Thursday, May 28, 2009

Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics: 10 Years of Revolutionary Rock and Roll

I’ve never been a fan of the Plasmatics, but I know they were innovators back in the day (like the 70’s). They are a punk rock group known for their outlandish shows where there’s tons of nudity (despite singer Wendy O. Williams being a feminist) and tons of things blowing up, being smashed, or on fire. The documentary is actually fairly good. It talks about early days, interviews lots of people who were in the band both short and long term. Talks about KISS helping the band out and Motorhead appearing on stage with them. Unless you like punk or grew up listening to this band, I don’t think you’ll care for it (although some of the people talked about how they spun the record in a dance club and people raved about it – I call bullshit on that point, but that’s just me). Or if you like documentaries of bands, then you might like it as well. It’s done very professionally for a punk rock documentary.

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