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Wednesday 13's "Fang Bang" Set for Sept. 12 Release on Rykodisc; US Tour Previewing New Material Underway

Shock Rocker's New Album Features the Songs "Morgue Than Words" and "My Home Sweet Homicide"

Wednesday 13, the former Murderdolls frontman whose campy reinvention of the horror core genre has turned the most pre-eminent of shock rocker, Alice Cooper into a fan, is set to release "Fang Bang," a 13-track album set for a Sept. 12 via Rykodisc.

Wednesday explains of the new release, "This is truly going to be the catchiest, glam, punk, rock 'n' roll record that I have made in my entire history. The new tracks are fast, fun, dumb and I'd say a little more reminiscent of my earlier days with Frankenstein Drag Queens, but with a new twist. I'm really approaching it with a 'less is best' attitude."

The song titles and lyrics on "Fang Bang" highlight his ghoulish and humorous world view:

1.  Morgue Than Words
2.  American Werewolves In London
3.  My Home Sweet Homicide
4.  Faith In The Devil
5.  Happily Ever Cadaver
6.  Curse Of Me
7.  Haddonfield
8.  Too Much Blood
9.  Till Death Do Us Party
10. Buried With Children
11. Kill You Before You Kill Me
12. Die Sci Fi
13. Burn The Flames

A tour previewing the new songs alongside fan favorites is currently underway and runs through early September with the final stop being Sept. 10 at the Hartz Cafe in Virginia Beach. The dates are:

August
3       Charlotte, NC           The Milestone
4       Fayetteville, NC        Jesters
5       Springfield, VA         Jaxx
6       Flushing, NY            Bottoms Up
7       New Haven,CT            Webster Theatre
8       Reading, PA             The Silo
9       Cleveland, OH           Peabodys
11      Detroit, MI             TNTS
12      Cudahy, WI              Vnuk's
13      St. Paul, MN            Station 4
15      Denver, CO              Aztlan Theatre
16      Salt Lake City, UT      Burt's Tiki Lounge
17      Boise, ID               The Grove
18      Seattle, WA             El Corazon
19      Portland, OR            The Gravity Room
20      Sacramento, CA          The Boardwalk
23      Los Angeles, CA         The Whisky
25      El Paso, TX             Chic's Bar and Billiards
26      San Antonio, TX         Sanctuary
27      Austin, TX              Red Eyed Fly
29      Houston, TX             Meridian
30      Dallas, TX              The Curtain Club

September
1       Wichita, KS             JC's House of Rock
2       Cedar Falls, IA         The Reverb
5       Huntington, WV          The Monkey Bar
6       Flint, MI               Machine Shop
9       Rochester, NY           Steel Music Hall
10      Virginia Beach, VA      Hartz Cafe

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