''Fuck It, We'll Do It Live'' is the first
live album
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by American
horror punk musician
Wednesday 13. It contains a
live
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performance recorded at the Crocodile Rock in
Allentown, Pennsylvania
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on July 18, 2008. The album was released on October 21, 2008, through
Hot Topic locations in the United States and on website Interpunk.com, in a two-disc format with recordings of the live performance on CD and DVD.
The album was inspired by a video clip featuring television personality
Bill O'Reilly. In
an outtake from ''
Inside Edition'' from 1993 popularized on the Internet, O'Reilly shouts "Fuck it, we'll do it live!" after becoming frustrated by a last-minute alteration to the show's teleprompter text. The band members watched the video clip of this incident repeatedly and decided that it was emblematic of how they wanted to record a live show – without
overdubbing in post-production. Personnel in the group for the live show included
Wednesday 13 on
vocals
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and
guitar
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, Jason Trioxin on guitar, Nate Manor on
bass
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Fish
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* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
, and
Jonny Chops
Jonathan Henrich, better known as Jonny Chops (born February 12, 1986), is a rock musician from Havertown, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his role as the former drummer of Wednesday 13. He has also played in several other bands, including Ant ...
on
drums
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.
''Fuck It, We'll Do It Live'' received a generally positive reception from music critics. ''
Metal Storm'' reviewed the release and described the album as an ideal introduction to Wednesday 13, comparing the style of music to
glam punk. ''Metal Ireland'' recommended the music for its simple,
B-movie
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quality. ''Global Domination'' wrote that the album broke the trend of inadvisable purchases of live performances. The release received favorable reviews from ''
Metal.de
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'' and ''MusicWaves''; the latter compared the album's style to that of
Alice Cooper
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and
Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer of the band which shares his name, of which he remains the only constant member since it ...
. The Swedish-language review site ''Hallowed.se'' found the recording to be unexciting.
Production
Inspiration
![Wednesday 13 in late 2007](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Wednesday_13_in_late_2007.jpg)
''Fuck It, We'll Do It Live'' was inspired by a video clip featuring television personality
Bill O'Reilly.
In an outtake from ''
Inside Edition'' popularized on the
Internet
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, O'Reilly shouts "Fuck it, we'll do it live!" after becoming frustrated by a last-minute alteration to the show's teleprompter text.
Wednesday 13 explained the album's inspiration in an interview: "Wednesday 13 (the band) has a live DVD that I put out and we couldn't think of a title and we were driving down the road thinking, we are going to have to come up with a name for it. The live titles, you have to put something like that. So, we were watching Bill O'Reilly and we kept listening to him say, 'Fuck it, we'll do it live.' That's kind of how quick we threw that DVD together. We didn't know we were putting it together like 4 days before so we were like, 'fuck it, we'll do it live.' We didn't do any overdubs on it, everybody in the band was sick and we just went with it."
Live recording
![2015 - Crocodile Rock](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/2015_-_Crocodile_Rock.jpg)
''Fuck It, We'll Do It Live'' was recorded live on July 18, 2008, at the Crocodile Rock nightclub in
Allentown, Pennsylvania
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.
Personnel in the group for the live show included
Wednesday 13 on
vocals
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...
and
guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
, Jason Trioxin on guitar, Nate Manor on
bass
Bass or Basses may refer to:
Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
, and
Jonny Chops
Jonathan Henrich, better known as Jonny Chops (born February 12, 1986), is a rock musician from Havertown, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his role as the former drummer of Wednesday 13. He has also played in several other bands, including Ant ...
on
drums
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
.
Wednesday 13 explained that he had been in a motor vehicle accident in September 2007 and had fractured his
clavicle
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, and had subsequently decided to expand the band from four to five members.
By the time of the live recording, he had healed sufficiently to both perform as frontman and play guitar, and the band was reduced back to its normal size of four members.
This was Wednesday 13's first live album.
In an interview with ''
SF Weekly
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'', Wednesday 13 spoke about his touring band. "This is like my favorite lineup that I've ever had, and I've definitely had members come and go for many different reasons over the years."
The video of the performance was recorded using six cameras.
At brief times during the performance, the video recorded a moment of white on camera or a dark screen, both of which were related to the use of
strobe lights.
An individual dressed in costume as ''
Friday the 13th
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'' character
Jason Voorhees made an appearance on-stage at one point during the performance.
Post-production
No post-production
overdubbing was done in the studio.
Occasional wrong notes can be heard in the final product of the recording.
Wednesday 13 admitted, "First off, let me say this is a live recording. This is not a live recording where we went back into the studio and overdubbed guitar parts or vocals. This is us ... LIVE! If we make a mistake, you will hear it. If my voice cracks, you hear it. This is as close to a live experience as we could give."
Release
The album was released on October 21, 2008,
timed to coincide with
Halloween
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.
The album was made available as a two-disc set, with audio tracks on one in
CD format and video recording of the live performance on the other in
DVD
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format.
The DVD contains a live video recording of the performance, without special features or DVD extras.
The packaging also included a 20-panel booklet featuring photographs of the group performing, taken by their fans.
Wednesday 13 commented, "This release is for the fans and we want them to feel like they are part of everything we do."
The album was Wednesday 13's first production released in a dual CD/DVD format, and the first time he had released a recording of a complete live concert show.
The album was sold through
Hot Topic stores and Interpunk.com.
Wednesday 13 appeared for fans to sign albums on October 24 in
Parsippany, New Jersey,
as part of the Chiller Theatre Expo, which showcased films, models, and toys related to the
horror genre
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.
On October 30, Wednesday 13 joined
Hanoi Rocks frontman
Michael Monroe at Fopp Records in
Covent Garden
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,
London
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,
England
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, for a session signing merchandise for fans.
This event included an exclusive release of the DVD recording of ''Fuck It, We'll Do It Live''.
The DVD was featured as the first release in the "Live & Loud" collection by Global Music.
Reception
''
Metal Storm'' reviewed the DVD recording of the live performance and called it "a perfect way to discover the music of Wednesday 13 that I could describe as a mix of Glam with Punk".
Justin Donnelly reviewed the album for ''The Metal Forge'' and wrote favorably about the DVD portion: "Shot with six cameras, ''Fuck It, We'll Do It Live'' is a raw and honest representation of Wednesday 13 live in concert".
A review by ''Metal Rage'' was critical of the DVD, but praised the audio on the CD: "All in all I definitely recommend the CD, 'cause you get a nice representative image of what a good Wednesday 13 show sounds like."
Dónal McBrien gave the performance 3.8 stars out of 5 in a review for ''Metal Ireland'' writing: "It's horror punk, and you get exactly what you expect. Songs in the key of B-movie, with faux-horror lyrics and hook-laden riffs that work surprisingly well for their simplicity."
Sweden
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-based English-language site ''Global Domination'' gave an enthusiastically positive review, commenting: "Because damn people, this album is so great that I fucking implore you to get both the album AND the DVD."
The album received a score of 70/100 from Dutch-language music site ''Metalfan.NL'', which preferred the DVD to the CD version.
French-language site ''MusicWaves'' gave the album a rating of 4 out of 5 stars, and compared Wednesday 13's style to that of
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier, February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer whose career spans over five decades. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusions, including pyrotechnics, guillot ...
and
Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer of the band which shares his name, of which he remains the only constant member since it ...
.
The album received a rating of 8/10 from German-language site ''
Metal.de
Metal.de is a German-language online magazine launched in 1996. The magazine focuses on the subgenres of heavy metal and hard rock, but also reports on similar styles. ''Metal.de'' foundation in 1996 makes it one of the longest-running heavy me ...
'', which recommended it as a good gift.
The Swedish-language review site ''Hallowed.se'' found the album to be boring.
Track listing
:''All tracks written by Wednesday 13 unless otherwise stated.''
Personnel
*
Wednesday 13 –
vocals
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,
guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
* Jason Trioxin – guitar
* Nate Manor –
bass
Bass or Basses may refer to:
Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
*
Jonny Chops
Jonathan Henrich, better known as Jonny Chops (born February 12, 1986), is a rock musician from Havertown, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his role as the former drummer of Wednesday 13. He has also played in several other bands, including Ant ...
–
drums
A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...
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