On this day in 1998, Wendy O Williams, former singer of The Plasmatics died from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
Here’s their clip for Butcher Boy, their debt single from 1978
Williams was known for her wild stage theatrics which included blowing up equipment, near nudity and chain-sawing guitars. In January 1981 police in Milwaukee arrested her for simulating sex on stage, later that same year in Cleveland, Ohio Williams was acquitted of an obscenity charge for simulating sex on stage wearing only shaving cream.
