For fans of Wednesday 13, there’s no real lack of ways to revel in his music. If he’s not recording for one band, he’s touring with another. Famed for his work in bands from Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 to Bourbon Crow and Gunfire 76, the Murderdolls frontman was set to delight fans on his recent UK solo tour with quite the line-up in tow.
Kicking off proceedings in their glam rock attire was Stockholm’s fine metal outfit Crashdiet. With a high quantity of fans happily wearing their merch, it’s unsurprising that their set went down well. Following this stellar opening set was the iconic Michael Monroe, vocalist of the infamous Hanoi Rocks. Rattling through a string of hotly received numbers from ‘Trick of the Wrist’, ‘Got Blood?’ and ‘Back To Mystery City’, the famous Hanoi Rocks number, the crowd’s energy was gradually amped up throughout. With a mix of solo and band tracks set to stun, Michael Monroe wholeheartedly warmed up the Garage with his eccentric energy and insatiable vocal capabilities.
As 9.30 drew in, the lights blacked out and the vocals of the room soared. Opening with the first track of his new record, the anthem of ‘Blood Fades to Black’ allowed for fellow band mates, including Roman Surman of Murderdolls, to take to the stage. As Wednesday himself sauntered onstage the band wholeheartedly leapt into ‘Calling All Corpses’, finding the words ‘tonight’s the night we drink your blood’ screamed back in increasing levels with each repetition.
Treating the crowd to the shadowy wonders of 'My Home Sweet Homicide', 'Happily Ever Cadaver' and 'I Wanna Be Cremated', Wednesday had such a light energy throughout the crowd it’s hard to imagine people were jumping to songs openly about necrophilia. That’s the quality his solo project embodies: it’s more fun. While the Murderdolls tour earlier this year was frankly brilliant, there’s more of a need to dance than mosh. Instead of pits to punch, it’s pits to jump.
Towards the tail end of this evening of aggressive horror rock 'n' roll, Wednesday and co performed numbers including '197666' and 'Something Wicked This Way Comes', drawing it to a conclusion in a fantastic ‘Blood Fades to Black’ reprise.
While we already had the pleasure of seeing the return of the mammoth Murderdolls earlier this year, there was definitely something indescribably brilliant about seeing Wednesday in his solo glory. Few people would likely gain a dark party atmosphere surrounding necrophilia and blood sucking, but he managed it brilliantly.
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Treating the crowd to the shadowy wonders of 'My Home Sweet Homicide', 'Happily Ever Cadaver' and 'I Wanna Be Cremated', Wednesday had such a light energy throughout the crowd it’s hard to imagine people were jumping to songs openly about necrophilia. That’s the quality his solo project embodies: it’s more fun. While the Murderdolls tour earlier this year was frankly brilliant, there’s more of a need to dance than mosh. Instead of pits to punch, it’s pits to jump. 
