Growing up around a bunch of morons that didn't know anything about music and telling them you liked punk rock, you'd get one of two reactions, "Hey you Devo!" or "You must like the Plasmatics." At least that's the way it was in the south of America, in the backwoods. Due to television, these two bands got more media attention than the average band, and the sensationalism with both groups instantly tagged every redneck and inbred assfucker with the tag that this is what punk rock is.
The Plasmatics were truly a sensational band, kind of like a Misfits meets Kiss with a girl singer. Blowing up cars, getting beat up by the cops, one Wendy O. Williams would go down in history as one of rock's greatest, fearless frontwoman. There's nothing I can really say that could recapture all the shit that they were stirring up in the common American man. The band released several records and the one thing that particularly struck me, as a kid, and attached them to underground music is the fact that they were very personalized and fan oriented. Singles, colored vinyls, id cards, posters, and pornography.
There is no other band like the Plasmatics, before or after. Once again, for better or for worse. Included here is the impossible to find first 3 song 12 inch, the first album and the "Metal Priestess" ep.
Plasmatics - Megaupload
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