Roman Surman is an American musician and the current lead guitarist for

Wednesday 13 Joseph Michael Poole (born August 12, 1976), better known by his stage name Wednesday 13, is an American singer and musician. Apart from his solo career, he was the frontman of the horror punk/ heavy metal band Murderdolls and has also played in ...

horror punk Horror punk is a music genre that mixes punk rock and 1950s-influenced doo-wop and rockabilly sounds with morbid and violent imagery and lyrics which are often influenced by horror films and science fiction B-movies. The genre was pioneered b ...

solo band. Surman was also a guitarist for

Gunfire 76 Joseph Michael Poole (born August 12, 1976), better known by his stage name Wednesday 13, is an American singer and musician. Apart from his solo career, he was the frontman of the horror punk/ heavy metal band Murderdolls and has also played ...

, Bourbon Crow and the second incarnation of

Murderdolls Murderdolls was an American rock band founded during 2002 in Hollywood, California. The band line-up consisted of the late Joey Jordison, Wednesday 13 , Acey Slade, Eric Griffin, Tripp Eisen and the late Ben Graves. The band released two al ...

, all bands fronted by Wednesday 13.

Career history

Surman's long-standing partnership with Wednesday 13 began with Surman becoming a guitar-tech for his solo band. He first performed as a touring guitarist in Bourbon Crow, an Outlaw country side project he had put together in 2006. Surman was assistant editor and music composer for a short video release by Wednesday 13 called "Weirdo A-Go-Go" in 2008. In 2009 Wednesday 13 put together another side project, a glam metal band called

, releasing one album "Casualties and Tragedies" in October 2009. They toured the UK with "The First Blood Tour" in December of that year. In 2010, Wednesday 13 and

Joey Jordison Nathan Jonas "Joey" Jordison (April 26, 1975 – July 26, 2021) was an American musician. He was the original drummer and co-founder of the heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he was designated #1, as well as the guitarist for the horror punk ...

reformed

after an eight year hiatus, selecting a different line-up, including Surman as rhythm guitarist. He toured with the band until the second breakup in 2011. He recorded guitar tracks for their second studio album

Women and Children Last ''Women and Children Last'' is the second and final studio album by American horror punk supergroup Murderdolls released through Roadrunner Records on August 31, 2010, and produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris. With the exception of Murderdolls touri ...

. After the breakup, Wednesday 13 continued as a solo band with Surman as lead guitarist. He first appeared on 2011's

Calling All Corpses ''Calling All Corpses'' is the fourth studio album by American horror punk musician Wednesday 13. It was released on 11 October 2011. On Wednesday July 13, Wednesday released the track listing via Braveworlds.com The Album artwork was created by ...

and has been on every Wednesday 13 release and tour since except for the

Undead Unplugged ''Undead Unplugged'' is the first acoustic album by horror punk musician Wednesday 13. It features mainly acoustic versions of songs from his solo career, with one original track entitled "Undead". The album also features acoustic versions of M ...

album. He was co-credited with Wednesday 13 on five tracks on 2015's Monsters of the Universe: Come Out and Plague and had a sole writing credit for "Planet Eater: Interstellar 187", the first time a Wednesday 13 song was credited entirely to someone other than Wednesday 13, not including covers and co-credits.

Discography

With

* Casualties and Tragedies (2009) With

(2010) With

(2011) *

Spook and Destroy ''Spook & Destroy'' is the third extended play by American horror punk musician Wednesday 13. It was released on 9 October 2012. This EP includes 2 new songs, 3 re-recordings of existing songs from Wednesday 13 and another projects, an acoustic ...

(2012) *

The Dixie Dead ''The Dixie Dead'' is the fifth studio album released by horror punk musician Wednesday 13. It was released on February 19, 2013. Album Information Like many of Wednesday albums it features many references and puns relating to horror. "Blood Su ...

(2013) * Dead Meat: 10 Years of Blood, Feathers & Lipstick (2014) * Monsters of the Universe: Come Out and Plague (2015) *

Condolences Condolences (from Latin ''con'' (with) + ''dolore'' (sorrow)) are an expression of sympathy to someone who is experiencing pain arising from death, deep mental anguish, or misfortune. When individuals condole, or offer their condolences to a part ...

(2017)

Necrophaze Joseph Michael Poole (born August 12, 1976), better known by his stage name Wednesday 13, is an American singer and musician. Apart from his solo career, he was the frontman of the horror punk/ heavy metal band Murderdolls and has also played ...

(2019) Horrifier (2022)

Filmography

With

(Deluxe Edition DVD) (2010) With

* Weirdo A Go-Go (2008) * Scream Britain Scream (2014)

References

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