SHOW REVIEW: Primadonnaz, Vains of Jenna & Wednesday 13
LOCATION: Rex’s West Chester, Pa
2/01/07

This was a night of glam, sleaze, and horror rock n roll that was going to set the cold winter night on fire.

The Primadonnaz, which is the Philly based glam band that is that brings back all the good memories of the Sunset Strip scene of yesteryear. Fronted by Mikey Primadonna, this is Mikey’s new version of the band, I instantly noticed a new swagger in Mikey’s onstage presence as he was jumping around on stage and head banging and enjoying their glam metal anthems, like never before.

This band set the tone for the night, with the floor in front of the stage filled with a crowd, that was dancing, screaming, and hollering for the more. Now this is a rarity in it self, as lately in the Philly scene, I noticed, smaller crowds & no enthusiasm...Not tonight.

Next up was Filthy Note (Mtv & Skateboard star Bam Margera’s new music label) recording artist, all the way from the new hot bed of Sleazy 80’s Hair metal Sweden, Vains of Jenna took the stage, and tore it up. It is scary that these guys all in their early twenties have such a strong grasp, on the whole sleaze scene from 1987. It is like they took pages out of the book that Faster Pussycat, Guns n Roses, and LA Guns, all wrote back then, and spun it out for 2007. These guys have it going on, the cat scratch vocals, the catchy hooks, the stage presence; the only thing the need is a bigger audience to appreciate them.

Lastly was the horror rocker, Wednesday 13 formally of the Murderdolls. Everything the first 2 bands gave the crowd, Wednesday just took their motivation, and acted like he was using Spinal Tap’s amp and just turned it up to 11. Rocking horror anthem after another, the crowd with their fist in the air chanting DIE DIE DIE...like a Hitler march in CBGB’S.

Wednesday played songs from the Murderdolls album, his debut solo album, and his latest release "Fang Bang". One song after another, with Ex Dope drummer, Racci Shay beating the living hell out of his fur covered drum kit. Fellow Murderdoll alumni Eric Griffin, switching from bass to now handling lead guitar duties. Again, these guys have the complete package, one thing that is lacking, and it is in the US...the crowds, the audience.