When the ‘Murderdolls@ decided to have a break in 2003 ,. Wednesday returned home, immediately locked himself in his basement, and emerged with over 100 songs written. In June 2004, he began work on his first solo album, playing all but the drums himself. True to form, Wednesday has stitched together a morgue-full of influences – horror films, cartoons, punk and heavy metal – into a spook-tacular monster-mosh of an album, Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying and the Dead. Fans of White Zombie, Rob Zombie, AFI, Alkaline Trio the aforementioned 'Dolls, as well as metal, punk, and horror in general will find the record at once refreshing and outrageous. With his sallow complexion and raven dreadlocks, Wednesday may look like a grim goth at first glance, but the singer/guitarist is more a throwback to the days of Alice Cooper and Twisted Sister, when rock music had no more pretentious aspirations than being over-the-top, escapist fun.

The song “I Walked with a Zombie”, for instance, was inspired by the 1943 horror movie of the same name. “It's one of the first movies that dealt with voodoo,” the singer/guitarist explains. “But I just went in a totally different direction – the song is actually kind of a love song about a zombie.”

The song “Elect Death for President”, meanwhile, was inspired by the TV news. “I was watching CNN last year, and I was like 'You know, this is scarier than any horror movie,'” Wednesday recalls. “I'm not a political person, but it doesn't take a genius to realize that there are problems. So I started making up sarcastic lyrics about a campaign where Death was actually running for president. I felt kind of weird afterwards, like “Did I just write a political song? Or not?'”

The recording now behind him and the bloody, infectious results committed to tape, the singer/guitarist is burning to sink his fangs into the rock world's throat once again. Despite his writing and performing the record himself, Wednesday 13 is a band, which includes Wednesday on vocals/guitar, Ghastly on drums, Kid Kid on bass and Pig on guitar. Once the record was done, the band immediately hit the road, playing a 16-date club tour of the UK/Europe to warm up the new material. The tour was a great success, drawing thousands of fans and affirming Wednesday's ability to connect with fans, whatever the project.

Growing up a little blonde kid in the middle of the Bible Belt (North Carolina, where he still resides), Wednesday escaped at an early age into a world of creature features and rock gods. “I'm the perfect example of what television and rock 'n' roll can do to a kid with no plans to be a doctor or fireman,” says Wednesday. “I still sort of live inside of a television. My songs stem from movies and things I've seen on TV.” It seems natural, then, that each track on Transylvania 90210 is an episode in the outrageously shocking mini-series that Wednesday 13 created. Tune In: Wednesday 13's debut album will be your new guilty pleasure.