NME LIVE REVIEW: Murderdolls
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| (Yes, this is Joey) |
28th September 2002
(London, Highbury Grange)
In the old days, being a goth was a pretty duff leisure option. You had to hang around in parks drinking Snakebite and black and looking glum, while the only bands you were allowed to listen to were called things like Fields Of The Nephilim or Sex Gang Children. It was rubbish.
How things've changed. Now nu-goths drink each other's blood and still get home in time for Jackass.
Instead of being all dour and gloomy, nu goth is spiky, funny and glam. The Murderdolls are doing an excellent job of becoming the genre's new poster children. There's dry ice everywhere and they're all wearing black lipstick but they jump up and down while singer Wednesday 13 sings about grave robbing (‘Grave Robbing USA’), Killing movie stars (‘Dead In Hollywood ) and slitting his wrists (er... “Slit My Wrist’). It's fun in the same way that torturing spiders and scaring your little brother by pretending to be dead is fun.
Instead of being all dour and gloomy, nu goth is spiky, funny and glam. The Murderdolls are doing an excellent job of becoming the genre's new poster children. There's dry ice everywhere and they're all wearing black lipstick but they jump up and down while singer Wednesday 13 sings about grave robbing (‘Grave Robbing USA’), Killing movie stars (‘Dead In Hollywood ) and slitting his wrists (er... “Slit My Wrist’). It's fun in the same way that torturing spiders and scaring your little brother by pretending to be dead is fun.
Slipknot's drummer Joey Jordison is the band's guitarist and tonight he's dressed in a school uniform and helping Wednesday sing the Murderdolls’ best song. It's called 'Motherf——er І Don't Care’ and it's all about hating everyone and killing the world. But joking. obviously. Excellent!
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