Lyrically, the group most often present themselves in a "tongue-in-cheek" manner,[5] covering topics of necrophilia, grave robbing, cross-dressing, amongst other things.

consider the Murderdolls history to go back as far as 1994 to a Des Moines, Iowa-based band Joey Jordison played in, named The Rejects, which was fronted by vocalist Dizzy Draztik.

During the 1999 Ozzfest tour, Jordison met Tripp Eisen and asked him if he was interested in a project he had in mind, the reforming of the Rejects with Draztik.

Eisen agreed to join the project and a friend of his from the band Dope and previously the Genitorturers, Racci Shay played drums with them.

Dizzy Draztik introduced Joey Jordison to the music of the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, a horror punk band from Charlotte, North Carolina, fronted by vocalist Wednesday 13.

Tripp Eisen has claimed that he suggested that his friend Acey Slade was brought into the band around this time, but was turned down.

Soon, Wednesday 13 was moved to the frontman position after Dizzy left the band to take care of his ailing mother.

Most of the tracks on the Murderdolls debut album were covers from his previous band Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13.

They were brought in after Eisen showed Jordison a video of himself jamming with the pair, they decided the duo would be right for the band.

The initial release featured fifteen tracks; twelve in total had previously been recorded by Wednesday 13 with Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 and one from his earlier band Maniac Spider Trash.

Their first major date was at the Summer Sonic Festival in Tokyo, Japan during August 18, 2002, two days before their debut album was released.

They were received favorably and one reviewer commented on the band's performance as a "mangled, choked and psychotic version of the Sex Pistols.

Since the hiatus begun, both Wednesday 13 and Jordison maintained that the band had not split up for good, and that they would return to record a second album together in the future.

[10] Additionally, in a 2009 interview, Slade revealed that he would have been happy to reform the Murderdolls by now, but it always proves impossible due to other commitments of the band members.

magazine that Murderdolls had officially reunited with him and Wednesday working with producer Chris "Zeuss" Harris.

[13] Drummer Racci Shay joined the band alongside guitarist Roman Surman and bassist Jack Tankersley.

For Women and Children Last, Jordison and Wednesday 13 confessed to VerdamMnis Magazine that they consider this new release to be their very first album, as this is the first time they "sat down together to write songs and the production is a far better than from Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls.

They also revealed to the magazine that the CD was recorded in a mansion upon the Hollywood Hills, which encouraged them "to create their own sound with no influence from the outside world", as they were secluded.

Wednesday 13, along with former members Eric Griffin and Acey Slade performed with each other for the first time in 14 years to pay tribute to their late drummer.