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My Fav Bands are :W.A.S.P, KISS, Marylin Manson, Slayer, Alice Cooper, The Runaways, Rammstein, Iron Maiden, Doro Pesch, Warlock, Great Kat, Motorhead, Dirty Harry, Phantom Blue, Wendy O Williams. Dio, Poison, Dope, Plasmatics, Twisted Sister, Metalica, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbeth, AC DC, Sweet, T rex, Lita Ford, Joan Jett, Marc Bolan, Motely Crue, Venom, Judess Preist, Skid Row, My Ruin, Jack off Jill, Whitesnake, Motorhead, Madam X, Rock Goddess, Girl School, Vixen, David Bowie, Static x, Rob Zombie and lots more.........Others : Blondie, Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, Avril
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.."..black"Blackie Lawless, Gene Simmons, Marc Bolan, Alice CooperTHIS PART IS DEDICATED TO ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST FEMALE ROCKSTARS SADLEY SHE DIED AFTER COMMITING SUCIDE April 7, 1998 :It is with great sadness that I must report the news of Wendy O.'s death. On April 6th, 1998, Wendy Orlean Williams chose to end her life, to the chagrin of us all. Wendy's death is truly a tragedy--she wasn't a simple "shock rocker" as the media so often dubbed her; she was a very caring and conscientous person. Wendy took her own life, an act which was quite shocking to many of us--we expected her to go out with a bang, in some stunt accident or in the midst of some wild exploit. Most people will remember Wendy for her wild stage antics and her pushing of the obscenity envelope, but there was so much more to her. It's important that this isn't forgotten amidst all the crass media reports, once again . . . Wendy, we'll miss you!
Donations in Wendy's memory can be made to:
The Quiet Corner Wildlife Center
109 Ashford Center Road
Ashford, CT 06276Wendy has requested that flowers not be sent, and that a donation to the above be made in its place. Efforts have been made by Bill Skid and I to obtain a contact address for Rod Swenson and Wendy's family, for those wishing to send a condolence. Unfortunately, we haven't been successful and all of our contacts have been dead endsPunk Singer Wendy O. Williams Dies
The Associated Press
STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Wendy O. Williams, whose stage theatrics as lead singer of the punk band The Plasmatics included blowing up equipment and chain-sawing guitars, has committed suicide. She was 48.
Williams' former manager and longtime companion Rod Swenson said he discovered her body Monday in a wooded area near their home. The state medical examiner said Williams died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Swenson said Williams had been despondent for some time.Williams, dubbed the "queen of shock rock" sported a trademark Mohawk haircut and was nominated in 1985 for a Grammy in the best Female Rock Vocal category during the height of the band's popularity.A native of Webster, N.Y., Williams with her on-stage antics quickly attracted a following for the Plasmatics, who debuted in New York City clubs in 1978.Police in Milwaukee arrested Williams and Swenson in 1981 after she allegedly simulated a sex act in concert at a nightclub. Charges of battery to an officer and obscene conduct against Williams were later dropped and a jury cleared Swenson of obstructing an officer.She was acquitted in April 1981 of an obscenity charge in Cleveland filed for performing covered only with shaving cream and simulating sexual activity.In November of that year, she was sentenced to one year supervision and fined $35 by an Illinois judge for beating a free-lance photographer who tried to take her picture while she was jogging along the Chicago lakefront.The band made several international tours, was once banned in London, and appeared on Tom Snyder's "Tomorrow" show, where they blew up a car in the studio.Swenson said he and Williams moved to Storrs in 1991, three years after the group's last tour. She had not performed for several years and had worked most recently as an animal rehabilitator, he said.She is survived by her mother and two sisters.Wendy O. Williams
STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Wendy O. Williams, whose stage theatrics as lead singer of the punk band The Plasmatics included blowing up equipment and chain-sawing guitars, committed suicide Monday. She was 48.
The state medical examiner said Williams died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Williams, dubbed the "queen of shock rock," sported a trademark Mohawk haircut and was nomimated in 1985 for a Grammy in the female rock vocal category during the height of the band's popularity.Williams' on-stage antics quickly attracted a following for the The Plasmatics, who debuted in New York City clubs in 1978.The band made several international tours, was once banned in London, and appeared on Tom Snyder's "Tomorrow" show, where they blew up a car in the studio.The outspoken and style-setting singer, who was found dead by Plasmatics' co-founder and manager Rod Swenson, was forty-eight years old. The Plasmatics, founded in 1978, rose to fame from sensational beginnings at CBGB's in New York City where Wendy and the band were known for fast aggressive music and on stage theatrics which included Wendy's regular chain-sawing of guitars and the detonation of speaker cabinets. After inking a record deal with Stiff records they rapidly grew to large venues where the "queen of shock rock," as she came to be known, expanded the theatrical repertoire to include blowing up cars on stage and collapsing lighting trusses. After having a show banned in London in 1979 the group retuned to New York, were helicoptered onto a New York pier where, in front of some 20,000 people after playing a short set, Wendy drove a cadillac into a stage loaded with explosives jumping out of the car seconds before it hit the stage and car and stage blew up. The band made numerous TV appearances inclubing two on Tom Snyder's "Tomorrow" Show where they also blew up a car in the studio. Among other things, the band is generally credited with bringing the mohawk haircut to rock'n roll. Wendy being the first high-profiled woman to wear a mohawk, and with her carefully shredded clothing was voted to People Magazine's Best Dressed List. She was also nominated for a grammy award as Best Female Rock Singer. The band, which in an early review Billboard magazine said "makes Kiss look like greasy kid stuff" toured from 1978 until 1988. Ironically, Gene Simmons of Kiss would later produce one of three Wendy O. Williams solo albums in 1982. Other notable pairings included a speed-metal cover of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man" with lead singer for the UK's number one speed metal band Motorhead.Yesterday, in Storrs, CT, Rod Swenson, who had been Wendy's significant other for more than twenty years, returned from shopping to the wooded area where the two had lived since moving to Connecticut from New York. He found a package that Wendy had left him with some special noodles he liked, a packet of seeds for growing garden greens, some oriental massage balm, and sealed letters from Wendy. The suicide letters which included a "living will" denying life support, a love letter to Swenson, and various lists of things to do set Swenson searching the woods looking for her. After about an hour, and after it was almost dark, he found the body in woods near an area where she loved to feed the wildlife. Several nut shells were on a nearby rock where she had apparently been feeding some of the squirrels before she died. Swenson checked the body for a pulse, and there was none. A pistol lay on the ground nearby, and he returned to the house to call the local authorities. "Wendy's act was not an irrational in-the-moment act," he said, she had been talking about taking her own life for almost four years. She was at home in the peak of her career, but found the more ordinary 'hypocrisies of life' as she called them excruciatingly hard to deal with. In one sense she was the strongest person I have ever known, and in another, a side which most people never saw, the most vulnerable. She felt, in effect, she'd peaked and didn't care to live in a world in which she was uncomfortable, and below peak any longer. Speaking personally for myself, I loved her beyond imagination. She was a source of strength, inspiration, and courage. The pain at this moment in losing her is inexpressible. I can hardly imagine a world without Wendy Williams in it. For me such a world is profoundly diminished."One of the suicide notes Wendy left read as follows:
"The act of taking my own life is not something I am doing without a lot of thought. I don't believe that people should take their own lives without deep and thoughtful reflection over a considerable period of time. I do believe strongly, however, that the right to do so is one of the most fundamental rights that anyone in a free society should have. For me much of the world makes no sense, but my feelings about what I am doing ring loud and clear to an inner ear and a place where there is no self, only calm. Love always, Wendy."Wendy asked that no flowers be sent, but those who would like to make a donation in her memory can do so to: The Quiet Corner Wildlife Center, 109 Ashford Center Road, Ashford, CT 06276.API Wire Reports of Wendy's Death-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------Punk Singer Wendy O. Williams Dies
The Associated Press
STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Wendy O. Williams, whose stage theatrics as lead singer of the punk band The Plasmatics included blowing up equipment and chain-sawing guitars, has committed suicide. She was 48.
Williams' former manager and longtime companion Rod Swenson said he discovered her body Monday in a wooded area near their home. The state medical examiner said Williams died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Swenson said Williams had been despondent for some time.Williams, dubbed the "queen of shock rock" sported a trademark Mohawk haircut and was nominated in 1985 for a Grammy in the best Female Rock Vocal category during the height of the band's popularity.A native of Webster, N.Y., Williams with her on-stage antics quickly attracted a following for the Plasmatics, who debuted in New York City clubs in 1978.Police in Milwaukee arrested Williams and Swenson in 1981 after she allegedly simulated a sex act in concert at a nightclub. Charges of battery to an officer and obscene conduct against Williams were later dropped and a jury cleared Swenson of obstructing an officer.She was acquitted in April 1981 of an obscenity charge in Cleveland filed for performing covered only with shaving cream and simulating sexual activity.In November of that year, she was sentenced to one year supervision and fined $35 by an Illinois judge for beating a free-lance photographer who tried to take her picture while she was jogging along the Chicago lakefront.The band made several international tours, was once banned in London, and appeared on Tom Snyder's "Tomorrow" show, where they blew up a car in the studio.Swenson said he and Williams moved to Storrs in 1991, three years after the group's last tour. She had not performed for several years and had worked most recently as an animal rehabilitator, he said.She is survived by her mother and two sisters.----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------Wendy O. Williams
STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Wendy O. Williams, whose stage theatrics as lead singer of the punk band The Plasmatics included blowing up equipment and chain-sawing guitars, committed suicide Monday. She was 48.
The state medical examiner said Williams died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Williams, dubbed the "queen of shock rock," sported a trademark Mohawk haircut and was nomimated in 1985 for a Grammy in the female rock vocal category during the height of the band's popularity.Williams' on-stage antics quickly attracted a following for the The Plasmatics, who debuted in New York City clubs in 1978.The band made several international tours, was once banned in London, and appeared on Tom Snyder's "Tomorrow" show, where they blew up a car in the studio.-----------------------------------------------------
---------------------------April 7, 1998 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWendy O. WiIliams Lead Singer of the Plasmatics Passes Away
Storrs, CT -- Wendy O. Williams lead singer of the radical and influential punk-metal Plasmatics died Monday night, April 6 of a self-inflicted gun shot wound to the head.
The outspoken and style-setting singer, who was found dead by Plasmatics' co-founder and manager Rod Swenson, was forty-eight years old. The Plasmatics, founded in 1978, rose to fame from sensational beginnings at CBGB's in New York City where Wendy and the band were known for fast aggressive music and on stage theatrics which included Wendy's regular chain-sawing of guitars and the detonation of speaker cabinets. After inking a record deal with Stiff records they rapidly grew to large venues where the "queen of shock rock," as she came to be known, expanded the theatrical repertoire to include blowing up cars on stage and collapsing lighting trusses. After having a show banned in London in 1979 the group retuned to New York, were helicoptered onto a New York pier where, in front of some 20,000 people after playing a short set, Wendy drove a cadillac into a stage loaded with explosives jumping out of the car seconds before it hit the stage and car and stage blew up. The band made numerous TV appearances inclubing two on Tom Snyder's "Tomorrow" Show where they also blew up a car in the studio. Among other things, the band is generally credited with bringing the mohawk haircut to rock'n roll. Wendy being the first high-profiled woman to wear a mohawk, and with her carefully shredded clothing was voted to People Magazine's Best Dressed List. She was also nominated for a grammy award as Best Female Rock Singer. The band, which in an early review Billboard magazine said "makes Kiss look like greasy kid stuff" toured from 1978 until 1988. Ironically, Gene Simmons of Kiss would later produce one of three Wendy O. Williams solo albums in 1982. Other notable pairings included a speed-metal cover of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man" with lead singer for the UK's number one speed metal band Motorhead.Yesterday, in Storrs, CT, Rod Swenson, who had been Wendy's significant other for more than twenty years, returned from shopping to the wooded area where the two had lived since moving to Connecticut from New York. He found a package that Wendy had left him with some special noodles he liked, a packet of seeds for growing garden greens, some oriental massage balm, and sealed letters from Wendy. The suicide letters which included a "living will" denying life support, a love letter to Swenson, and various lists of things to do set Swenson searching the woods looking for her. After about an hour, and after it was almost dark, he found the body in woods near an area where she loved to feed the wildlife. Several nut shells were on a nearby rock where she had apparently been feeding some of the squirrels before she died. Swenson checked the body for a pulse, and there was none. A pistol lay on the ground nearby, and he returned to the house to call the local authorities. "Wendy's act was not an irrational in-the-moment act," he said, she had been talking about taking her own life for almost four years. She was at home in the peak of her career, but found the more ordinary 'hypocrisies of life' as she called them excruciatingly hard to deal with. In one sense she was the strongest person I have ever known, and in another, a side which most people never saw, the most vulnerable. She felt, in effect, she'd peaked and didn't care to live in a world in which she was uncomfortable, and below peak any longer. Speaking personally for myself, I loved her beyond imagination. She was a source of strength, inspiration, and courage. The pain at this moment in losing her is inexpressible. I can hardly imagine a world without Wendy Williams in it. For me such a world is profoundly diminished."One of the suicide notes Wendy left read as follows:
"The act of taking my own life is not something I am doing without a lot of thought. I don't believe that people should take their own lives without deep and thoughtful reflection over a considerable period of time. I do believe strongly, however, that the right to do so is one of the most fundamental rights that anyone in a free society should have. For me much of the world makes no sense, but my feelings about what I am doing ring loud and clear to an inner ear and a place where there is no self, only calm. Love always, Wendy."Wendy asked that no flowers be sent, but those who would like to make a donation in her memory can do so to: The Quiet Corner Wildlife Center, 109 Ashford Center Road, Ashford, CT 06276.------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------From MTV news: 4/8/98
Plasmatics lead singer Wendy Orleans Williams shot and killed herself Monday night in Storrs, Connecticut. Williams was 48.
The singer's body was found by her former manager and confidant Rob Swenson in a wooded area near the Storrs home the two shared. Swenson alerted MTV News of Williams' death.Williams, an ex-topless dancer and 9th grade drop-out who had worked in a few of Swenson's blue films in the mid-70s, moved from porn to punk after Swenson began shooting videos for the likes of Patti Smith and the Ramones and decided to build a band around Williams.As frontwoman for the thrash glam Plasmatics, the mohawk-adorned Williams was as at least as well known for her outrageous stage antics as she was for her singing. The band, which debuted at CBGB in New York City on July 26, 1978, frequently incorporated such outlandish stunts as smashing a television with a sledgehammer, cutting up a guitar with a chainsaw and firing off a machine gun into its stage act. Williams often appeared on stage adorned with little more than bits of electrical tape.The Plasmatics broke up in 1983 after releasing four albums, although Williams continued on to pursue a solo career.Ironically, one of her best known hits was for a cover of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man," on which she collaborated with Lemmy from Motorhead.In her later years, Williams retired from music and adopted a cleaner lifestyle, becoming a prominent health food advocate while working for a natural foods co-op. Williams also attempted to mount an acting career, earning parts in the film "Reform School Girl" and on television in "McGyver."Swenson and Williams had moved to Storrs in 1991... width="425" height="350" ....
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