{"id":677886,"date":"2026-11-07T17:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T17:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/677886\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T17:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T17:40:11","slug":"horror-punk-icons-murderdolls-are-reforming-for-their-first-show-since-joey-jordisons-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/677886\/","title":{"rendered":"Horror punk icons Murderdolls are reforming for their first show since Joey Jordison\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Murderdolls<\/a>, the cult horror-themed glam-punk band formed by late Slipknot drummer-turned-guitarist Joey Jordison<\/a> and singer Wednesday 13<\/a>, have revealed that they are reforming to play their first shows in over a decade \u2013 and their first since Jordison\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

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The band are set to play Belgium\u2019s Graspop Metal Meeting on June 18, 2027. \u201cMurderdolls\u2026 coming 2027,\u201d said the singer in a social media post, while Jordison\u2019s family confirmed the news in a separate post: \u201cWe\u2019re excited to announce that Murderdolls have officially joined the lineup for Graspop Metal Meeting 2027.\u201d They both shared a clip of the band\u2019s classic 2002 song Slit My Wrist.<\/p>\n

Murderdolls were formed by Jordison and Wednesday 13 in 2002, after the then-Slipknot drummer recruited former Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 frontman Wednesday for a new side-project inspired by their shared love of Alice Cooper, the Misfits and \u201980s glam metal.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJoey actually asked me, \u2018Do you like Slipknot?\u2019\u201d Wednesday told Metal Hammer in 2013. \u201cI said, \u2018Not really\u2019 and he just laughed. He loved it that I didn\u2019t care who he was.\u201d<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s debut album, Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls, was released in 2002, and they scored a minor hit with a cover of Billy Idol\u2019s White Wedding. Murderdolls went on hiatus after Jordison returned to Slipknot, but reunited in 2010 for a second album, Women And Children Last, before splitting once more the following year.<\/p>\n

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Jordison died in 2021, a decade after he played his final show with Murderdolls. Wednesday 13 resurrected the band in 2018 without Jordison for a one-off show in tribute to former drummer Ben Graves, who had died earlier that year.<\/p>\n

No announcement has been made as to who else will feature in the reunited Murderdolls. The line-up at their last show in 2018 included guitarist Acey Slade and bassist Eric Griffin, who played on Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls, plus guitarist Alex Kane and ex-Type O Negative drummer Johnny Kelly.<\/p>\n

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