Approved or Authorized.” Acey did take to the internet and explained the Warner Records had no plans and he invited Jack, Roman, Racci, Jason, Eric, Dizzy and Wednesday 13 to join in the celebration.

In September 2022 Wednesday 13 releases the second single and video for Horrifier called Insides Out.

During the release of Horrifier in October 2022 Wednesday 13 release their third video and single for Good Day to be a Bad Guy which used a lot of similarities to the Silver Shamrock Halloween masks of Halloween III.

Mid October around Oct. 19th Wednesday 13 announces the cancellation of the tour due to taking care of a family emergency. The remainder of the US/Canada tour is cancelled. No other details were provided at this time due to respect of Wednesday 13 and his family and band.

January 2023 Wednesday 13 joined and played at Glamfest in Australia. This was their first show since the cancellation of the tour last year.

Into winter/spring 2023 Wednesday 13 continued to tour in the UK and announced that they will be doing a US tour later that year. Not long after it was announced that it will Wednesday 13 current band playing shows to support the Murderdolls catalogue. (Which is mainly the older Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 songs).

Wednesday 13 extends the Murderdolls tribute tour into Australia also announcing a few dates to follow for winter of 2024. Along with a UK tour again with Cradle of Filth.

In October 2023 interview Wednesday 13 was asked if he had any plans for more Bourbon Crow or Gunfire 76 plans. He made the comment about there just is no time for that anymore and there was a period for that. He will be focusing on his solo career from here on here and band members as he feels he has a great current band that all get along and can tour together without getting under each other’s skin.

During a interview with Mike Z Wired Wednesday 13 announces no new solo record until 2025 as he will be busy in 2024 with the band doing the Murderdoll set list.

In spring 2024 Roman on Instagram announced that he will sit out remaining dates due to making the big move to the UK to be with his wife Shelley. It sounded like it was an agreement with Roman and Wednesday 13 that it was the right thing to do. 

Seaweed

Seaweed (1996 / 1997-2001 )

Seaweed replaced Abby Normal near the beginning of the creation of The Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13. Many believe that he is one of the original members but some argue that. Wednesday 13 asked Seaweed to be the bassist of the band in 1996 and they recorded their first record called The Late, Late, Late Show. Towards the end of the supporting shows in late 1996 Wednesday 13 fired Seaweed to be replaced by a new player named Rat Bastard. Which not long after the band disbanded.

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In 1997 Wednesday 13 reunited the band and Seaweed once again was asked to be part of it. the band became a quartet this round and they recorded their second record called Night of the Living Drag Queens. At the end of the tour the band became a trio again but Seaweed was still part of this.

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In 1999 the trio went into the studio and recorded their third album, Songs From the Recently Deceased. This was, in comparison to their previous recordings, a far more horror-themed album. The record and tour was a underground success which then led to adding a keyboardist and new guitar player to create the fourth record Viva Las Violence in 2001.

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(Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 (Seaweed on the far right))

In support of the album, the band played many shows, and recorded some songs which would later appear on a Greatest Hits compilation. The band played their last show in Georgia during early 2002 and were disbanded by leader Wednesday 13.

Seaweed never rejoined the group again after this 2002 disband but will never be forgotten as loud screaming bass player and green wig or hair.

Seaweed joined Sicko Zero with Abby Normal to form the Graveyard Boulevard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sicko Zero

Sicko Zero (1992-1996 / 1996 / 1997-2000 / 2005-2006)

Born as Doug McCollum, much like the other members, the drummer Sicko Zero came from North Carolina. He joined Wednesday 13’s band Maniac Spider Trash in 1992 replacing a drummer named Eddie Ford. He was in the band for both their records Dumpster Mummies and Murder Happy Fairytales and did all the shows in that band.

(Sicko Zero during Maniac Spider Trash era)

When the Maniac Spider Trash disbanded he left with Wednesday 13 and Abby Normal to start a new project called The Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13. In 1996 he did the first recording with the band on their first record called The Late, Late, Late Show and did a chunk of the shows until he left in late 1996 and the band ended.

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(In group photo Sicko Zero is in the red wig)

Wednesday 13 started the band again in 1997 but Sicko Zero was not invited until the end of 1997 when he rejoined the band after R.S. Saidso  quit. Sicko Zero recorded the second record Night of the Living Drag Queens in 1998 and that did that tour.

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In 2000 Sicko Zero was also involved in the third record Songs From the Recently Deceased and did the support of that tour until keyboardist Ikky joined and he disliked this change and left the band yet again.

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(Sicko Zero on the far left (era without wigs))

In 2005 after Wednesday 13 released a greatest hits package of  re-recorded songs of The Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 called 6 Years, 6 Feet Under the Influence the year before he decide reunite the band yet again. He recruited Sicko Zero and Abby Normal again to be part of it and did some select shows to support it. In 2006 the band also released a box set called Little Box of Horrors.

(Sicko Zero during 204-2005 era)

Sicko Zero later on joined The Graveyard Boulevard with Abby Normal and Seaweed.