Bomb Brigade
SKELETONS finds Wednesday at his horror-spewing,sleaze-spitting,gutter-rocking best.This is the essential album for every Wednesday 13,Murderdolls,Gunfire 76 fan to own. From the bombastic opening crunch of SCREAM BABY SCREAM (perhaps a titular nod to the 1973 AIP blaxploitation film SCREAM BLACULA SCREAM?) to its finale,this is one powerful punch in the gut delivered from the master of this type of entertainment. 13 delivers his patent rythymic rockers without fail in the guise of FROM HERE TO THE HEARSE and NOT ANOTHER TEENAGE ANTHEM,and kicks you below the belt when you aren't paying attention with the furious PUT YOUR DEATHMASK ON (sheer brilliance in its relentless pace...this song would be right at home on a Slipknot album) and his ode to THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE,ALL AMERICAN MASSACRE.At the time of its release,Wednesday had said that this album was somewhat autobiographical for him and that SKELETONS and MY DEMISE were the one-two punch that this album is based around,giving the listener a somber peek into Wednesday's sometimes mundane existence.13 even sheds light on what appears to be a bout with depression,as is evident in the self-reflective lyrics of his comparing himself to a fly having its wings pulled off in MY DEMISE,and going on to sing that he'll "never get out of this life alive".If this is the end result of putting aside the Paxil and Zoloft for Wednesday,then he should consider never picking his happy pills back up again,as he has attained his artistic zenith. This guy embodies the spirit of B-Movie cult horror and camp classic rock n' roll and delivers nothing short of pure brilliance with this album.Wednesday 13 for President!