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	Plasmatics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Plasmatics were an American punk band, formed by Yale graduate and radical anti-artist Rod Swenson, around the late Wendy O. Williams.
		Williams was arrested multiple times and was seriously beaten in Milwaukee by the Milwaukee police after being charged with public indecency.
		Williams's and the Plasmatics' career spanned seven albums, several which were released as Wendy O. Williams solo albums.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plasmatics (254 words)

	Homepage Friends of the Plasmatics (English)
		THE PLASMATICS are to punk what Strawberry Alarm Clock were to psychedilia.
		Here you'll find a general introduction to the Plasmatics as well as the "corner-stones" of their "career", if that is an appropriate term in this context.
		After all, said articles were all the information that I had on the band in the first place (apart from the few facts included on the records) and this did not at all change my attitude towards them.
	vereine.rol3.com /Plasmatics/english.htm (1080 words)

	Wendy O. Williams-Rock's First Riot Grrrl
		It wasn’t long before the Plasmatics recorded their first album “New Hope For The Wretched.” In 1980 Hard to believe the quasi-metal noise of “Butcher Baby” and “Tight Black Pants” was produced by Jimmy Miller, who previously helmed albums by the Stones and Traffic.
		Although audiences were appreciative (one Plasmatics fans seems thrilled to have an antenna from a smashed TV set rip his hand, according to a message board posting), police in the Midwest weren’t impressed.
		Plasmatics material continues to be released and re-released to this day.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/9756/107063 (561 words)

	Richie Stotts
		I think the Plasmatics revolutionized rock music in that we were the first band to combine elements of punk, heavy metal and hard core rock.
		I am disappointed to say that, since the break up of the Plasmatics in 1983, I have not received any form of payment from the Plasmatics’ management or record companies, which released records on which I performed and which contained many songs I had written.
		He felt that the name "Plasmatics" had a bad connotation and that the next album should just be called "Wendy Williams." I asked them where I fit in.
	www.glam-metal.com /richie_stotts.html (3183 words)

	Imprint: January 03, 2003
		Founded by a porn film producer who fancied himself as the next Malcolm McLaren, the Plasmatics were fronted by sex film "star" Wendy O. Williams, a muscular, raspy-voiced "singer" who generally wore next to nothing onstage.
		While Williams became something of a demi-celebrity in punk circles, especially after she was busted (and brutalized by police) in Milwaukee for "public indecency," the Plasmatics were mostly show and little substance, musically speaking.
		In 1989, the Plasmatics reunited, but Williams essentially dropped out of sight in the early 1990s, and sadly, committed suicide in 1998 at the age of 48.
	imprint.uwaterloo.ca /story.php?story=2409 (178 words)

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		The Plasmatics was an invention of Williams' Svengali, the pornographer-turned-record producer Rod Swenson.
		Metalheads being essentially conservative types and afraid of women, the Plasmatics found themselves a band without an audience, and after a couple of diffident solo outings, Wendy retired from music in 1987, working in natural food co-ops and animal shelters until her death.
		The Plasmatics took rock theatrics to a new level of excess while eschewing the slickness of the heavy metal scene.
	www.panix.com /~scmiller/goodbye/mar98/rockstars.html (954 words)

	The Plasmatics biography @ Tartareandesire.com
		The Plasmatics were created by radical conceptual anti-artist Rod Swenson (with an MFA from Yale) in 1977 around the now legendary Wendy O. Williams.The Plasmatics made history with almost every show the arrests on Plasmatics changed American culture.
		Performance anti-art Wendy O. Williams went from the Barbie Doll on acid to dominatrix of the decibels the queen of shock rock, and with her arrests on sex charges for supposedly simulating masturbation with a sledgehammer became a cause celebre to quote the New York Times.
		Without doubt Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics were one of the most influential groups in the history of rock and roll, and without doubt the most radical.
	www.tartareandesire.com /bands/plasmatics.html (324 words)

	Issue No. 3
		His muse was Wendy O and he recruited the sexy, shapely and fit performer to be the singer and star of the show.
		On each Plasmatics and Wendy O album it boldly states ìConcept and Management: Rod Swenson,î equal billing with the musicians.
		With Wendy O's strong stage persona and a band that knew how to rock the house, the Plasmatics were on their wicked way.
	www.girlyhead.com /past_issues/issue03.htm (1298 words)

	Plasmatics: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Although their "fame" lasted for a full 15 minutes, few bands entered rock and roll with such a controversial reputation as did the Plasmatics.
		Founded by Rod Swenson [+], a porn film producer who fancied himself the next Malcolm McLaren [+], the Plasmatics were fronted by sex film "star" Wendy O. Williams, a muscular, raspy-voiced "singer" who generally wore next to nothing onstage.
		While Williams [+] became something of a demi-celebrity in punk circles, especially after she was busted (and brutalized by police) in Milwaukee for "public indecency," the Plasmatics were all show and no substance.
	www.music.com /group/plasmatics/1 (293 words)

	Pain Proof Rubber Girls
		She was Wendy O' Williams, lead singer of the Plasmatics.
		During the infamously destructive and well-rehearsed Plasmatics' show, Wendy would come out wearing nothing but a g-string and some duck tape covering her nipples.
		Plasmatics albums have been hard to come by for the last few years, but this spring four of her most requested CD's have been re-released on the WOW/Gigasaurus label: Beyond the Valley of 1984, WOW, Kommander of Kaos, and Maggots, The Record.
	painproofrubbergirls.com /stories/wow (1286 words)

	Plasmatics Music Web Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		He who cannot, teaches." (George Bernard Shaw) "I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'" (William Butler Yeats) Plasmatics A person should never be ashamed to own that he is wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.
		Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." (George Bernard Shaw) My religion consists of a humble admiration of the unlimitable superior who reveals Himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds.
		That deeply emotional convi "The dancer's body is simply the luminous manifestation of the soul." (Isadora Duncan) Plasmatics I married beneath me. All women do.
	www.searchmusicnetwork.com /Styles_By_Decade_1980s_Bands_and_Artists_P_Plasmatics.html (1670 words)

	Amazon.com: Beyond the Valley of 1984 [EXPLICIT LYRICS]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This was the Plasmatic's second LP, and, while it's kinda sorta listenable, can't thold a candle to their first album.
		The Plasmatics' 1981 release, "Beyond the Valley of 1984," is a destructive album that continues attacking the vultures of society.
		While mixing the rawness of punk with frantic speed metal, the group used this CD to unleash politically-charged hatred upon the hypocrisy of cops, tabloid journalists, and the law.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000051XYY?v=glance (1041 words)

	Rock 'N' Roll Heaven - Wendy O. Williams
		Storrs, CT -- Wendy O. Williams lead singer of the radical and influential punk-metal Plasmatics died Monday night, April 6 of a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head.
		The Plasmatics, founded in 1978, rose to fame from sensational beginnings at CBGB's in New York City where Wendy and the band were known for fast aggressive music and on stage theatrics which included Wendy's regular chain-sawing of guitars and the detonation of speaker cabinets.
		After inking a record deal with Stiff records they rapidly grew to large venues where the "queen of shock rock," as she came to be known, expanded the theatrical repertoire to include blowing up cars on stage and collapsing lighting trusses.
	www.eternalflame.com /rrheaven/wendy.html (761 words)

	Plasmatics Wendy O. Williams Official World Portal Site
		PLASMATICS AND WENDY O. The Plasmatics were founded by radical conceptual artist Rod Swenson around the now legendary Wendy O. Williams.
		Plasmatics CDs, Wendy O. Williams CDs, and videos are now available, but it's hard to imagine there were no CDs at all not to mention Plasmatics CDs, or Wendy O. CDs when the group was first put together in 1978.
		PLASMATICS WENDY O. From their inception Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics at CBGB punk rock capitol of the world in New York, the Plasmatics and Wendy O. Williams were the most controversional rockand roll band in the world.
	www.plasmaticsheadquarters.com (586 words)

	Wendy O. Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Co-founder and raison d'etre for The Plasmatics, Wendy Orleans Williams, whose background included topless dancing and blue movies, was at one time on the cutting edge of rock as performance art The Plasmatics performances could be literally explosive.
		She was recruited for The Plasmatics by Rob Swenson, for whom she was working in blue movies and sex shows in New York City, with Swenson moving from the status of manager to that of companion for the following two decades, though the couple never married.
		Following the dissolution of The Plasmatics, she made an attempt at a solo career, releasing three records (one of them produced by Gene Simmons of Kiss) and dabbled in acting for film and television, though with fairly limited success.
	www.80sretromusic.com /biography/W/wendy.htm (302 words)

	Richie Stotts / Photo Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This photo is the last publicity photo taken of the Plasmatics.
		The photo was taken in Chinatown in New York City in 1982 and was taken to promote the release of the Coup d'etat album on Capitol Records.
		This "final Plasmatic lineup" is from left to right: Chris Romanelli (Bass Guitar), Richie Stotts (Lead Guitar), Wendy O. Williams (Vocals), Wes Beech (Rhythm Guitar) and T.C. Tolliver (Drums).
	www.richiestotts.com /photo/photo2.html (119 words)

	Wendy O. Williams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Williams, dubbed the "queen of shock rock" sported a trademark Mohawk haircut and was nominated in 1985 for a Grammy in the best Female Rock Vocal category during the height of the band's popularity.
		A native of Webster, N.Y., Williams with her on-stage antics quickly attracted a following for the Plasmatics, who debuted in New York City clubs in 1978.
		Police in Milwaukee arrested Williams and Swenson in 1981 after she allegedly simulated a sex act in concert at a nightclub.
	www.comnet.ca /~rina/plasmatics.html (308 words)

	VH1.com : Plasmatics : Biography
		film producer who fancied himself the next Malcolm McLaren, the Plasmatics were fronted by sex film "star" Wendy O. Williams, a muscular, raspy-voiced "singer" who generally wore next to nothing onstage.
		While Williams became something of a demi-celebrity in punk circles, especially after she was busted (and brutalized by police) in Milwaukee for "public indecency," the Plasmatics were all show and no substance.
		Jean Beauvoir, apparently on a quest for legitimacy, quit the band, and the focus became Wendy O. rather than the bunch of unknowns backing her up.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/plasmatics/bio.jhtml (242 words)

	Amazon.ca: Music: Put Your Love in Me: Love Songs for the Apocalypse [Import] [Best of] [Explicit Lyrics] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Depending on who you talk to, the Plasmatics were either one of rock's most magnetic and radical bands or a pack of hacks with a sackful of stage gimmicks.
		Certainly, all these years after the demise of lightning-rod frontwoman Wendy O. Williams, and hence the band, the Plasmatics still generate plenty of vehement debate -- a clash of intense adulation and feverish contempt -- especially on the Internet.
		Examining their music is somewhat problematic, in that the Plasmatics phenom was a holistic, life-as-art/art-as-life thing.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000062T9V (559 words)

	Amazon.com: New Hope for the Wretched [EXTRA TRACKS] [IMPORT]: Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Be warned, however; this album is not representative of the Plasmatics later material (which would become more metal than thrash), and in fact is smarter and a lot more fun than anything they'd release subsequently.
		You may laugh at that but you have to keep in mind that this album came out in 1980 when punks and metalheads were diametrically opposed.
		I was the only person I knew of that liked (or at least would admit to liking) the Plasmatics at the time.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000072YD?v=glance (881 words)

	The Beat Machine: Home Recordings of Electronic Music free mp3s!
		Tbm is influenced by this movement as well as the Plasmatics and the screamers.
		I will link the plasmatics and the screemers to this site, as well as the clash and the rotters The Beat Machine is a free collection of free digital punk mp3s brought to you by Rubix Bomb records.
		I will link the plasmatics and the screemers to this site, as well as the clash and the rotters Had the web been running in the early eighties 80's it is no doubt that Devo, Kraftwerk, Buggles, would have all have used it to publish their electronic music.
	thebeatmachine.tripod.com (987 words)

	BLABBERMOUTH.NET - Former PLASMATICS Drummer Joins HAT TRICK OF MISERY
		I saw Wendy O and the Plasmatics on the Coup d'Etat tour opening for Kiss.
		Maggots: The Record by the Plasmatics is still one of my all time favorites.
		The accuracy of the information contained herein is neither confirmed nor guaranteed by Roadrunner Records, and the views and opinions of authors expressed on these pages do not necessarily state or reflect those of Roadrunner Records or its employees.
	www.roadrunnerrecords.com /Blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=32308 (461 words)

	Punk Rock Pioneer Commits Suicide - Apr 08, 1998 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In 1978, the Williams-fronted Plasmatics burst onto the New York City punk scene.
		Williams was hard to ignore--her chainsaw (used to slice and dice guitars) as sharp as her trademark Mohawk.
		The Plasmatics' cult status owed as much to Williams' stunts as its defiant, radio-unfriendly music.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,2816,00.html (363 words)

	TrouserPress.com :: Plasmatics
		New Hope for the Wretched, which was "produced" by Jimmy Miller, represents the Plasmatics' first stage — mere artless gimmickry — as conceived by the group's manager and lyricist, ex-porn entrepreneur Rod Swenson.
		Former sex-show queen Wendy O. Williams hoarsely talks/shouts/heavy-breathes lyrics jumbling the psychotronic film aesthetic (sex, violence, gratuitous grotesqueries) accompanied by a band playing with no subtlety whatever at punk speed and volume, reprising the "best" bits of the 'Matics' preceding proto-hardcore indie singles (e.g., Williams buzzsawing a guitar in half).
		When Stotts left (to form the Richie Stotts Experience and King Flux, which also included Marc Bell between stints in the Ramones), it was decided to drop the Plasmatics name.
	www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=plasmatics (469 words)

	Plasmatics and Wendy O. Williams - Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		As I understand it, Wendy felt that she'd "peaked" in some way, that she'd achieved everything or whatever, and spoke in her suicide note of going to a place where there was "no self, only calm".
		It was a cheap recording and didn't have the sound of any of the prior Plasmatic type songs.
		Wendy and the plasmatics were what started it all for me! i was in 5th grade(82-83)she was my role model!
	plasmatics.profuselyorange.net /forum/view.php (1714 words)

	Wendy O. Williams and Plasmatics Tribute
		Tribute To Wendy Orlean Williams and The Plasmatics
		A Plasmatic Is Dead, and a Nation Mourns
		One surprisingly poignant moment in "Everything Louder" is Lemmy's dedication of the song "No Class" to the memory of original punk rock chainsaw babe Wendy O. Williams who died shortly before the new album was recorded and who joined Lemmy on vocals in an early '80s collaboration between Motorhead and Wendy's band, The Plasmatics.
	www.geocities.com /sunsetstrip/alley/1163 (282 words)

	Cornerstone Magazine :: Interview: Wendy O. Williams of The Plasmatics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This is what's working for me and the Plasmatics is my vehicle and all I can do is encourage other people to find out for Yourself what works for you and do it.
		I'm really beginning to learn how to communicate with people what I feel, which to me is the essence of life.
		The Plasmatics love to flush money down the toilet,‑ and it's cathartic and everybody can get off on it.
	www.cornerstonemag.com /pages/show_page.asp?219 (1283 words)

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