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Alot of their wide spread fame came from sensationalist media tactics which attacked their live shows (blowing cars up, chain sawing through guitars, Wendy's attire). This was around the time The Plasmatics really started to explode onto the scene. I'd just about recommend anything she appears on. Definitely one singer no fan has a hard time picking out, ever. she had a voice that was not only kickass, and talented, but also extremely unique.

The albums also a perfect example how versatile Wendy's voice was. Wendy's voice is what truelly brings every song on here up a notch (except for the Plasma Jam, that ones all Stotts/Beech). Maybe a bit on the simplistic side as far as base melody goes, but thats really more or less the style they chose to present. The songs range a good bit on average, but the guitars pretty much carry a Hard Rock/Punk distortion, and are usually playing upbeat, aggressive chord patterns, and tempos. The bass offers a pretty punked out clean feel, and the drums are an apt fit to the rythms tone, and overall sound (although the drums don't do much beyond holding the pace). The lyrics are great, layed out to the tunes perfectly, mostly sticking to a 'wretched', 80's over board appeal. The music on here blends an early Heavy Metal (think Motorhead) sound, and agression, with an old school Punk, antisocial, anti authority, quick rythmed punch. The production has its draw backs (it is an improvement from the first album, though), but is basically in step with most things of the time on a similar budget.and at the proper decibel level this album's awesomeness just cant be tarnished. So, its in the vein of their debut, but with a little more polish, and maturity. Rod Swenson was the main song writer on here, as well as producer, and credited with 'Concept and Management' (as the idea of The Plasmatics was his, and he basically built the band around Wendy). This is early traditional Metal done in a hard hitting post 70's Rock, with blatant Punk leans, style. This ones explicitly for the 'Wretched' (it used to be a much larger demographic). Released in 1981, The Plasmatics's 'Beyond The Valley Of 1984', is one of those era defining relics which embodied a movement.

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