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PLASMATICS AND WENDY O. WILLIAMS: THE HISTORY
The Plasmatics were founded by radical conceptual artist Rod Swenson around the now legendary Wendy O. Williams. Before there was MTV, CDs, music videos, the Plasmatics and Wendy O. Williams were the most radical group in the history of rock and roll. 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. Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics not only made albums that are NOW AVAILABLE ON CD, but made music video before there was MTV, or VH1. They synthesized punk rock and heavy metal before it was cool to do so and introduced the mohawk haircut into current fashion. For more on the history of Wendy O. Williams and Plasmatics CDs go here.
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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. Now that the full catalog of CDs is becoming available more new fans are jumping on board everyday. Before putting the Plasmatics together Rod Swenson produced some of the first Ramones videos and the Plasmatics videos (see below) were legendary. For more on the CBGB punk rock scene and Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics go here, and for a full list of all the available Plasmatics CDs go here
Not only were there no Wendy O. Williams and Plasmatics CDs, because CDs and digital audio did not even exist at the time, which most rockand rollers know, but there were no music videos, no MTV or VH1 at the time when Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics first appeared on the New York punk scene and later synthesized punk with heavy metal, later speed metal, thrash, and hip-hop, or rap music way before Eminem, Marshal Mathers, or Slim Shady existed. For more on Plasmatics videos, Wendy O. Williams videos, Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics videos go here or CDs go here, or punk rock history of the Plasmatics go here
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. Now that the full catalog of CDs has come out (see here) and videos are available (go here) the history of the remarkable synthesis of punk with heavy metal, as well as with hip hop and rap before eminem was even born or anyone ever heard of Slim Shady, or the "real Slim Shady" Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics pioneered in all these areas. The Ramones connection, can be found in Rod Swenson's production of some of the first Ramones videos at CBGB in 1977 before anyone ever heard of the Ramones or punk rock or CBGB either for that mater. Ramones drummer Tommy was involved in some of the first plasmatics and wendy o. williams recordings, and later Jean Beauvoir who was the bass player on the second Plasmatics and Wendy O. Williams tour produced Ramones album. He also wrote songs for KISS, but the KISS connection began well before that when Gene Simmons of KISS produced the first Wendy O. Williams solo album featuring many of the players from KISS, including not only Gene Simmons, but Paul Stanley, Ace Frehely, and Eric Carr all KISS members, Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley always the foundation of KISS. The album won a grammy awards nomination for Wendy O. Williams as best femal rock vocalist. For more on Gene Simmons and KISS and the Plasmatics go here
Fortunately, while almost all of the Plasmatics recordings have been out of print new CDs seem to be coming out fast now. In fact almost the whole Plasmatics and Wendy O. Williams catalog has been released and more is on it's way. The First CD that was released was a Wendy O. Williams retrospective CD last year, and this year four new Plasmatics and Wendy O. Williams CDs were released. These included:
Plasmatics: Beyond the Valley of 1984 (CD)
Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics: Maggots the Record (CD)
Wendy O. Williams: Kommander of Kaos (CD)
Wendy O. Wiliams: WOW album (CD)
Plasmatics: Coup D'Etat (CD)
Wendy O. Williams: F and Roll (Live) (Tape) visit Wendy O. Williams Headquarters
visit the archives here and
Also released last year the first Plasmatics Wendy O. Williams video:
Plasmatics and Wendy O. Williams: Pier 62 Video
for video availability go here