Wednesday 13 express their opinion. Everyone has a voice or has something to say, and it ' s not always positive. But through all that negativity, sometimes there ' s a lot of positive stuff. I have very thick skin, so I don ' t let those comments and things that are negative bother me. I read more into the positive ones. Those are the better ones anyway. Every day when I finish my shows, I ' m guilty of being on my phone for an hour or two afterwards.
As soon as I go to my Instagram, an hour or two after my show, there are at least 50 to 100 messages from that particular show. Someone is sending a picture or a video they took from where they were in the audience, or if they met us after the show. I go through every single one of those pictures and usually repost and like them. That’ s the equivalent of going out after the show and shaking their hand because it means that to them. They ' ll write back,“ Oh, my God, I can ' t believe you like my picture!” because I ' m not able to go out and meet everyone all the time. Ido meet a lot of people. Idopaid meet-and-greets and meet people after the show when I ' m not hiding out. I appreciate my fans and where I am because they’ re the reason I ' m able to still do this after so many years.
IE: That ' s what it should be about. And for Mid Death Crisis, you had the fans in mind. You wanted to take them back to the beginning, back to the sound and vibe of your debut Transylvania 90210. After going in a heavier direction on albums like Necrophaze and Condolences, what influenced your decision to taper back from that heavier sound and go back to the fun punk rock glam sound? W13: There’ s a lot of factors to it. This is the 10th record and 20 years of doing this. During the very first few Wednesday 13 albums, I was off doing side projects. I started my Gunfire 76 project. I did Murderdolls for the second time. I did my Bourbon Crow project. I experimented with stuff and put Wednesday 13 on a break. Then, when I came back to it, I assembled an entirely new band behind me. I recruited some of my best friends and sort of handed off the guitarwriting duties to our guitarist, Roman Surman. Those records you mentioned were the ones where I gave him full range to put his style on it. It was almost like doing a side project under the name Wednesday 13. I got to experiment doing a heavier record. I’ d xcxcxcxbvxbbm Fine Young Cannibals, 1985,,,
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