Murderdolls – Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls (2002)

After releasing the teaser of Right to Remain Violent the Murderdolls decided it was time  to unleash all they had in their collection of Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 , The Rejects and Maniac Spider Trash playlist. During the writing and re-recording process Wednesday 13 took one track called Hooray for Horrorwood to create the new track Dead in Hollywood. Also the track Motherfucker from Maniac Spider Trash became Motherfucker, I Don’t Care. A few others came from the Rejects days just prior.

In late August 2002 the Murderdolls released Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls.

Some of the material on this records was also some unreleased demos from Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 so seeing the Murderdolls doing this was fresh for the fans. The band finalized its line-up for to support this  record as not long after Tripp Eisen left the band and was replaced by Acey Slade.

The record went to number 40 in the UK and they played some pretty big shows to support this record. The first single was Dead in Hollywood, second single was Love at First Fright and the third single was the Billy Idol remake of White Wedding.

Track List

1 Slit My Wrist
2 Twist My Sister
3 Dead in Hollywood
4 Love at First Fright
5 People Hate Me
6 She Was a Teenage Zombie
7 Die My Bride
8 Graverobbing U.S.A.
9 197666
10 Dawn of the Dead
11 Let’s Go to War
12 Dressed to Depress
13 Kill Miss America
14 B-Movie Scream Queen
15 Motherfucker, I Don’t Care
16 Crash Crash (bonus track)
17 Let’s Fuck (bonus track)
18 I Take Drugs (bonus track)
19 White Wedding (bonus track)
20 Welcome to the Strange (bonus track)
21 I Love to Say Fuck (bonus track)

Band Members

Wednesday 13 – Vocals, Bass

Joey Jordison – Drums, Guitar

Tripp Eisen – Guitar

Touring Members

Wednesday 13 – Vocals

Joey Jordison – Guitar

Acey Slade – Guitar

Eric Griffon – Bass

Ben Graves – Drums

Personal View – This is the record that got me started in my Wednesday 13 frenzy. The recordings are clear and fresh and the sound has more of metal edge to it instead of the punk. The bonus tracks are hit and miss but that’s why they are bonus tracks. Overall there is not a bad song on this record but it would of been nice to have more audio samples in it. Sure I still love the originals more from the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 and Maniac Spider Trash but if it was not for the imagery that reminded myself of the great Motley Crue days (Shout at the Devil era) then I may have missed the Wednesday 13 boat all together.

 

Maniac Spider Trash – Dumpster Mummies (1994)

Dumpster Mummies was the first demo release from the band Maniac Spider Trash in 1994. This cassette was sold at the band’s shows and many bootlegs laid around for sometime until Wednesday 13 and Abby Normal decided to give this a re-release in 2010.

 

(original cover in 1994)

(re-release cover of the 2010 version)

Track List

1 Spidercide (Intro)
2 Dead Man’s Dance
3 Box Of Bones
4 Psychlone Of Souls
5 Motherfucker
6 Dumpster Mummies
7 God Bless The Creeps

Band Members

Wednesday 13 – Vocals

Abby Normal – Guitar

Michael Patrick – Bass

Sicko Zero – Drums

Personal View – Even though Wednesday 13 was in bands before this one , this is where it all began. From the beginning of the intro of Spidercide with the creepy sounds effects into the long winded chants of Dead Man Dance you can see/hear the birth of Wednesday 13’s persona being done. Dead Man’s Dance jams right after the creepy music box sounds of Spidercide. Here you also hear the first version of what would be known as The Murderdolls  version of Motherfucker I Do Not Care as Motherfucker and the classic tune God Bless the Creeps.