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PLASMATICS - Coup d'EtatEuropean Import : CANDY007 STOCK STATUS: IN STOCK - ships in 1 day |
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| GUNS n' ROSES are often
called the 'World's Most Dangerous Rock Band', but blow for blow,
pound for pound, that title must surely rest with the Plasmatics.
Led by uber rock queen Wendy Orlean Williams, a woman who pushed
female empowerment to its ultimate conclusion, this New York outfit
took a real and rare delight in blowing up cars, hacking apart guitars
and generally leaving a trail of spare parts in their wake. When
they weren't juggling dynamite or pecking at the corpse of polite
society, they were very noisily changing the face of music (and
fashion) with a musical style that was part Punk Rock, part Heavy
Metal & part Texas Chainsaw Massacre… not necessarily in
that order. Quite simply, the Plasmatics stood for something; and
with manager/guiding light Rod Swenson firmly at the helm and Wendy
O. - doubtless the only Grammy nominee to wear tape over her nipples!
- leading the 'harder, faster' revolution with glee, a rabid fan
base was swiftly assembled on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1982,
the band deemed it time to fight the battle from within, signing
to a major and crafting the most impressive, most inflammable album
of their career: 'Coup d'Etat'. Cited by the LA Times as 'The best
slice of metal since the last AC/DC album…', nearly 25 years
on, it remains a milestone in pure Punk Metal showmanship.
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