He is the hardest working man on the dark side of hard rock and metal. He is the monster guy who dances at all funerals. Jordan Poole a.k.a. Wednesday 13 reliably releases album after album. Be it with his horror punks from Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 (now disbanded), with his kindred spirit Joey Jordison from Slipknot, with whom he resurrected the Murderdolls last year, with his dark outlaw country side project Bourbon Crow, or the nearly horror-free glam metal band Gunfire 76. And of course, there is his solo project named Wednesday 13. The name itself is a program, as fans of all kinds of horror films have equally named themselves after Wednesday Addams from the namesake family and the address Mockingbird Lane 1313 of the Munsters. Wednesday 13 is probably the most straightforward of the mentioned bands and also the most original, especially regarding live performances. Musically, there are no compromises. Clear riffs, a driving drumbeat, the scratchy-rough voice: all elements are played with routine, clearly defined and clearly assigned. The real deal for hard rock and metal connoisseurs. However, Poole is also responsible for the lyrics, and that's where things get quite different. How can one remain serious, he once asked, when singing about teenagers from Mars? That's exactly the point: being crazy oneself but realizing that the world out there is even crazier. You can hear this on the album "Calling All Corpses," which was released last year. However, Mr. Poole would not be himself if he did not continuously evolve. Musically, the album is catchier and faster than its predecessors, and the lyrics go deeper than ever. "We All Die," for example, can certainly be heard as a zombie apocalypse, but in reality, Wednesday 13 is dealing with the earthquake in Japan from a year ago. But such seriousness should not worry anyone. Wednesday 13 is still the craziest dark freak on the stages of rock.
02.11.2012 | Bochum | Matrix
03.11.2012 | Hamburg | Logo
08.11.2012 | Munich | Backstage Halle
11.11.2012 | Stuttgart | Universum
13.11.2012 | Wiesbaden | Schlachthof
