Wendy O. Williams. Wendy Orlean Williams (May 28, 1949 - April 6, 1998) was an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the punk rock band Plasmatics. She was noted for her onstage theatrics, which included partial nudity, exploding equipment, firing a shotgun, and chainsawing guitars. [1] Performing her own stunts in videos, [2] she. April 9, 1998. Ten years after her cult shock-punk band's last tour, Plasmatics' lead singer Wendy O. Williams has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Williams' longtime companion and.
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Wendy O. Williams death. Williams first attempted suicide in 1993 by hammering a knife into her chest where it lodged in her sternum. However, she changed her mind and called Rod Swenson to take her to the hospital. She attempted suicide again in 1997 with an overdose of ephedrine. Williams died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on April 6. Wendy O Williams (as she was now known) seemed to have stepped straight out of a Russ Meyer flick, and lead guitarist Richie Stotts's taste in stage garb - tutu, nurse's outfits, wedding dress - clashed wildly with his nearly seven-foot frame. The Plasmatics were Middle America's worst nightmare, in living, lurid colour: Sodom and. The Wendy O. Williams we didn't know. More than three decades later, they've all ended up as different people, all in different places. Rod Swenson was the Yale-educated conceptual artist. 'It's My Life' was the first single from Wendy O. Williams' debut solo album 'WOW'. The album was produced by Kiss legend Gene Simmons and led to a Grammy no.
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Wendy O. Williams, the leader of the 1980's punk band the Plasmatics, a group more famous for their destructive onstage antics than for their music, died on Monday at her home in Storrs, Conn., in. Singer, leader of the punk rock band, the Plasmatics. Called the Queen of Shock Rock, she was one of the most controversial singers of her day, and innovative in much of her hard rock style, setting trends that later bands would copy. Born Wendy Orlean Williams in Webster, New York (a suburb of Rochester), she. Wendy O Williams was a revolutionary, and although her music seldom strayed from a cacophonous punk rock and lobotomised metal blueprint, it still sounds impossibly thrilling today. The record itself amounts to a brief but startling primer for the Wendy O catalogue, replete with classics like Butcher Baby and A Pig Is A Pig. In 1993, she attempted suicide for the first time by hammering a knife into her own chest, which is, I mean, that is the most Wendy O. way to go possible. She was discovered and rescued by Rod Swenson, but for Wendy, the die was already cast. On Monday, April 6th, 1998, Wendy O., the Metal Priestess, the Queen of Shock Rock, the Kommander of.
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By NME. 8th March 1998. WENDY O'WILLIAMS, lead singer of the New York shock rock band The Plasmatics, has committed suicide. She was 48. Her body was found last Monday (April 6) in woods near to. Wendy O. Williams. Actress: Reform School Girls. Wendy O. Williams was born on 28 May 1949 in Rochester, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Reform School Girls (1986), Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1989) and The Legend of Billie Jean (1985). She died on 6 April 1998 in Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
'Hoy Hey (Live To Rock)' is another video from Wendy O. Williams´ concert at the Camden Palace in 1985 for the program Live From London, produced by Philip. Wendy O. Williams. Actress: Reform School Girls. Wendy O. Williams was born on 28 May 1949 in Rochester, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Reform School Girls (1986), Pucker Up and Bark Like a Dog (1989) and The Legend of Billie Jean (1985). She died on 6 April 1998 in Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
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Wendy O. Williams. Class of 2016. Wendy O. Williams (1949-1998) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress who was known as the "Queen of Shock Rock.". While remembered for her stage antics, she is also heralded for her talent, for which she earned a Grammy nomination in 1985 for "Best Female Rock Vocal" for the album WOW (the. Years later, as the Plasmatics and Wendy O. Williams continued their assault on the world, Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey — the singer-songwriters who would later form the band Butcher Babies.
