Plasmatics - Want You (Baby) (CBGB NY July 26, 1978)
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- This historic, if raw, very early video was shot at CBGB on July 26, 1978, and captures the Plasmatics second show ever. During these earliest of shows the band was a 3 piece, before the power hitter Wes Beech was added to the lineup.
Those who know the song or the Plasmatics as they later became full blown will notice the tempo here, much slower than they would later play it (and all their early songs). But Wendy’s energy, her hard-hitting physical vocal and performing style is still completely unmissable all through the footage and even before the song begins where we can see her like a caged animal pacing, ready to burst free and explode.
Wendy’s proclivity for provocative fashion is already evident here where she wears completely clear see-through vinyl pants and on top the first Plasmatics T shirt ever printed. The show was recorded live along with the whole set and then mixed down and released as part of the first ever Plasmatics recording “Butcher Baby” released on Vice Squad Records, a label Plasmatics creator Rod Swenson founded to give the band an early record release because a lot of out of town venues where he wanted to book the group wanted a group to have a record.
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Produced by: Rod Swenson
Directed by: Rod Swenson
Sound Engineer: Charlie Martin
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At 67 it brightens my day....
I ABSOLUTELY love this. This performance demonstrates EXACTLY what punk was all about. Whewwww!!
So true !!! We need more punk
40 years later and the rest of the world still hasn't caught up.
The wold has gone backwards. These people were futurist. Not looking back. No nostalgia
The world never will catch up at this point.
We were so happening. So happy to have lived the 70's and 80's in youthful fun.
Thrilled to have been a teenager back then. It wasn't out of the ordinary to witness greatness, was it?
Nobody can surpass the bar this woman set! She will always be the one on top! Wendy forever
Can't beat the 70's & 80s...
PURE RAWNESS!😛🤟
Ok, what the fuck.. this was recorded 45 years ago, only a few months after I was born, yet somehow I had never heard of this band until today?!?
How did I miss this awesomeness?!?!
Corporate Rick ruled the roost...
I saw the Plasmatics in Chicago in 1982; they blew up a car onstage - I was in the front, and when that happened, there was a blast of wind that nearly knocked me down, followed by intense heat! It was a very visceral experience! And yeah, they ROCKED!
oh man, I only got the tv and chainsaw act in Houston, lol.
If anyone thinks it was fake, it was safe, but not really fake, it was controlled, brilliantly done....At one show when she blew up the car a small pool of molten metal was rolling towards the edge of the stage and I was pinned (willingly) to the very front as it was coming right up to my face. The only reason it stopped seemed to be that it burned right into the wooden flooring, smoldering inches away from me. I will never ever forget that,...but I would never settle for anything less....she always delivered.
@@interstellaraxeman4468 NICE! I saw what they TOLD us was the FIRST car blown up on STAGE, but they had filmed one already, I think on the PIER. At That show, she threw the charges into the Caddy. But the 3rd one was a little BIGGER. She tossed it IN and turned her BACK on it. The DOOR came flyin' OFF, and if she hadn't seen it at the LAST SECOND and DUCKED AWAY it would've CLIPPED HERE! Not THAT Safe! But the CROWD was HERS after That! Whatta Badass, and sexy to the BONE (sts).
@@abaddonbolero9605
ALL those charges were FAKE props. They had a cutting edge FX team that would rig REAL plastique charges because they all had FEDERAL and STATE licenses to purchase and use these highly regulated explosives.
What you saw was expert FX teams EXCEEDING what was considered "safe" in the industry. This was at Wendy's and her husband producer's insistence.
Car doors, etc were all PRE CUT to fall on stage and not decapitate any band members or audience.
The MASSIVE shock wave was 100% real. I was in row seven at The Palladium right in front of the Caddy stage left. I got to see exactly what transpired during the whole process.
The old Caddy was 100% prepped by the FX team except for all the windows. It was essential that Wendy use a REAL sledge hammer and remove ever shard of glass before any explosions took place.
For my venue at The Palladium, , it was the very first car (November 1979) they blew up on stage. It was SO close to being lethal for us close observers....... I was amazed no one got hurt.
Her FX team pushed safety boundaries that could NEVER be exceeded today in the USA. It was a special time. These guys were 100% legit and time after time delivered FX that had never been seen before. They are unsung heroes.
Wendy used a real chainsaw. No FX. She used a real sledge hammer...no FX. She used a real shotgun WITH FX. Full charge BLANK rounds. The FX team would have hidden smaller explosive charges inside amps and speakers and had an operator with amazing reflexes trigger the correct charge when Wendy "shot" something on stage.
Think about it. NO where in the entire country is ANYONE going to be allowed to shoot LIVE rounds on stage or randomly toss a bundle of REAL TNT anywhere.
With out the proper Federal ATF and local licenses, NO ONE can even touch a real explosive item. (ATF calls them "Destructive devices).
This seemingly chaos was highly orchestrated and planned way in advance. I am sure tested as well. The FX team just took everything to ELEVEN.
I was being born in Chicago in 1982, I missed out on an amazing show
The Queen! Such an honor seeing her in my youth in LA.
Saw here at the SM Civic and Whiskey, but the early shows I saw were in NYC. But got to MEET here on 'the set' when she was making a movie- the one where she rides a bike. I forget the name....? High School or the jail one?
It's quite shocking to know she went from doing all this cool New Wave/punk stuff before she transitioned into a destructo heavy metal priestess. This is an awesome clip of Wendy O Williams in her early years with The Plasmatics.
In 1979 I saw her blow up a Cadillac on stage at the Palladium. I was in Row 7 stage right in front of Wes. He was sporting blue hawk and a giant TUTU.
The explosion(s) almost blew my head off.
Best concert of my life. I had shell shock for 10 days after that night.
And now you support Ton DeSantis who is a shill and against everything the punk world and WOW stood for. Congrats. You know what they say. Youth is waisted on the “you”
No Richie wore the tutu and the blue mohawk brother
That waz Richie Stotts in the tutu and blue mohawk, not Wes ...
One of the Biggest underground bands to come out of the 70s !
They'll never be anyone like Wendy ever again
R.I.P. punk Goddess, know that you are missed
You KNOW that Wendy would've HATED the self absorbed traits of SOCIAL MEDIA! Be like Wendy everyone!
Love that guitar riff,,,and she really knows how to shake it!
Loved this band. Saw this lineup and possibly this show and later lineups in later months and years. Female lead singers are my favorite aspect of rock music. PLASMATICS had a great one!
Extremely RARE to see Chosei with Ritchie (no mohawk) & Stu pre Wes Beech!!
Great clip !!💥🌟
Glad to see this is getting lots of views! The Dream Lover/Corruption/Want you now single remains one of the best punk singles I ever heard, and this performance captures the band at their most badass! They remained awesome through the 80s.
Once again,many thanx to this channel. There will never be another Queen of punk rock n roll
and anything else will remains sub standard🍻
Thank you for sharing this wonderful clip. Excellent audio/video, and as usual, an amazing performance by Wendy.
Please if anybody out there reads this and has either original audio or video of The Plasmatics, PLEASE consider sharing on
CZcams. We diehards would truly appreciate!
I pledge alligence to the Plasmatics. This is amazing quality thanks for sharing it.👍
I LOVE The Plasmatics!
Brilliant!
Beginning of the legend,pure magic...
Legends?How so?How old are you?
@@jayekaye6641 what are you on about?
@@cramcrud Any chance you can tell me What your on about?means
@@jayekaye6641 you dont think the plasmatics are a legendary band? what does OP's age have to do with anything?
Age I believe has a lot to do with it.If you weren't there how can you call it legendary?I think that opinion is a weak one.And I definitely don't think this band was legendary.I think Wendy Williams is a joke with very little talent
I wish I was there. I love raw, in your face music played at high decibels.
She seems nice. Always liked the plasmatics, never knew what to expect. Still remember her school bus stunt.
Pure wild energy.
Went to high school with Wendy. Athena high 😁👍
In 1979 I got up on that CBGBs stage and announced a friends band - but all we would hear about were the outrageous Plasmatics and how Wendy chainsawed a guitar in half. I remember there was no real backstage area just the remains of dirty cubicles left over from some early restaurant time - and covered in band graffiti including a stamp “You’ve Been Arrested by the Police”.
They were outside of the hardcore scene. Why???? Can you explain that? Also, the crowd at their shows didn't seem to be punks!!!! You would not see slam dancing and stage diving at a Plasmatics show..... like in a Misfits show for example....
We were playing southern rock to a bunch of drunks three nights a week in 1978! Damn I miss those days!
I was 14 and didn't know about them then.. If I would have seen that show at 14, it would have changed my life. I would have ran away and joined a punk band. ..I did that 6 years later haha.
Saw Wendy live in the early 80s in Austin. One of those memorable experiences.
The queen of punk!!!!
Incredible! R.I.P. Wendy
Thank you for posting this! Wendy O. was and always will be a goddess!
Thought for a minute that was Joey Ramone playing the drums!
Joey was the first drummer in Ramones actually.
I thought the same thing lol !
It could be Joey Ramone.
I came to the comments to see if it was!
I thought it was Howard Stern
Loving this. Great choice & great playing!
she was making rock and roll good again.
Chosie's count off is legendary 💥 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇯🇵
I could watch Wendy dance forever and a day 😘
I love seeing the wholesome CZcams ads after these kinds of videos. They give me vertigo.
Thanks for this. I love Wendy and I miss this time. Damn it was good!
I wasn't there. Wish I had been...
Saw plasmatics by chance at the hot club on south street in Philadelphia. 1979. I was backstage with opening act... When I noticed crazy looking members of plasmatics in same dressing room as us. Coffin on stage. Stotts making head bleed by hitting himself with guitar. Half naked Wendy. So much energy. I was hooked. Saw plasmatics about 5 times.
The coffins by the Marshalls were classic !! WTF😳 !!!???? 👍💖
Holy shit. Pure fire.
Thanks for uploading this! High quality footage is always appreciated
Man, 3 people clapping! Sad!!
I love the way wendy manhandles the mic stand constantly in this. Plasmatics rulez.
Nothing like it since!!!
This is awesome footage, can’t say I have seen this clip before early Plasmatics
Wendy’s the Best 😻🌹💕!!!
This concert was on my birthday.
Wendy is a fu.kin' Monster !!!
never equaled, the only one to shoot ak 47 in the ceiling during a concert.
Tu nous manque ...
thank you for continuing to keep its legend and memory alive.
Awesome share! Thanks so much!
Wendy O Williams..
I totally remember her and her band.. Never saw them live but
they slammed it !!
Long live the queen of punk.
Es Thrans metal punk
Nina Hagen is the Queen of punk.
@@darrelljebb4544 Nina Hagen is an amazing musician that was very influential with many imitators, but she's not punk rock. She did have the attitude though.
An absolute Goddess🤟
I saw them live a few times and knew they were the best
R.I.P. Wendy.
Never seen Wendy without the Mohawk.
their guitar sound is one of the best
Great content,i hope some rare footage shows up in the future.
great song. classic punk band.
Great stuff, their early recordings were superb.
This is priceless!!
Wendy o willams is a legend
shock rock ICON and most beautiful one at that.
@@circusbrains in a very very good way of course.
@@circusbrains No she wasn't.
@@circusbrains Prove it.
The Goddess
Awesome
I had wanted the last two years to go back and see the band and Chainsaw girl. Lol
A year later in November 1979 she blew up(twice!!) her very first car(big old Caddy) on stage in a big venue, The Palladium.
I was THERE in row SEVEN stage left, in front of Richard Stotts and the Caddy.
The electrical tape came off her nipples eventually!!
It was BY FAR the best concert I ever saw in my life to date. I am 66 and remember it like it was yesterday. I was shell shocked for a week from the MANY explosions on stage and the sheer adrenaline of the performance.
She did lots more than just blow up a car!!!! Chain saw(many guitars), pump shotgun (with blanks, but LOUD) where the FX guys had hidden charges in speakers and amps she shot at the end. Full size, heavy, sledge hammer....used on TV sets and all the glass on the Caddy BEFORE they blew it up... so shrapnel was minimized.
I was actually nicked by a tiny piece of something from the Caddy. The FX guys had HUGE charges hidden in the car. It was so perfect and a little OVER the edge, which really made the show!!
They filmed the whole concert but only released very, very little footage, for unknow reasons.
Old Scool Punk.
FIRE!
Made me think of the end of the song les Claypool sung in the San Dimas battle of the bands.
Wendy had balls of steel
For EVER!
Wow, this is so great
Awesome!
HELL YEAH.......I HEARD WENDY O. WILLIAMS ON THE RADIO IN BOSTON IN 1981 DOING A SONG CALLED "WE'RE GONNA ROCK TONIGHT" AND OMG WAS IT HEAVY....
Thanks for sharing!!!!!
God damn!!!
I loved the Plasmatics. I bought their 2 first albums and followed their antics through Hit Parader and Creem mags. Her mental health demise was sad.
yeah Cream magazine!
oh yeah, Cream magazine, I had the issue with the "Cream Dream" centerfold featuring Wendy covered in shaving cream.
Fantastic upload!!!
What a treat! Thnx for sharing.
I’m in love now now now now now
Loudest band I've ever seen live. 1981 or 82 on Pier 84 in NYC.
I saw them in a small club, in Chicago. My ears rang for a week.
Never saw Ritchie Stotts with hair
incredible footage!!
wow, this their original show? absolutely brilliant to record this.
Those pair of eyes of hers are _amazing._
I didnt miss this
Damn, she was such a hot natural babe, true underated Queen of Rock'n'Roll !
The Chosei Funahara era was certainly steeped in its own vibe with that mesmerizing electronic head shackle he used to wear,....not seen here, but still... then after his departure they would perform with a casket on stage that had japanese writing on it in an odd perpetuation to the mystique....rare video indeed to see Chosei so clearly here...
I could never figure that out Back then we only had random pictures
I thought it was something out of Hellraiser 😳
Electronic head shackle WTF??? 🤣🤣🤣
👍
@@lfader Yeah it was powered for sure, lit up with little blinking lites. It seemed to give a programmed automaton or mind control kind of image,...he was frequently very still staring off dead ahead,....it was great.
@@interstellaraxeman4468 ha. Straight outta Pinheads Hellraiser !!! 🤣🤣🤣
I didn't know that (a) Joey Ramone and Stiv Bators had a baby, and (b) he played drums for the Plasmatics.
I thought it was Joey himself!
Stu Duetsch !!!💥
Wendy hermosa 🖤
didnt know this band till few weeks ago.. im a fan now. kommander of kaos album is fire , plasma jam , masterplan , pig is a pig etc.. fire
They're like a drug
Best album : coup d etat !!
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Check out the EP "MEET The PLASMATICS"....that was what got me from play 1. It is on vinyl, and it can be obtained on the Plasmatics website,...it is the definitive debut sound they had. There are other songs from that era on vinyl very hard to find,...colored vinyl versions of white with red splatters, clear red, there are a few.
Forever Wendy Forever!!!!!!
Wendy O was always the hottest thing in music
Extra extreme siper🇵🇱💀☠️🔥👍
I was 12 when the plasmatics we're popular in Orange County. I only remember electrical tape and cellophane. Immediately I was a fan.
Saw them twice, when Wendy was using a gas-powered chainsaw to cut a Les Paul in half. They blew the walls down.
Swa them 4 times x2 Perkins Palace - The Olympic Auditorium - The Whiskey A Go Go. (Also twice WOW with Michael ray on lead guitar who ripped but it wasn't the plasmatics)
Perkins was a absolute surreal experience we got there midday noon and just walked in the theater the Plasmatics were doing a sound check (No Wendy)
I'm standing to the side of the stage watching just f****** unreal
I couldn't believe it ..
Plus Stotts blue mohawk was wearing Levi's - not his Frenchmaid outfit tutus or nurses Playboy Bunny outfits - no s+m or henchmen mask.
No knee pads the wrestling boots eyeliner lipstick or nail polish!!?🤣
Fuck bro that's "All In" 🤣🌟🌟🌟. Richard Stotts 💥⚡
Swa them 4 times x2 Perkins Palace - The Olympic Auditorium - The Whiskey A Go Go. (Also twice WOW with Michael ray on lead guitar who ripped but not the Plasmatics..)
Perkins was a absolute surreal experience we got there midday noon and just walked in the theater the Plasmatics were doing a sound check (No Wendy)
I'm standing to the side of the stage watching just f****** unreal
I couldn't believe it ..
Plus Stotts blue mohawk was wearing Levi's - not his Frenchmaid outfit tutus or nurses Playboy Bunny outfits - no s+m or henchmen mask.
No knee pads the wrestling boots eyeliner lipstick or nail polish!!?🤣
Fuck bro that's "All In" 🤣🌟🌟🌟. Richard Stotts 💥⚡
I.ve seen the Plasmatics live in Paradiso Amsterdam. Unforgeatable.
Shake it Wendy!
I got to spend a lot of time with the band at the trials here in Cleveland and in Milwaukee. Saw them play at the Cleveland Agora and at what was the Richfield Coliseum opening for KISS on their 10th anniversary tour, in Detroit and in New York. And, yeah, she was one person on stage and completely different oiff - like so many punk rockers (most notably Stiv Bator, who, once you met him, he never forgot you, and Johnny Thunders). I still mioss them all.
Looks like on of the Ramones sitting in as the Drummer here. There was a different guy in November 1979 at the Palladium...and Richie Stotts was sporting a blue Mohawk and a huge pink TUTU by then.
He banged and cut his forehead with his guitar tuning keys....repeatedly. Bled pretty good.
Best concert BY FAR I ever saw in my long life.
Oh, and The Rattlers was the warm up band. They were great!!! Brother to one of the Ramones!! Tons of energy. Raw, but very good.
"The Rattlers were an American rock band formed in the New York City in 1979. It was formed by guitarist/vocalist Mickey Leigh, who is the brother of Joey Ramone." -WIKI
AWESOME