The Morning After The Night Before. It’s 2:30pm, Wednesday Aug 28th. The Murderdolls are all awake, pretty much alert, and working – doing interviews to promote their recently released album. And have in fact, been working for a couple of hours already despite partying at the Kerrang! Awards into the early hours of this morning. Not a bad way to start your first trip to the UK… and the free absinthe seemed to go down well. Want to catch a glimspe of the band at the Awards? We’ll have a couple of photos up soon but in the meanwhile, check out Sky News Interactive, Showbiz/Entertainment section – for you can see a news story on the awards which includes a very short interview with Wednesday and some shots of the band! Now if you’ll excuse us, we have hangovers to attend to. Let The Games Begin. As I type this (11am, Tuesday Aug 27th), 3/4 of the Murderdolls are in the UK. Joey is on tour with Slipknot, playing Belfast tonight. Wednesday & Acey landed in the UK this morning and are currently enroute to a hotel for timezone adjustment! Eric and Ben will join them this lunchtime. All the ‘Dolls excluding Joey will be attending the Kerrang! Awards this evening for drinks and debauchery! Tomorrow comes the work, for after a K! recovery lie-in the promo interviews begin. As if on cue, this weekend ‘Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls’ crashed into the UK album charts at no 40! Nice. Did you know? On the recent Kerrang! covermount CD compiled by Casey Chaos, you can find an unreleased Murderdolls track. The track is called ‘Let’s Fuck’, despite the magazine printing it is called Hit & Rape. Get your mits on our free ‘New Shit Volume 5’ sampler CD featuring 2 unreleased tracks each of Stone Sour, Murderdolls, and downthesun.

Murderdolls – Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls: Out August 19th. Available on CD for around 퉌£12.99 from the following stores: HMV – 퉌£2 off with ‘Download 2002’ discount card + free sampler CD, Virgin – 퉌£2 off with voucher in Rocksound (issue 21/8), Indies – Free Murderdolls Patch at selected stores (see Kerrang! 17/8 for full listing), VShop, MVC, Sanity, and Andys! The tracklisting is: 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. GRAVE ROBBING 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. MOTHERF***ER, I DON’T CARE Watch the brand new Murderdolls ‘Dead In Hollywood’ video in the video section. Request the video on Kerrang! TV – it’s selection no 345.. Did You Know? Marilyn Manson makes a cameo appearance in the video… in a suit no less. July 30th in San Diego marked the first Murderdolls show on their inaugural tour run. Rock. The train am a rollin’. One note: Murderdolls axeman Tripp Eisen will not be joining Joey Jordison and his band of misfits on the Murderdolls’ U.S. or Japan tours due to a commitment to his other band Static-X. Acey Slade of the band Dope, with whom Eisen played pre-Static-X, will be filling in for this leg of the tour. Now Downloading: another brand new track for you! Check the music section to get a free MP3 of ‘Let’s Go To War’. Also, make sure you check out the following CD cover-mount tracks: Metal Hammer (13/8) & Rocksound (21/8).

Interview With A Murderdoll (Tripp Eisen): Chris Misutka in our US office caught up with Tripp Eisen for a little chat about the Murderdolls… and here is what they had to say for themselves. Roadrunner Records: Describe Murderdolls in three words or less. Tripp Eisen: I-Don’t-Know. Actually, Murderdolls is something I always wanted to do. That’s why Joey and I get along so well. We share a similar vision and we have similar tastes. We might not like the same exact bands, but the whole point is having a heart of metal – like in Slayer and Manowar – heavy bands like that, yet still be a glam guy and puttin’ on lipstick. That’s the dichotomy of the whole thing. It’s like how many people are into Slayer equally as much as Motley Crue. Roadrunner: That’s actually perfect right there. That last line is the best I’ve ever heard it summed up thus far. Tripp: Yeah, that’s pretty much it. Joey doesn’t like so much to compare musical styles, but I mean to really want to know what Murderdolls sounds likeí¢ä‰åŒ_you’ve heard the stuff (Murderdolls) right? Roadrunner: Hell yes. Tripp: How would you describe it? Like people want to know band names. Describe Coal Chamber, they sound like Korn. Roadrunner: The way you actually put it there was definitely perfect – equal parts Slayer and Motley Crue. Tripp: Murderdolls I would describe as a mix of Motley Crue, Ramones, Marilyn Manson, Twisted Sister – there’s elements of all of those bands that we love. Joey’s drumming reminds me of Dave Lombardo – his fast drumming and shit. But he works it into the context of rock ‘n’ roll where it’s tasteful, and it’s fuckin’ cool as shit. And it’s trashy, glam-trashy, type of styles. Wednesday (vocals), you hear little elements of Alice Cooper and Kiss. All those things are all in there because that’s what makes up the guys in the band. Roadrunner: Murderdolls is simply a combined product of what you guys are, the schools of music you come from. Hanoi Rocks, have you heard of Hanoi Rocks? Tripp: Yeah exactly, that’s trashy, there’s elements of that shit in there. But unless you’re familiar with it, you wouldn’t know it. Roadrunner: You and Joey basically started this band, correct? Tripp: No, Joey had a band with the original singer Dizzy back in ’95, ’96. They formed it with just the idea of having a punk-metal, glammy trash type of band in Des Moines. I’ve seen the tapes – it started off as a cool punkish type project and they played shows – and they were just as legitimate of a band in Des Moines as Slipknot at the time. But Joey put it on hold, put everything into Slipknot. Once you get in a signed band, you put all of your other things (projects) on hold. Everyone has some other bands, similar to what I did in Dope. Around 1999, I met Joey on the Coal Chamber/Slipknot/Dope tour. We got to know each other. Come 2000, he was like, well, he was a rock star. He wanted to start pulling his side project back into the picture, and he wanted to find musicians. He and I saw eye-to-eye, so he invited me – I was the first person he invited into the band, along with the singer. We did a couple of shows and it was a lot of fun, you know, pulled in some different musicians. We just played in January, and that’s when we met Wednesday, who became the vocalist because he and Joey clicked so well in the studio. And with Wednesday’s songs, The Rejects just became the Murderdolls – which we were going to change the name anyway. It’s not like we got rid of the singer and it’s a new band. It’s just an evolution. Roadrunner: How does playing in this band compare to playing in the rest of the bands you’ve experienced (Dope, Static X)? Tripp: This band is more similar to Dope, but it has more of a glam-trashy, crotch grabbing thing to it. One of the questions we were getting asked was, “Why are you guys doing this?” To be honest, because I feel like I have the best handle on it, because Joey obviously wants to come out and play guitar, guitar was his first instrument even before drums – it’s cool to come out and play guitar after you’re behind the drums for a whileí¢ä‰åŒ_cause Wednesday always wanted to sing and this is exactly what he wants to do. What’s my reason for it? Cause I’m still playing guitar and this thing we’re doing with the Murderdolls is something special, it’s something that has been lost and is not in the music scene today. Which is something from the ’80’s, which is a dirty word, ’80’s, you know? Roadrunner: Love it, love hearing you talk about it like that…it’s true, this is missingí¢ä‰åŒ_ Tripp: But the thing is, it’s back to the Motley Crue. That’s the best band to describe it. That Motley Crue, crotch-grabbing, stick your tongue out, point the finger, and say “fuck you”. Twister Sister and even Kiss from the ’80s, that whole glam, sleaze, fuckin’ rock ‘n’ roll trash shit – that’s what Murderdolls is at the heart. Roadrunner: What do you think the difference will be between the tour you’re doing with Static X compared to going out with the Murderdolls in the near future? Tripp: The biggest difference is gonna be the audience. There’s so many crossovers now, it’s gonna be very different. What I’m hoping is that we’re going to cross boundaries. Murderdolls is gonna have more of the kids who want to dress up. There’s going to be older people from the ’80’s and they’re going to catch on to what we’re doing – kinda like Static X, we get some older people who are like, “Wow, Ministry”í¢ä‰åŒ_they can hear the influences in Static X. Murderdolls people are going to hear those influences. Some older people might hear the Alice Cooper or Rob Zombie, there are different spooky influences that turn people on. There’s going to be the Marilyn Manson type of gothic kids that are going to catch on to what we’re doing. Slipknot fans, there’s still a theatrical thing going on – Slipknot with the masks and pyro. So there’s still shock-rock to a degree. And that’s what the Murderdolls is also. Hopefully Slipknot fans will be into it. Marilyn Manson fans, Static X fans – the whole gamut. Type O Negative pulls in a lot of strange people – metal fans, goth fans. Roadrunner: You get a lot of hot chicks at Type O concerts, too: Tripp: Yeah. Murderdolls is poised to do what Poison did in the ’80’s, where there’s a female contingency in the crowdí¢ä‰åŒ_we’re going to throw that percentage way up. Hopefully Murderdolls will attract up to half or more… Roadrunner: Personally, if I go to a show and see a lot of hot chicks, the band is doing something right. Tripp: We want this thing to blow up, but if it doesn’t blow up we can still say we’re doing this because we love to do it. And if a bunch of people want to give us the finger and say “Fuck you, you’re wearing lipstick”, we’re taking a Motley Crue/Twisted Sister attitude like “Fuck you, we’ll kick your ass”. Though, we’re not really wearing that much makeup, but it’s more glammy than what people are used to. Roadrunner: OK, so we’re already talking a bit about chicksí¢ä‰åŒ_I have to ask, because I’ve seen it in so many features – What was the porn situation in Dope? Tripp: It’s really just friends of Matt Zane, the director. Just through Matt Zane we’d do different things like backstage sluts videos. Roadrunner: Were you in any of them? Tripp: Well, I was there when they filmed it, but I didn’t partake in anything. It was just a series of videos he did with different bands – Korn, Limp Bizkit, Orgy, Papa Roach – a bunch of bands were all in Matt Zane videos. It’s cool to be involved with a guy who’s into porn and around porn chicks, but c’mon, lets be honest, it’s not like you’re fuckin’ Vivid girls or anything. Matt Zane is a cool guy, he’s super cool and everything, but it’s not cream of the crop. If you’re going to be involved in porn, why not go to Vivid or something? Roadrunner: Or Germany, if ya know what I meaní¢ä‰åŒ_ Tripp: Well, if I was going to do some porno thing, I would channel it myself and contact Vivid or Club magazine. I got a connection with a photographer at Club that I want hook up with the Murderdolls and do a real fuckin’ cool thing – like what Motley Crue did Oui magazine way back whení¢ä‰åŒ_ Roadrunner: Oh really?í¢ä‰åŒ_ Tripp: Yeah, do something fucking COOL, you know? A photo shoot with fuckin’ naked porn stars, you know? HOT ones, not fuckin’ D grade or C+. HOT porn stars like Jenna Jameson, Brianna Banks, the cream of the crop. Roadrunner: Speaking of which, how did the inaugural Murderdolls photo shoot go? Tripp: The photo shoot was awesomeí¢ä‰åŒ_I think this band is ready to rip up the country and make it a party. Roadrunner: Eric and Ben, bass and drums. Tell us about them. Tripp: Eric I’ve known for a year or two just on the LA scene and he’s really cool. He’s just a good guy that I got to know. He was on a Static-X video shoot and that’s when I exchanged numbers with him – not for any real reason, I just thought he was a cool guy. Later it just so happened that we needed a bass player. I was like, well, he plays guitar, I’m sure he can play bass. I contacted him, and he said he played bass in several bands, and I said. “Well, we’re also looking for a drummer.” At first he was hesitant, then he goes, “well, my drummer’s pretty damn good and he’s a friend of mine from back east” (they’re both from the Boston area). They just came as a package, it was really cool. I met them, I jammed with them and videotaped it because we were under the gun. I sent Joey the videotapes and he reviewed it, and Joey is very pick with drummers, obviously, and it just worked out. It worked out perfectly, like it was meant to be. Roadrunner: What’s in your CD player right now? Tripp: Murderdolls mixesí¢ä‰åŒ_other than that, the new Manowar that came out a couple of weeks ago. Roadrunner: What was the first CD you bought? Tripp: Kiss got me into music. It went from Kiss to Motley Crue to Metallica. AC/DC was a big influence. There weren’t CD’s back then. Roadrunner: I know, I know. BUT when CD’s were FIRST made, back in 1990, 1991, what was the first CD you ever purchased? Tripp: I think it was RUSH actuallyí¢ä‰åŒ_Yeah. It might have been RUSH, but that doesn’t fall to well into my influences. RUSH is a spiritual influence, like Manowar. RUSH, U2, bands that influenced me emotionally and spiritually. But my playing influences are more along the lines of Kiss, Slayer, Overkill, Metallica, Motley Crue, AC/DC, Judas Priest. That’s where I cut my teeth as far as playing guitar and learning styles. Roadrunner: So I’m not going to get a straight answer on this one, ya? Tripp: Exactly. Roadrunner: Song from the Murderdolls disc that keeps going through your head? Tripp: “Love at First Fright”. It’s kind of a more poppy song, but it’s just so good and the subject matter is funny. It’s just a great song. That song I put on my stereo and play it for my friends, and am like, “Fuckin’ A, listen to this song.” It’s just so cool. Roadrunner: Any interesting stories from the recording of the album? Tripp: No crazy stories. I went in there and cut my leads, and just had a great time with the guys. It was very painless, and it was a lot of fun. Roadrunner: Longest day in the studio? Tripp: 8 hours. Roadrunner: Shortest day? Tripp: 8 hours. Roadrunner: One day, one night? Tripp: No, it was a couple of days. It was a lot of fun. It wasn’t some grueling thing. I guess Wednesday’s vocals were grueling – he did a 14-hour stretch at one point singing. Joey was amazed at his performance. Wednesday was under the gun because he had to get back to work and Joey flew him out for the sessions and it was kinda intense for him. For me, I came out and, you know, just laid my parts down, I knew the stuff. They were actually changing things in the studio for Wednesday and making up vocals on the spot. It was a crazed thing. It’s amazing the fact that 50% – 60% just came to be in the last 6 months. So even though the band has been around since ’96, there’s not that many songs from the past era of the Rejects. The Murderdolls is such a fresh thing. Roadrunner: What’s the solo situation? Is it enjoyable playing guitar solos for once? Tripp: I’ve always played solos in past bands. The band before Dope, solos were going out, so I didn’t play that much. And Dope, they weren’t that much into solos. But if you look at the first Dope album, there are about 5 guitar solos. I played what I wanted to play, and it was cool. You can hear the consistency of the styles. Static X, I didn’t play on the last album, Wayne wanted solos. He was going to have Koichi play solos, but Koichi left the band, and Wayne wasn’t much of a soloer. He wanted solos on the last Static-X album, so there will be solos on the next Static-X album. Roadrunner: What’s the first guitar you ever bought? Tripp: My first guitar was a crappy no-name acoustic, crappy no-name electric, then I got an Ibanez Iceman like Paul Stanley had. Roadrunner: You’re from New Jersey, right? Tripp: Correct. Roadrunner: Bon Jovi or Bruce Springsteen? Tripp: Neither. I hate all that shit. I’ve kinda come to respect Bon Jovi. Listening to the story of how he made it, and how that album Slippery When Wet came to be, it’s just a very interesting story. I share the same kind of heart and soul, coming out of New Jersey, I know where he came from and it’s very interesting. But the music, I hate that shit. Roadrunner: I hated Jovi so much back in the day, but as more time goes on, you gotta respect the guy. Tripp: I warm up to it and I respect it, the music, Richie Sanbora and all of the other shit. But, it’s like, in the ’80’s, anything gay like thatí¢ä‰åŒ_ even Motley Crue after the 3rd album got gay with Girls, Girls, Girls. Dr. Feelgood was a good song, there’s just so much gay, stupid crap. Twisted Sister turned really stupid after a few albums. The first couple of albums of a band are usually good. Very few bands stick to their guns. Roadrunner: Wildwood or Belmar? Tripp: Belmar? Where’s that. Wildwood I’d have to say. Roadrunner: First tour dates coming up. What can the people expect out there? Tripp: Murderdolls are here to do it right and do it better than anyone else, and I feel like we’re going to stomp all over everybody. There’s a lot of cool bands, a lot of bands with energy, but we’re gonna take it home and do it right and people are going to be blown away – They’re going to be like, “Fuck!” We’re going to have the monsters, the horror, the sex, the trash, the violence, everything people need. And we’re going to do it better than anyone else is doing anything. Roadrunner: Famous last words? Tripp: I’m just excited to hit the world with Wednesday on vocals ’cause he’s just such a good guy, he’s a great person, a great friend, and I just think that the world needs something like that. In the ’80’s, there were a lot of Alice Cooper influenced people, like Blackie Lawless, Dee Snyder, then Marilyn Manson was the next Alice Cooper influenced guy. I just think that Wednesday is right in that line of succession. He’s going to be the next cool, big, excellent thing that people are going to be like, “Fuck, yes!” Give kids something to get behind. Give kids a movement to get behind. It’s just time for some new blood. There hasn’t been anything since Manson, really. Motley Crue took over, then Guns ‘n’ Roses took over, then Marilyn Manson took over. Korn is the nearest thing I can say – Pantera, Korn, and Marilyn Manson in the ’90’s til right now. There has to be some new band and I feel we’re it.

Check out the gallery for a plethora of glamtastic official photos of the band. For those who thought life did not exist before Slipknot, here comes Murderdolls, the musical love child of Joey Jordison and Tripp Eisen (Static X). Sadistically comical, Murderdolls draw lyrical inspiration from the Friday the 13th and Night of the Living Dead genre of horror movies. Musically, they are a combination of real punk that mercilessly ruffles the gel-sculpted coifs of your kid sister’s bubble-gum pop-rockers and straight up blood and guts rock n’ roll. The result is a wildly deranged musical experience with a guitar sound that is equal to a mid-western hailstorm. Originally formed as the Rejects over seven years ago, Murderdolls is Jordison and Tripp Eisen (of Static-X) on guitars, Wednesday 13 on vocals, Eric Griffin on bass, and Ben Graves on drums. Hitting a wall of adversity with the band’s previous line-up, Jordison hooked up with Eisen on the Ozzfest tour in ’99. After a meeting of the minds, Eisen recruited Wednesday as bassist, who later shifted to lead vocalist. Graves and Griffin were recently added to the line up as drummer and bassist respectively. This motley crew’s debut, entitled Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls is set for release on August 19th. The band is currently out in L.A., still living the life after their photoshoot. Joey has completed the mixing of this album, but word has it that Marilyn Manson just might be doing some vocals on a track. For those of you who like all the small print… the album has been produced by Joey Jordison , co-produced by Matt Sepanic, and mixed by Matt Sepanic & Joey Jordison. Recorded and Engineered by Matt Sepanic, April – May 2002, except drums, bass and rhythm guitars on “She Was a Teenage Zombie” and “Dressed To Depress” Recorded and Engineered by Sean McMahon, May 2000 Recorded and Mixed at SR Audio, Des Moines, IA. 19/6/02: Check out today’s issue of Kerrang! magazine (19/6) for a double page feature on the Murderdolls – including one of the first shots of the band.

During a discussion with Joey Jordison about the upcoming Murderdolls release, the subject got diverted to cars…and that is where we pick up with the conversation, for a bit of Joey’s insight: Joey – …it’s definitely the Phantasm car. You’ve seen that movie? Roadrunner – The Phantasm what? (spoken with slight hesitation) Joey – The Phantasm car. You’ve never seen Phantasm? (spoken with 70% strict authority and 30% disbelief) Roadrunner – Noooo…(spoken with even more hesitation, and softer) Joey – You’re killing me! (spoken loud, very loud…with more authority) Roadrunner – ahhh, no. Joey – Ahhh man, go rent it – that’s one of the best horror movies of all time. That’s what we’re referring to in the song “Dead In Hollywood”, ‘HEY TALL MAN, JUST TAKE MY HAND, AND LEAD ME TO YOUR RED PLANET.’ Roadrunner – uh huh. Joey – The tall man’s the fuckin’, basically one of the most classic horror film characters in all history. But that’s the main car that’s driven in there, a ’72 Barracuda Hemi. To hear exactly what Joey is talking about, be sure to check out the MP3 HERE. As far as the movie Phantasm goes, we leave you with its tagline, “If this one doesn’t scare you, you’re already dead!”

It’s time for music from the Murderdolls to be revealed – “Dead In Hollywood” is the track you shall receive first. One more time, the Murderdolls is: Joey Jordison (guitar), Tripp Eisen (of Static X, also on guitar), Erik Griffin on bass, Ben Graves on drums, and a vocalist by the name of Wednesday 13. The “Dead In Hollywood” mp3 can be downloaded directly from the music section. And for those of you who would like to sing along, the lyrics are as follows: DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD HEY FRANKENSTEIN, WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND? HEY DRACULA, I HEARD YOU..SUCK NOW VINCENT PRICE, WAS DR. PHIBES, COME STEAL MY BRAIN FRITZ, AND TAKE IT TO DR. FRANKENSTEIN (PRE CHORUS) WELL YOU CAN KNOCK ON ED WOOD BUT IT WON’T DO YOU NO GOOD, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO GOOD CAUSE ALL OF MY HEROES ARE DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD HEY NORMAN BATES, HOW ARE YOUR RATES? HEY LEATHERFACE, REMOVE MY…FACE, HEY TALL MAN, JUST TAKE MY HAND, AND LEAD ME TO YOUR RED PLANET, (PRE CHORUS) (CHORUS) YOUR SO DEAD IN, DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD, DEAD, YOUR SO DEAD IN, DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD, D, E, A, D, THAT’S HOW I WANNA BE (LEAD-TRIPP) (PRE CHORUS) (CHORUS) WHOA, DEAD IN HOLLY WOOD, WHOA, DEAD IN HOLLYWOOD

Interview With A Murderdoll (Wednesday 13): During the very early morning hours of the last day in May 2002, Murderdolls’ frontman Wednesday 13 took a few moments with Chris from our US office to answer a few questions to get us all acquainted with himself and a few more words on his project with Joey Jordison, Murderdolls… Sit back, relax, and read: PAST: Roadrunner: Cory (Murderdoll’s manager) left me an email this morning saying you wanted to do this at 10:30am instead of nooní¢ä‰åŒ_an early bird, eh? Wednesday 13: Fuck man, this is still late for me. I’m used to getting up at 4:00 in the morning. Roadrunner: You’re kidding? That’s not too rock ‘n’ roll. Wednesday 13: Yeah man, I haven’t had the rock star life yet. I’ve been going to work – getting up at 4:00 in the morning and delivering magazines. Roadrunner: That’s right, I remember Joey (Jordison) saying that you can’t wait till you go on the road so you can stop slinging newspapers. Wednesday 13: Yeah, it’s ridiculous. So now when I get to sleep till 10, I’m like “Wow, this is the life!” Roadrunner: Guess you’re in for a treat when you finally go on tour then. Wednesday 13: Oh yeahí¢ä‰åŒ_ Roadrunner: What is your first memory of music? Wednesday 13: First memory of music would probably be my brother bringing home vinyl from the record store, bringing in Number Of The Beast, Iron Maiden, and Shout At The Devil (Motley Crue). Playing it with the lights out, candles lit, and scaring me to death. But I loved it. And I wanted to hear more and more. Honestly, that’s really my first memory of music. PRESENT: Roadrunner: You live in North Carolina, right? Wednesday 13: Oh yeah, the home of Andy Griffith. Roadrunner: What’s the cigarette situation down there? Wednesday 13: Cigarette situation? We got the Phillip Morris plant, nothing majorí¢ä‰åŒ_ Roadrunner: I take it you don’t smoke cigarettes, then. Wednesday 13: Nope. Roadrunner: That’s not too rock ‘n’ rollí¢ä‰åŒ_kiddingí¢ä‰åŒ_All right, one more North Carolina question, Denny’s or Wafflehouse? Wednesday 13: DENNY’S! Wafflehouse is horrible, I never go there. Denny’s rules because you can get chicken all the time, and I’m a chicken fanatic. GETTING STARTED: Roadrunner: How did you meet up with the Murderdolls? When did all this get into motion? Wednesday 13: I guess it was around Halloween last year. I actually always take Halloween off for vacation. I was at home and I got a call from Tripp (Eisen, guitar), who I had met when he was playing in Dope about a year prior to that. He called me up, was like “Hey, I’m playing with this other band and we’re looking for a bass player.” I’m like, “I’m not a bass player, I’m a singer/guitarist.” But I can play bass too, so I decided to give it a shot. Shortly after I started talking with Joey and everything clicked, and maybe two weeks later they flew me out to Iowa and I was in a studio recording with them. It was that quick, no audition. First time I met Joey was the first time we went into the studio. Joey and I bonded – we liked the same movies, the same music – and it just kind of took off from thereí¢ä‰åŒ_and then at the beginning of the year, Joey’s like “I think I want to get rid of the singer, and I want you to sing.” I was like, “This rules, I don’t like playing bass.” It was just really cool, and it all kind of changed from that point – the music, the lyricsí¢ä‰åŒ_monsters & grave robbing, fun stuff. Roadrunner: The kind of movies you and Joey found in common, what would they have been? Wednesday 13: We both enjoy Texas Chainsaw Massacre – Joey’s a big fan of Part I and I’m a big fan of Parts I and II. We still argue about the two crazy guys from Parts I and II – Joey says that the hitchhiker from part I is the best, and I have to argue and say that the guy from part II with the plate in his head is topping him. Roadrunner: The world may never knowí¢ä‰åŒ_ Wednesday 13: We’re also really big fans of Slingblade, too. So we always use movie phrases to each other. We’re kind of strange like that. EVOLUTION: Roadrunner: From the time you became the singer compared to back when you were just the bassist, how much did the songs change? Wednesday 13: They took a change. There were some songs that I wrote, had a basic structure to and Joey took them, rearranged them, added parts, brought a whole new energy to them. After the singer left, we kind of redid everything, restructured everythingí¢ä‰åŒ_everything took a total change. Roadrunner: You still did play some bass on the album? Wednesday 13: Yeah, I played bass, played some guitar, a few leadsí¢ä‰åŒ_it’s really strange how this all came about (laughs). It was just like, “Here, why don’t you play thisí¢ä‰åŒ_” Roadrunner: Yep, as Joey said, “Everything is ass backwards with this band.” Wednesday 13: Yeah, but it’s coolí¢ä‰åŒ_very cool the way everything turned out. WELCOME TO ROADRUNNER RECORDS Roadrunner: What do you know about Roadrunner Records? Wednesday 13: I just know you put out a ton of stuffí¢ä‰åŒ_actually you put out a glam band in 1994í¢ä‰åŒ_ Roadrunner: Yes we did, can you name the band? Wednesday 13: Star Star. Roadrunner: Yes, and you like? Wednesday 13: I love it, man. I’m looking at the cd right now. I’ve got it, Star Star, The Love Drag Years. Roadrunner: You’re shitting meí¢ä‰åŒ_there’s about a handful of us here (Roadrunner Records NY) today who just love that cd to death. Wednesday 13: It’s great. I was into a lot of weird stuff like that which never made it outí¢ä‰åŒ_people are like, “who the fuck is that?” But I could sing you every song on the record. Roadrunner: You will make Monte Conner (V.P. of A&R) very happy. There is not a bad song on ití¢ä‰åŒ_Anything else in your Roadrunner collection? Wednesday 13: Type O Negative, of course. Roadrunner: How does it feel to have a debut record coming out just around the corner? Wednesday 13: It’s great, I feel like all this bullshit work I’ve done over the years with previous bands has finally paid offí¢ä‰åŒ_ya know, driving from North Carolina to Pittsburgh and playing in front of twelve people. I’ve been doing gigs like that since I was fifteen years old. And now, having an album done the way I wanted it done, it’s just great. I think it’s what every musician wants to do. THE NEW YORK EXPERIENCE: Roadrunner: Roadrunner Records is here in NYC. What was your first NY experience? Wednesday 13: Ohhhhhí¢ä‰åŒ_we (previous band) went out for a month one time, and our first gig was at CBGB’s in New York. We were all like, “Wow, CBGB’sí¢ä‰åŒ_home of the Ramones, Dead Boys, this is gonna be great.” Our drummer booked the gig. On the way driving up, we kept asking him if he had called the club, followed up & made sure all was cool. Pretty standard questions, to make sure this 10 hour drive wouldn’t be for nothing. “It’s cool, man. They put us on the books. It’s great,” he kept answering. We finally make it to New York. We make it to CBGB’s, find the owner and tell him who we are. He’s like, “Oh really? We didn’t know you guys were playing. I guess you can you can still play, but you’ll go on at 3:30am.” The show started at 6pm. There were 15 bands. At one point there was a good audience there, but of course they left. Right before we went on, there was one guy, one single guy on stage with an acoustic guitar and he had a drum machine on a stool. He played for 45 minutes in front of three people. We finally went on. We played in front of the bartender and the owner. They felt so bad for us that they bought one t-shirtí¢ä‰åŒ_which still didn’t pay for our parking. That was pretty horrible, that was my first experience of New York. That was the longest drive to have such a shitty show. LIVE SHOW: Roadrunner: What is a typical jam session like? Wednesday 13: It’s kind of weird, with everybody spaced out like we are – Joey in Des Moines, Tripp from New Jersey and he’s touring with Static X – there really hasn’t been a ‘typical’ jam session. We did two shows in January. We got together for basically a week and rehearsed almost 12 hours a day. The real sessions we’ll do before going out on the road really haven’t begun yet. Roadrunner: Well, what do you guys have in mind for a live show once you start touring? Wednesday 13: Live Showí¢ä‰åŒ_visually I can see ití¢ä‰åŒ_I always compare things to movies, because that’s all I do is watch moviesí¢ä‰åŒ_I guess the movie that I can see explaining it would be the final scene from Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The first one, where it’s just complete chaos – people screaming, chainsaws running down the road, people getting hit by trucks. That’s a good way to explain it. Roadrunner: All the good fun stuffí¢ä‰åŒ_and this is a vision shared by the whole band? Wednesday 13: Yeah, definitely. We want to keep it visually spontaneous. That’s what Joey and I talked about with our shows before, we want to shock each other as much as (shocking) the audience. Ya know, like, “All right, I’m gonna do something tonight that’s gonna freak you out.” “What?” “I’m not gonna tell you, just wait till it happens.” That’s the kind of way Joey and I have discussed doing things on stage, and I think it’s better that way. I don’t want it to be a format where every night we do the exact same thing, without adding a bit surprise into it. I guess we’ll see what happens. (laughs) Roadrunner: HA! Much like the Grateful Dead summer tours of past with people following, waiting to see what jam they’d do at the next show, this could be the modern day summer tour for kids to follow around this summerí¢ä‰åŒ_ LAST WORDS: Roadrunner: From speaking with you, I get the feeling a lot of your influences are from horror flicks. Wednesday 13: TV man, TV period. I watch everything. Roadrunner: What do you think of the sudden resurgence of ALF as a pop icon? Wednesday 13: ALF? ALF is a pop icon? (laughs) Alf was coolí¢ä‰åŒ_ Roadrunner: What tattoo will always remain a classic: Mom, an anchor, or an 8 ball w/ flames coming out the back? Wednesday 13: I’d have to definitely say an anchor, just because of Popeye. Popeye always had strange armsí¢ä‰åŒ_and I’ve always liked strange things. Roadrunner: Famous last words? Wednesday 13: Beware, because we’re comingí¢ä‰åŒ_ We thank Wednesday 13 for his time. Keep checking back – more to come…

Today (June 4), somewhere in Orange County (California), Joey Jordison’s project the Murderdolls can be found. For today the band is doing their photoshoot…somewhere in an old, abandoned, freaky, scary, desolate hospital. The perfect scene for a trashy, violent metal shoot. Paul Brown, whose name we have been hearing quite a lot of lately, is the man behind the camera. This day, filled with the photoshoot and press duties, is to be followed by the obligatory evening of sex, drugs & rock ‘n’ roll somewhere in the bowels of L.A. Rock. Time to make mention of Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison’s current project, Murderdolls – a band in which Joey is actually the guitarist. Joey was gracious enough to wake from an early morning slumber from the comforts of his home in Des Moines, Iowa to start filling us in on the details of this project. Joey plays guitar, and is producing the album, too. The rest of the line up consists of Tripp Eisen (of Static X, also on guitar), Erik Griffin on bass, Ben Graves on drums, and a vocalist by the name of Wednesday 13. Get caught up to speed now, as more info – from Joey and the rest of his bandmates – coming soon…oh, and the Murderdolls debut release coming soon…details, details will follow.

Interview With A Murderdoll (Joey Jordison): During the early morning hours of May 24th, Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison took a few moments to answer a few questions to get us all acquainted with his current project, Murderdolls… Everything you need to get up to speed on the upcoming Murderdolls release… Sit back, relax, and read (May 24th, 2002): Roadrunner: Good Morning, Joey. And what time would it be where you are at right now? Joey: Ah, let me check, something like 12:30 in the afternooní¢ä‰åŒ_I haven’t seen 12:30…I know at least in the last three fuckin’ weeks. Roadrunner: And what has your day consisted of so far? Joey: Well I took a piss and stumbled over, stubbed my toe on a fuckin’ few cd’s on the floor, and then I came back in and waited on your phone call. Roadrunner: And by the time this day is all said and done, what will you have accomplished? Joey: Well, I’m continuing on a song called “Slit My Wrist” right now, which could be the lead off track on our album, and that’s the song I’m currently mixing right now. Roadrunner: So, your basic schedule right now – mixing the album? Joey: I’m mixing at SR Audio in Des Moines, Iowa. I go into the studio about 5:00 at night and I don’t leave there until probably about 6 or 7 in the morning. Roadrunner: Let’s start, Murderdolls. You say this band was formed back in 1995. How active has the band been over the past seven years? Joey: Yeah, actually it wasí¢ä‰åŒ_we were very active during ’95 all the way through ’98. I started playing with Slipknot in September of ’95 – me, Paul, and Shawn initially got together with a couple other people and formed the band. So, I was playing live shows with them (Murderdolls) on my off time from Slipknot. We only really stopped when Slipknot went to make the first record and go on tour, so it was definitely put on hold to do Slipknot for quite a while. Roadrunner: So, would you consider Murderdolls a side project or not? Joey: A lot of people view it as a side band, it’s really not a side bandí¢ä‰åŒ_it’s just my other project that I’ve done. A lot of people around here in Iowa have known that for quite some time, but now I guess it’s time for the world to see what else I’ve done. Roadrunner: Now, in Murderdolls, have you always played guitar in this band? Actually, what was your first instrument? Joey: Yeah, absolutely (always played guitar in Murderdolls). I started with guitar at age five. I only played drums because I was in a band playing the guitar and the drummer wasn’t cutting it, so I just filled in and kind of stuck with it. Drums came really easy to me, whereas guitar I had to work just a little bit harder. Roadrunner: So you’re actually a guitarist first and a drummer second? Joey: You could look at it that way, but I think a lot of people would look at it the other way (laughs). Roadrunner: You can say that againí¢ä‰åŒ_onward – you guys were always called the Rejects until recently (at this point Joey let’s out a big yawn – hey, it’s early yet) , where did this Murderdolls name come from? Joey: It was a name that I came up with a long time ago. We had always toyed with changing the name, but I guess felt uncomfortable cause we thought we already had a certain type of name out there and didn’t want to fuck with it. Roadrunner: How was this band formed? Are you considered a founding member? Joey: Yeah, me and my ex-singer (Dizzy Drastic) formed it, and we recently just parted ways. Actually, the band has just been completely renewed. It’s really not the Rejects anymore, it was kinda just disbanded, the name was a little too punk rock, like the Ramones. Roadrunner: You can say that againí¢ä‰åŒ_ Joey : It kind of pigeonholed. Our new name has a little more controversy to it, it’s a little more vivid, a little more colorful, you can kind of tell a bit more what the band is about. Once I found Wednesday, he and I started writing songs and it was so comfortable. It’s like when you find that other guy in a band that you can write songs withí¢ä‰åŒ_and we just started writing songs and bringing them into the Rejects, but they didn’t really seem to fit. Wednesday’s an amazing singer and we kind of renewed the band from there. Roadrunner: Let’s talk about Wednesday 13, how long ago did he become the singer of the band? (at this point Joey goes off on a tangent, before zeroing back in by asking, “What was the question? I’m scatterbrain right now.) Roadrunner: How long has Wednesday 13 been singing in the band? Joey: Oh, he’s actually only been singing with us for, probably since the beginning of this year. Roadrunner: Didn’t he play something else in the band previously? Joey: He used to play bass in the band before, and that’s how we pulled him in. He brought some songs in, and plain and simple, his voice just suited the songs better. Roadrunner : So you and Wednesday are the 2 songwriters in the band. Tthe songs that you guys recorded, any the same from back in 1995? Joey: It’s all new stuff. Again, back to when Wednesday joined, it was just a rebirth of the band. Roadrunner: Where did you guys record? Joey: I’ve always done it at the same studio, SR Audio, here in Des Moines, Iowa. It’s a great, phenomenal studio. The “Spit It Out” track from our first Slipknot record was done there, my Manson remix, the ‘New Abuse Mix’ of “My Plague” was tracked thereí¢ä‰åŒ_we do a lot of Slipknot work there. I know that studio inside and out, so we just did it there. Roadrunner: When did you guys record? Joey: Say again? Roadrunner: When, when? Joey: Ah, shit. There was a session in November and December of 2001, then there’s the most recent session we did which was the end of March/early April. Roadrunner: The Murderdolls album, how many songs will it be? How many did you record? Joey: It will be 15 songs, and we actually recorded 21. Roadrunner: Who actually plays what on the album? Joey: I play all the drum tracks on the record. You can tell it’s me. Roadrunner: You can say that againí¢ä‰åŒ_I’ve only heard “Dead In Hollywood” and it screams your drumming. Joey: That’s the thing, even though it’s not ‘metaled’ out like Slipknot shit is – the super fast double bass and super fills. It’s not like that at all. It’s more of a hard hitting, trashy rock ‘n’ roll vibe. But you can tell it’s me. It’s fuckin’ obvious. Roadrunner: So you played all the drums in the studio. And as for guitar? Joey: I played rhythm guitar. Tripp (Eisen, Static X) played leads on the record – he wasn’t able to contribute rhythm and all that stuff because he was on tour so much. It wasn’t planned that way, just the way it worked out – we’ve done everything so fuckin’ backwards in this band. Wednesday played some rhythm guitar on the songs, played some bass on some tracks, I played some bass on some tracks. Actually, Wednesday contributed a couple leads too, did all the lead vocals. Tripp and I did back ups. Roadrunner: Purely you, Wednesday, and Tripp on the recording. And Erik (Griffin, bass) and Ben (Graves, drums) will be with you on tour? Joey: Yeah, they were people we talked to, auditioned, and they fuckin’ fit, ya know? You find those people like when Kiss met Ace Frehley and you’re like, that’s the fuckin’ sound. Roadrunner: So, right now, why is this the time to release it? Joey: I feel the songs are in order, it is what I think I need the world to hear now. It’s something completely different. Also, Wednesday’s voice & Tripp’s leads, which he’s not really known for – It’s a side of us that no one else has heard. And this kid Wednesday, he’s definitely a fuckin’ star, for sure. Roadrunner: I hate labeling music, or saying what kind it isí¢ä‰åŒ_ Joey: Oh, we don’t fuckin’ care, we’ll label ití¢ä‰åŒ_ Roadrunner: How would you describe Murderdolls? Joey: We’re not trying to reinvent the wheel whatsoever, that’s not what this band is about. Loud, aggressive, real blood & guts rock ‘n’ roll. That’s what we do. Roadrunner: And you guys plan on taking this out on the road soon, ya? Joey: Yeah, we’re gonna start touring the middle of July, US and Europe. Roadrunner: And this will take you to the end of the year? Joey: Yep, take us all through the end of the yearí¢ä‰åŒ_unless one of us dies on an overdoseí¢ä‰åŒ_ Roadrunner: Rock. And the future of Slipknot, then? Joey: Still very much in Slipknot. Just had a meeting with those guys yesterday, and our plans are getting mapped out, ya know? Gonna start recording our next record at the beginning of next year. Everything is good in that camp, solid as hell. Roadrunner: ’69 GTO or ’70 Charger? Joey: Oh, that’s hard. An ’81 rusted Pinto with a donut tire filled with drugs. Roadrunner: Any last thing you’d like to say about Murderdolls? Joey: We’re a very tongue & cheek band. A lot of our shit is very offensive and can be taken the wrong way, for sure. But I think that’s a lot of what is fun about this band – we’re serious about not being serious. We’re like the musical equivalent of being kicked in the fuckin’ teeth. Roadrunner: Good closing line, my man. Joey: Yeah, our merchandise will go great, too. Roadrunner: Can’t wait to see it. All the best and thank you for the timeí¢ä‰åŒ_ go take a nap. Joey: Yeah, I don’t even know where the hell I’m atí¢ä‰åŒ_(laughs) Roadrunner: Rock. We thank Joey for his time. Keep checking back – more interviews with Joey, Tripp, and Wednesday 13 coming… MURDERDOLLS is closer than you think…

Music, music, mu-sick. What a boring time in music it is. Watched the VMA’s… Boring. If it ain’t The Vines ripping off Nirvana, it’s The White Stripes just SUCKING ASS with a capital S. And “Everyones” trying to look punk. The Hives were pretty alright. Eminem’s performances were cool. But what’s up with Eminem’s beef with Moby? I mean, I love Eminem, got all his records, I think the guy’s hysterical. I don’t even like Moby, but I mean… The worlds most “controversial” rapper is in a beef with Moby? Moby!!!!??? Christ, the guys some techno, hippie, vegan, who probably weighs 95 lbs. Wet! This is his arch enemy? I mean c’mon!? Who’s next? Greg the Bunny? Malcom in the Middle? Kermit the Frog? Moby’s already said, he doesn’t want to fight him, Eminem was just being a bully. And you know what? I don’t like bullies. So hey ya big bully, why don’t you pick on someone your own size. I’ll fight your ass, and I don’t need to bring 2 henchmen along to do it. And maaaaannní¢ä‰åŒ_..Michael Jackson creeps me the f#%k out. Went to Ozzfest, it was alright. Highlights: Meshuggah – They were awesome, they’ve grown so much from that first tour we took them on. Hatebreed – Oh my god. Monstrous. P.O.D. – Rocked! ( surprisingly ) System – They were incredible, getting a little into hippie territory, but they’re such a great band. Zack Wyldes Guitar Solo – God Damn, he is sick. Low points: Missing Ill Nino, Glassjaw, and Mush-roomhead (who played at the communist hour of 9:25 AM ) 7 bucks a beer = Alcoholic terrorism. The three of us have been writing like crazy. We have about 10 songs / rough ideas written, and 3 others that have already been sent to the scrap yard for parts. Mostly music, some lyrics, and lots of working titles, such as: – Junn – Junn – Buh-duh-duh-duh-duh – Metallica eat your heart out -A.K.A.- Kick you when you’re up – Judas Priest A couple of semi real ones: – Monster – All Those Things Left Unsaid – Fall In Line – Pins and Needles I felt like on Supercharger a certain someone was saying things to the press like ‘Supercharger is heavier than Burn My Eyes”. I want to make it clear right now. We will not mislead anybody, our new material is not “heavier” than Burn My Eyes. It is Heavy as hell, but it is not “heavier” than BME. Make no mistake about it, it is sick as hell. And believe me, it wipes the floor with ANYTHING that was on the VMA’s last night. It’s exciting, kinda reminds me of í¢ä‰åŒ_”And Justice For All” – era Metallica, meets “Wall”- era Pink Floyd, not sure why. Others have said it kinda has a Swedish Metal kinda vibe, still tripping on that one. It’s hard to put into words, but I can say this. It ain’t boring, and it ain’t a bunch of re-hashed Nirvana riffs, It ain’t a bunch of suck ass White Stripes, it ain’t a bunch of pretend to look punk while singing shiny pop tunes. And……. “It ain’t about no trout”. -Robert Flynn